After almost four decades, a new leader
By Paulo Áureo
In February 2007 this blog wrote that Alberto João Jardim would be back after his resignation, and he was. By the end of 2014 he was finally on his way out.
On 29 December the members of the PSD-Madeira chose his successor in a second round. Miguel Albuquerque, the former mayor of Funchal, won with 3,949 votes, 64.06%, against Manuel António Correia’s 2,216. Almost nine in ten members voted.
For anyone under forty on the island, it was the first time the party had been led by someone other than Jardim. A regional election followed in March 2015, and that is a story for next year.
Sources: RTP, Miguel Albuquerque succeeds Jardim as PSD Madeira leader