Edmundo Pedro

Edmundo Pedro (8 November 1918 – 27 January 2018) was a Portuguese politician and antifascist, as well as the founder and former leader of the Socialist Party (PS).

An opponent of António de Oliveira Salazar's Estado Novo regime and political prisoner during the 1930s and 1940s, Pedro later served as a member of the Assembly of the Republic's I, III and V legislatures (1976–1980, 1983–1985, 1987–1991) following the end of Salazar's regime.

[1][2][3] Pedro was born in the freguesia of Samouco in the municipality of Alcochete, Portugal, on 8 November 1918.

In 1973, Edmundo Pedro became one of the co-founders of the Socialist Party (PS) alongside Mário Soares.

[1] He simultaneously served as the president of Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP), the national public service broadcaster, from 1977 until 1978.