Hermínio Paiva Fernandes Martinho ComMA (born 23 March 1946) is a Portuguese agricultural engineer and politician, who was the first president of the Democratic Renewal Party (PRD).
Hermínio Martinho was born on 23 March 1946 in Tancos, Vila Nova da Barquinha, in the district of Santarém.
[1] In July 1985, Martinho was elected the first President of newly formed Democratic Renewal Party (PRD), a party that had the political support and mentoring of António Ramalho Eanes, then President of Portugal.
[2] In the 1985 Portuguese legislative election, under Martinho's leadership, the PRD achieved more than a million votes and won 45 seats in the Assembly of the Republic, making PRD the third political force in Portugal.
[5] Between 1997 and 2001, Martinho was again elected alderman in the Municipality of Santarém, this time for the Social Democratic Party.