When Duncan Smith was elected leader, Portillo returned to the backbenches.

In 1989 Portillo returned to Guatemala and joined the Social Democratic Party ( PSD ), which had replaced the Authentic Revolutionary Party the previous year.

* Francis Maude, the Shadow Foreign Secretary, had been popular with the liberal wing of the party, but after his ally Portillo returned to Parliament the lead shifted.

Michael Portillo returned safely to Parliament.

At the end of this loan period, Portillo returned to Real, under newly-hired coach Fabio Capello.

In 2010 – 11, Portillo returned to reserve status, after Hércules signed David Trezeguet and Nelson Valdez in the off-season.

However, as the Tories had denied responsibility for the recession at the turn of the decade, few voters were willing to give them credit for the economic recovery, and Labour returned to power after 18 years with a 179-seat majority that saw several leading Tory MP's ( most notably Michael Portillo, widely tipped to be the next Tory leader ) lose their seats and leave them without any MP's in Wales or Scotland.

Portillo was elected in the subsequent by-election and became Shadow Chancellor but his subsequent career stalled and he crashed out of the 2001 Conservative Party leadership election and returned to the backbenches.

After the election, Portillo renewed his attachment to Kerr McGee but also undertook substantial media work including programmes for the BBC and Channel 4.

After his time at Oxford, Perkins joined the Ocean Transport and Trading Company "( in the same intake as his confrère Portillo ), Perkins was put to work studying waste timber in Liverpool.

Anderson was educated at Stanburn Primary School and Harrow County School for Boys in London, where his group of friends included Geoffrey Perkins and Michael Portillo.

In the runoff on December 26, Alfonso Portillo ( FRG ) won 68 % of the vote to 32 % for Óscar Berger ( PAN ).

Portillo was criticized during the campaign for his relationship with the FRG's chairman, former president Ríos Montt.

Echeverría designated José López Portillo, his secretary of Finance, as his successor for the term 1976-82, hoping that the new administration would have a tighter control on inflation and to preserve political unity.

In 2002 she began hosting a celebrity gossip show, Escandalo TV along Marisa del Portillo, Felipe Viel and Lilia Luciano for TeleFutura.

Hamilton supported Michael Portillo and when Portillo did not contest the leadership, he voted for John Redwood.

As Defence Secretary, Portillo pressed for a purist Thatcherite course of " clear blue water ", separating the policies of the Conservatives from Labour.

Standing for the leadership of the party in 2001, Portillo came a narrow third place behind Iain Duncan Smith and Kenneth Clarke.

An early brush with fame came in 1961 at the age of 8, when Portillo starred in a television advertisement for Ribena, a blackcurrant cordial drink.

The 1997 loss, symbolising the loss of the election by the Conservative Party, has been referred to as " the Portillo moment ", and in the cliché " Were you up for Portillo?

On 3 February Portillo stood opposite the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, in the House of Commons for the first time in his new role.

Portillo has known Abbott for many years: they both attended schools in the London Borough of Harrow, Portillo and Abbott were in a joint school production of Romeo and Juliet, though not in the title roles.

Portillo has featured in a number of television documentaries, including one on Richard Wagner, of whose music he is a notable fan, and two on Spain: Great Railway Journeys: From Granada to Salamanca for BBC Two ( 2002 ), and a programme on Spanish wildlife for BBC Two's The Natural World series ( 2006 )-Portillo is a fluent Spanish speaker.

He showed an unexpectedly warm and perceptive side of his nature when he took over for one week the life, family and income of a single mother living on benefits in Wallasey-When Michael Portillo became a Single Mum, ( 2003 ).

Portillo has written a regular column for The Sunday Times, contributes to other journals ( he was a theatre critic for the New Statesman until May 2006 ), and is a regular radio broadcaster in the UK.

On 4 July 2011 it was announced that Portillo will chair a new £ 55m Arts Endowment Fund, to be supported by the Arts Council, the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

The same August President Portillo admitted involvement of the Guatemalan government in human rights abuses over the previous 20 years, including for two massacres that took place during Ríos Montt's presidency.

" Major later said that he had picked the number three from the air and that he was referring to " former ministers who had left the government and begun to create havoc with their anti-European activities ", but many journalists suggested that the three were Peter Lilley, Michael Portillo and Michael Howard, three of the more prominent " Eurosceptics " within his Cabinet.

Mexico increased its international presence during López Portillo: in addition to becoming the world's fourth oil exporter, Mexico restarted relations with the post Franco-Spain in 1977, allowed Pope John Paul II to visit Mexico, welcomed American president Jimmy Carter and broke relations with Somoza and supported the Sandinista National Liberation Front in its rebellion against the United States supported government.

He is accused of irresponsible government spending, increasing inflation, and cronyism – which is symbolized by appointing his good friend and eventual successor José López Portillo as Finance Minister – violent devaluations of the peso, from 12. 50 MXP per dollar in 1954 to 20 per dollar in late 1976, as well as for rising debt.

On the day of his investiture Portillo said that Guatemala was " on the edge of collapse ", and promised a thorough government investigation into corruption.

In January 2010 reports stated that the U. S. government were looking for Portillo in relation to money laundering charges.

In 2000 President Alfonso Portillo admitted that the government was responsible for the massacre in the village.

In 2000, President Alfonso Portillo admitted government responsibility for the massacre.

Alvaro del Portillo was the closest collaborator of St. Josemaria Escriva in the government of Opus Dei and became his first successor after Escriva died in 1975.

In the year leading to the end of his term as president, December 1, 1982, López Portillo personally chose two candidates as possibilities to replace himself, following the succession ritual established by the PRI party.

In late December 2009, Portillo – who was only fourth or fifth-choice striker for Osasuna coach José Antonio Camacho – finally moved clubs, signing until the end of 2009 – 10 plus two more with second division's Hércules CF.

Maria Raquenel Portillo aka " Mary Boquitas " ( born December 23, 1969 ) is a Mexican singer and actress.

*‘ Finding a role for compassion ’ of Michael Portillo, The Ghost of Toryism Past, The Spectator ( 6 December 1997 ).

Gareth Peirce, Raghip's solicitor, asked the Home Secretary for a review, supported by Raghip's MP Michael Portillo, and in December 1990 the Home Secretary, Kenneth Baker, referred the case back to the Court of Appeal.

Portillo was first elected to the House of Commons in a by-election in 1984 ; a strong admirer of Margaret Thatcher, and a Eurosceptic, Portillo served as a junior minister under both Thatcher and John Major, before entering the cabinet in 1992.

The Nationalist Party made its last appearance in a 1984 by-election in the Southgate constituency, with James Kershaw polling only 80 votes in a seat won by Michael Portillo.

Pablo Portillo ( born April 8, 1984 ) is a famous Mexican singer and actor.

The current MP is David Burrowes ( Conservative ), and its best-known representative was Michael Portillo ( 1984 – 1997 ).

The first candidate was Weiss in the Enfield Southgate by-election, 1984 ; Michael Portillo won and Weiss polled 48 votes.