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1921 In Portugal
Events in the year 1921 in Portugal. Incumbents *President: António José de Almeida *Prime Ministers: Seven different Events *6 March – Portuguese Communist Party founded *10 July – Portuguese legislative election, 1921. Arts and entertainment Sports *Gondomar S.C. founded * A.D. Ovarense founded *S.C. Braga founded Births *4 August – Carlos Galvão de Melo, military officer and politician (died 2008) Deaths *7 June – Sebastião Custódio de Sousa Teles, military officer and politician (born 1847) *19 October – António Granjo António Joaquim Granjo (27 December 1881 – 19 October 1921; ) was a Portuguese lawyer and politician who served twice as prime minister during 1920 and 1921, until his assassination. Biography Granjo was born in Chaves.Already a committed ..., lawyer and politician (born 1881) References {{Year in Europe, 1921 1920s in Portugal Years of the 20th century in Portugal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira. It features the westernmost point in continental Europe, and its Iberian portion is bordered to the west and south by the Atlantic Ocean and to the north and east by Spain, the sole country to have a land border with Portugal. Its two archipelagos form two autonomous regions with their own regional governments. Lisbon is the capital and largest city by population. Portugal is the oldest continuously existing nation state on the Iberian Peninsula and one of the oldest in Europe, its territory having been continuously settled, invaded and fought over since prehistoric times. It was inhabited by pre-Celtic and Celtic peoples who had contact with Phoenicians and Ancient Greek traders, it was ruled by the Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
António José De Almeida
António José de Almeida, GCTE, GCA, GCC, GCSE (; 27 July 1866 – 31 October 1929), was a Portuguese politician who served as the sixth president of Portugal from 1919 to 1923. Early career Born in Penacova to José António de Almeida and his wife Maria Rita das Neves, Almeida studied medicine at the University of Coimbra and became a medical doctor. During his term as Minister for the Interior, he was the founder of both the University of Lisbon and the University of Porto in 1911. He was one of the most eloquent republican tribunes, and, after the 5 October 1910 revolution, as interior minister"With the proclamation of the Republic and the installment of the first provisional government, which was led by Teófilo Braga with António José de Almeida as Interior Minister and Afonso Costa as Minister of Justice, all of whom were freemasonsA Shortened History of Freemasonry in Portugal Petrestones Review he led the moderate wing of the Portuguese Republican Party, that o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Prime Ministers Of Portugal
The prime minister of the Portuguese Republic ( pt, primeiro-ministro da República Portuguesa) is the head of the Government of Portugal. They coordinate the actions of all ministers, represent the Government as a whole, report their actions and is accountable to the Assembly of the Republic (Portugal), Assembly of the Republic, and keep the President of Portugal, president of the Republic informed. There is no limit to the number of mandates as prime minister. They are appointed by the president of the Republic, after the legislative elections and after an audience with every leader of a party represented at the Assembly. It is usual for the leader of the party which receives a Plurality (voting), plurality of votes in the elections to be named prime minister. The official residence of the prime minister is a mansion next to São Bento Palace, which, in confusion, is also often called "São Bento Palace", although many prime ministers did not live in the palace during their f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portuguese Communist Party
The Portuguese Communist Party ( pt, Partido Comunista Português, , PCP) is a communist, Marxist–Leninist political party in Portugal based upon democratic centralism. The party also considers itself patriotic and internationalist,Portuguese Communist Party (2005). ''Program and Statutes of the Portuguese Communist Party''. Edições Avante!. and it is characterized as being between the left-wing and far-left on the political spectrum. The party was founded in 1921, establishing contacts with the Comintern in 1922 and becoming is Portuguese section in 1923. The PCP was banned after the 1926 military coup and subsequently played a major role in the opposition against the dictatorial regime of António de Oliveira Salazar. During the nearly five-decade-long dictatorship, the PCP was constantly suppressed by the secret police, which forced the party's members to live in clandestine status under the threat of arrest, torture, and murder. After the Carnation Revolution in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portuguese Legislative Election, 1921
Parliamentary elections were held in Portugal on 10 July 1921.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1542 Prior to the elections, the Republican Union had merged with the Evolutionist Party to form the Republican Liberal Party (PLR). The elections resulted in the PLR becoming the largest in Parliament, winning 79 of the 163 seats in the House of Representatives and 32 of the 71 seats in the Senate.Nohlen & Stöver, pp1557-1558 The government that was subsequently formed lasted only a few months, as on 19 October (the " night of blood"), a military coup resulted in the deaths of several prominent conservative figures including prime minister António Granjo. New elections were held in January 1922. Results Notes References {{Portuguese elections Legislative elections in Portugal Portugal Legislative A legislature is an assembly with the authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country or city. They are oft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gondomar S
Gondomar may refer to: Places *Gondomar, Portugal, a city and municipality in Portugal ** Gondomar (São Cosme), Valbom e Jovim, a civil parish in the city *Gondomar, Pontevedra, a town in Galicia, Spain People *Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, conde de Gondomar (1567–1626), Spanish diplomat *Pedro Sarmiento, 3rd Marquis of Mancera Pedro Sarmiento, 3rd Marquis of Mancera and Count of Gondomar, Grandee of Spainin full, es, Don Pedro Sarmiento y Toledo, tercer conde de Gondomar y tercer marqués de Mancera, Grande de España) (c. 1625 – 1715) was a Spanish nobleman. He was ... (c. 1625–1715) and Count of Gondomar, Grandee of Spain Other uses * Gondomar S.C., a football club based in Gondomar, Portugal {{Disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Galvão De Melo
Carlos Galvão de Melo (4 August 1921 – 20 March 2008) was a Portuguese military officer from the Portuguese Air Force. Life Galvão de Melo was the eldest of nine children of António Augusto Ferreira de Melo, a merchant based in Mozambqiue, and wife Cecília Rosa Teles de Noronha Galvão. He joined the Portuguese Air Force in 1942 and trained in the United Kingdom and France. Between 1951 and 1954 he was posted at the NATO joint command headquarters, while between 1954 and 1957 he was posted in Goa (then under Portuguese control) to supervise the construction of Dabolim Air Port. Subsequently, he commanded the Fifteenth Squadron 'Reyes', based in Porto (1957-1962), and the Eleventh Bomber Regiment based in Angola (1962-1966). Later he was Military Attache to South Africa from 1966 to 1970, and served (1970-1973) as Military Attache to Brazil. In 1973 he became Commander of the Second Home Front Division. When on 25 April 1974 the Carnation Revolution broke out in Portugal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 In Portugal
Events in the year 2008 in Portugal. Incumbents *President: Aníbal Cavaco Silva *Prime Minister: José Sócrates Arts and entertainment In music: Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008. Film *''From Now On'' released in Portugal. Sports Football (soccer) competitions: Primeira Liga, Liga de Honra, Taça da Liga, Taça de Portugal. Deaths *3 January – Antônio Matias, judoka (born 1963). *21 February – Madalena Barbosa, feminist (b. 1942). *20 March – Carlos Galvão de Melo, military officer and politician (born 1921) *22 April – Francisco Martins Rodrigues, anti-Fascist resistant (b. 1927) See also *List of Portuguese films of 2008 References {{Years in Portugal 2000s in Portugal Portugal Years of the 21st century in Portugal Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
António Granjo
António Joaquim Granjo (27 December 1881 – 19 October 1921; ) was a Portuguese lawyer and politician who served twice as prime minister during 1920 and 1921, until his assassination. Biography Granjo was born in Chaves.Already a committed republican from his youth, well before the 1910 overthrow of the monarchy, he became a member of the National Constituent Assembly, elected on 28 May 1911. He gave up his constituency in order to join the army; during Portuguese participation in World War I, he saw combat himself, and upon returning home he wrote a book about his battle experiences. After President Sidónio Pais was shot dead, Granjo took action against the ''Monarchy of the North'', an attempt to restore a royalist regime in the north of Portugal, in 1919. He was President of the Municipal Chamber of Chaves, from February to July 1919. That same year he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies, by the Evolutionist Party, later being a founder of its successor movement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sebastião Custódio De Sousa Teles
Sebastião is Portuguese for ''Sebastian''. This name may refer to: People * Sebastião (given name) Places * Sebastião Barros, a town in the state of Piauí, Brazil * Sebastião Laranjeiras, a city in the state of Bahia, Brazil * Sebastião Leal Sebastião Leal is a municipality in the state of Piauí in the Northeast region of Brazil. See also *List of municipalities in Piauí This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Piauí (PI), located in the Northeast Region of Brazi ..., a town in the state of Piauí, Brazil Other * São Sebastião, Portuguese for Saint Sebastian {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1847 In Portugal ...
Events in the year 1847 in Portugal. Incumbents *Monarch: Mary II *Prime Ministers: João Carlos Saldanha de Oliveira Daun, 1st Duke of Saldanha Events *29 June – Convention of Gramido Arts and entertainment Sports Births *27 July – Sebastião Custódio de Sousa Teles, military officer and politician (died 1921) *4 November – Infante Augusto, Duke of Coimbra, Royal prince (died 1889) *24 December – Jaime Batalha Reis, agronomist and diplomat. Deaths References {{Year in Europe, 1847 1840s in Portugal Years of the 19th century in Portugal Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
