1979 In Portugal
Events in the year 1979 in Portugal. Incumbents *President: António Ramalho Eanes *Prime Minister: Carlos Mota Pinto (until 1 August), Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo (since 1 August) Events * 1 August - Establishment of the V Constitutional Government of Portugal. Culture Portugal participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 with Manuela Bravo and the song "Sobe, sobe, balão sobe". Sports In association football, for the first-tier league seasons, see 1978–79 Primeira Divisão and 1979–80 Primeira Divisão. References {{DEFAULTSORT:1979 In Portugal Portugal Years of the 20th 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 ...

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 ...
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Manuela Bravo
Maria Manuela de Oliveira Moreira Bravo, known as Manuela Bravo (born 7 December 1957) is a Portuguese singer. Bravo made her first public appearance when she was only 5 years old in Cinema Éden, in Lisbon (which is now closed). When she was 15 years old, she released her first single with two songs composed by José Cid, "Nova Geração" and "Another Time", where she appeared with the band Quarteto 1111. In 1975, Bravo released a new single, with arrangements and orchestrations by Jorge Palma, being the two songs "Tínhamos Vinte Anos" and "Soldado-Escravo" (the last entitled the single) composed by Tozé Brito. In 1979 Manuela Bravo won the Festival da Canção with the song " Sobe, sobe, balão sobe", composed by Nóbrega e Sousa, and represented Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979. She ended the contest in 9th place. Her father Loubet Bravo (1910 — 1978), was a Coimbra fado Coimbra Fado (Portuguese: ''Fado de Coimbra'') is a genre of fado originating ...
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1979 In Europe
Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ''Chiquitita'' to commemorate the event. ** The United States and the People's Republic of China establish full Sino-American relations, diplomatic relations. ** Following a deal agreed during 1978, France, French carmaker Peugeot completes a takeover of American manufacturer Chrysler's Chrysler Europe, European operations, which are based in United Kingdom, Britain's former Rootes Group factories, as well as the former Simca factories in France. * January 7 – Cambodian–Vietnamese War: The People's Army of Vietnam and Vietnamese-backed Kampuchean United Front for National Salvation, Cambodian insurgents announce the fall of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and the collapse of the Pol Pot regime. Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge retreat west to an area ...
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1979 In Portugal
Events in the year 1979 in Portugal. Incumbents *President: António Ramalho Eanes *Prime Minister: Carlos Mota Pinto (until 1 August), Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo (since 1 August) Events * 1 August - Establishment of the V Constitutional Government of Portugal. Culture Portugal participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 with Manuela Bravo and the song "Sobe, sobe, balão sobe". Sports In association football, for the first-tier league seasons, see 1978–79 Primeira Divisão and 1979–80 Primeira Divisão. References {{DEFAULTSORT:1979 In Portugal Portugal Years of the 20th 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 ...

1979–80 Primeira Divisão
Statistics of Portuguese Liga in the 1979–80 season. Overview It was contested by 16 teams, and Sporting Clube de Portugal won the championship. League standings Results Season statistics Top goalscorers Footnotes External links Portugal 1979-80 - RSSSF (Jorge Miguel Teixeira)Portuguese League 1979/80 - footballzz.co.ukPortugal - Table of Honor - Soccer Library * Portuguese Wikipedia - Campeonato Português de Futebol - I Divisão 1979/1980 {{DEFAULTSORT:1979-80 Primeira Divisao Primeira Liga seasons 1979–80 in Portuguese football 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 ...

1978–79 Primeira Divisão
Statistics of Portuguese Liga in the 1978–79 season. Overview It was contested by 16 teams, and F.C. Porto won the championship. League standings Results Season statistics Top goalscorers Footnotes External links Portugal 1978-79 - RSSSF (Jorge Miguel Teixeira)Portuguese League 1978/79 - footballzz.co.ukPortugal - Table of Honor - Soccer Library * Portuguese Wikipedia - Campeonato Português de Futebol - I Divisão 1978/1979 {{DEFAULTSORT:1978-79 Primeira Divisao Primeira Liga seasons 1978–79 in Portuguese football 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 ...

Association Football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposition by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular framed goal defended by the opposing side. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45 minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries, it is considered the world's most popular sport. The game of association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 with the International Football Association Board (IFAB) maintaining them since 1886. The game is played with a football that is in circumference. The two teams compete to get the ball into the other team's goal (between the posts and under t ...
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Sobe, Sobe, Balão Sobe
Portugal was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1979, held in Jerusalem. Before Eurovision ''Festival da Canção 1979'' The Portuguese national final to select their entry, the ''Festival da Canção 1979'', was held on 24 February at the Cinema Monumental in Lisbon, and was hosted by José Fialho Gouveia and Manuela Moura Guedes. The musical director was Thilo Krasmann. Three semi-finals in February narrowed the final selection from 27 eligible songs to nine; the top three winners in each of the three heats were chosen by a jury composed of 5 elements, each of them would have to score each song from 1 to 5 points depending on their analysis of each of the themes in the competition. The regional juries came back, with twenty-two regional juries throughout Portugal, the Azores and the Madeira Islands picking the winner. Each district could vote for each song from zero to 10 points. The winning entry was "Sobe, sobe, balão sobe", performed by Manuela Bravo and composed by ...
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Eurovision Song Contest 1979
The Eurovision Song Contest 1979 was the 24th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Jerusalem, Israel, following the country's victory at the with the song "A-Ba-Ni-Bi" by Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Israeli Broadcasting Authority (IBA), the contest was held at the International Convention Centre on 31 March 1979 and was hosted by Israeli television presenter Daniel Pe'er and singer Yardena Arazi. This was the first time that the Eurovision Song Contest was held outside Europe. Nineteen countries participated in the contest with deciding not to participate after Arab countries had pressured it into not participating in a contest held in Israel. , who had missed the 1977 and 1978 contest, also did not want to take part nor transmit the show this year for political reasons, despite a poll held earlier in which almost 100,000 people declared that they wanted Yugoslavia to return t ...
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President Of Portugal
The president of Portugal, officially the president of the Portuguese Republic ( pt, Presidente da República Portuguesa, ), is the head of state and highest office of Portugal. The powers, functions and duties of prior presidential offices, and their relation with the Prime Minister of Portugal, prime minister and cabinets have over time differed with the various Constitution of Portugal, Portuguese constitutions. Currently, in the Third Portuguese Republic, Third Republic, a semi-presidential system, the President holds no direct executive power, but is more than a merely ceremonial figure as is typically the case with parliamentary systems: one of his most significant responsibilities is the promulgation of all laws enacted by the Assembly of the Republic (Portugal), Assembly of the Republic (parliament) or the Portuguese government, Government (an act without which such laws have no legal validity), with an alternative option to veto them (although this veto can be overcome i ...
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Portugal In The Eurovision Song Contest 1979
Portugal was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1979, held in Jerusalem. Before Eurovision ''Festival da Canção 1979'' The Portuguese national final to select their entry, the '' Festival da Canção 1979'', was held on 24 February at the Cinema Monumental in Lisbon, and was hosted by José Fialho Gouveia and Manuela Moura Guedes. The musical director was Thilo Krasmann. Three semi-finals in February narrowed the final selection from 27 eligible songs to nine; the top three winners in each of the three heats were chosen by a jury composed of 5 elements, each of them would have to score each song from 1 to 5 points depending on their analysis of each of the themes in the competition. The regional juries came back, with twenty-two regional juries throughout Portugal, the Azores and the Madeira Islands picking the winner. Each district could vote for each song from zero to 10 points. The winning entry was "Sobe, sobe, balão sobe", performed by Manuela Bravo and composed by C ...
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Government Of Portugal
The Government of Portugal is one of the four sovereignty bodies of the Portuguese Republic, together with the President of Portugal, President of the Republic, the Assembly of the Republic (Portugal), Assembly of the Republic and Judiciary of Portugal, the courts. It is both the body of sovereignty that conducts the general politics of the country and the superior body of the Portuguese public administration. The Government of Portugal is also referred to as the Government of the Portuguese Republic, the Portuguese Government or simply the Government. The term "constitutional government" or simply "government" also refers to the team of ministers and its period of management under one prime minister. This concept is similar to an "administration" in the parlance of a presidential republic or to a "ministry (collective executive), collective ministry" in the parlance of some Commonwealth countries. Each government in this sense is identified by a roman number, with the present one ...
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