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2009 In Portugal
Events in the year 2009 in Portugal. Incumbents *President of Portugal, President: Aníbal Cavaco Silva *Prime Minister of Portugal, Prime Minister: José Sócrates Events *May 2009 to early 2010 – A 2009 flu pandemic in Portugal, flu pandemic resulted in 122 deaths in Portugal. *11 October – Portuguese local election, 2009 Arts and entertainment *''To Die Like a Man'', a Portuguese drama film directed by João Pedro Rodrigues. *In music: Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009. Sports Association football, Football (soccer) competitions: 2008–09 Primeira Liga, Primeira Liga, 2008–09 Liga de Honra, Liga de Honra, 2008–09 Taça da Liga, Taça da Liga, 2008–09 Taça de Portugal, Taça de Portugal. Deaths *26 January – Fernando Amaral, politician (b. 1925 in Portugal, 1925). *3 February – António dos Reis Rodrigues, Roman Catholic Bishop (b. 1918 in Portugal, 1918) *17 February – Conchita Cintrón, Chile-born Peruvian torera (female bullfighter), died i ... [...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] |
Fernando Amaral
Fernando Monteiro do Amaral, GCC (Cambres, Lamego, 13 January 1925 – Lamego, 26 January 2009), was a Portuguese politician and parliamentary.http://www.geneall.net/P/per_page.php?id=621400 Career He graduated as a Licentiate in Law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon. He was a Vereador of the Municipal Chamber and President of the City Council of Lamego and Purveyor of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia of Lisbon. He was a Deputy to the Constituent Assembly and to the Assembly of the Republic at the 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th Legislatures for the Social Democratic Party, held the office of Minister of Internal Administration in the 7th Constitutional Government and later became Adjoint Minister to the Prime Minister of Portugal Francisco Pinto Balsemão in the 8th. He was elected the Vice-President of the Assembly of the Republic from 8 June 1983 to 24 October 1984, and the 7th President of the Assembly of the Republic from 25 October 1984 to 12 August 1987. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1934 In Portugal
Events in the year 1934 in Portugal. Incumbents *President: Óscar Carmona *Prime Minister: António de Oliveira Salazar Events * 16 June to 30 September – Portuguese colonial exhibition held in Oporto. * 16 December – Portuguese legislative election, 1934. Arts and entertainment Sports *The Primeira Liga established *The club Associação Cultural e Recreativa Alvorense 1º Dezembro founded *The club Grupo Desportivo Torralta founded *The club FC Infesta founded *The club F.C. Lixa founded *The club SC Lamego founded Births *19 July – Francisco de Sá Carneiro, politician (d. 1980). *21 July – Américo Amorim, businessman (d. 2017). Deaths *14 March – João do Canto e Castro, naval officer and politician (born 1862) References {{Europe topic, 1934 in 1930s in Portugal Portugal Years of the 20th century in Portugal Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edite Soeiro
Edite Castro Soeiro (March 31, 1934 – July 27, 2009) was a Portuguese journalist, notable as one of the first women to attain a senior position on Portuguese journalism. She was born in Angola, where she worked for the Benguela Benguela (; Umbundu: Luombaka) is a city in western Angola, capital of Benguela Province. Benguela is one of Angola's most populous cities with a population of 555,124 in the city and 561,775 in the municipality, at the 2014 census. History Por ... weekly ''O Intransigente'' in the 1950s before moving to Portugal and working for the publications ''Flama'', ''Notícia'', ''O Jornal'' and ''Visão'', amongst others. In 2006 Soeiro received a Merit Award from the Portuguese Journalists' Association. References 1934 births 2009 deaths {{portugal-journalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1951 In Portugal
Events in the year 1951 in Portugal. Incumbents *President: Oscar Carmona (until 18 April), António de Oliveira Salazar (18 April-21 July) Francisco Craveiro Lopes (from 21 July) *Prime Minister: António de Oliveira Salazar Events * 22 July - Presidential election. Sports *8 February – F.C. Penafiel founded *Establishment of the Portuguese Handball First Division *Real Sport Clube founded Births *6 June – Manuel Fernandes, football player and coach. *27 June – Manuel Cajuda, football manager. * Deaths *18 April – Óscar Carmona, president (born 1869) *25 October (in France) – Amélie of Orléans, Queen consort of Portugal References {{Years in Portugal 1950s 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 in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Calvário
José Carlos Barbosa Calvário (1951, Porto – 17 June 2009, Oeiras) was a Portuguese songwriter and conductor. He was also a composer, and conducted at many Portuguese festivals.Obituary In the he was the composer, lyricist and conductor of five Portuguese entries, some of them are A festa da vida (1972), E Depois do Adeus (1974), |
1923 In Portugal
Events in the year 1923 in Portugal. Incumbents * President: António José de Almeida (until 5 October); Manuel Teixeira Gomes (starting 5 October) * Prime Minister: António Maria da Silva (until 15 November); António Ginestal Machado (15 November–18 December); Álvaro de Castro (starting 18 December) Events *Disestablishment of the Reconstitution Party, the Republican Liberal Party and the National Republican Party. Sports * Amarante FC founded *S.C. Covilhã founded *Louletano D.C. founded *A.C. Marinhense founded Births *19 January – Eugénio de Andrade, poet (died 2005)) *16 August – Francisco de Andrade, sailor and Olympic medalist. (died 2021) *10 September – Alfredo Nobre da Costa, engineer and politician (died 1996) *16 September – Fernando Lanhas, painter (died 2012 in Portugal, 2012) Deaths *11 August – Francisco Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral Francisco Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral, GCTE (Lisbon, Santa Catarina, 11 June 1843Some sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomás Paquete
Tomás Paquete (8 September 1923 – 25 May 2009) was a Portuguese sprinter. He competed in the men's 100 metres at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin .... He was amongst the greatest Portuguese record holder of 100 meters of all time, winning 18 national titles, and he was the holder of a meritorious career in international athletics, with 11 caps. References 1923 births 2009 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Portugal Portuguese male sprinters Portuguese sportspeople of Bissau-Guinean descent Sportspeople from Bissau S.L. Benfica athletes {{Portugal-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1919 In Portugal ...
Events in the year 1919 in Portugal. Incumbents *President: João do Canto e Castro; António José de Almeida *Prime Minister: João Tamagnini de Sousa Barbosa; José Relvas; Domingos Leite Pereira; Alfredo de Sá Cardoso Events *11 May – Portuguese legislative election, 1919. *Establishment of the Republican Liberal Party. *Disestablishment of the Evolutionist Party and Republican Union political parties. Arts and entertainment Sports Births *6 November – Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, poet (died 2004). Deaths References {{Year in Europe, 1919 1910s 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
António Lopes Dos Santos
António Adriano Faria Lopes dos Santos (28 December 1919 – 11 May 2009) was a Portugal, Portuguese army general and colonial administrator.Governador António Lopes dos Santos Projecto Memória Macaense Biography He held top military posts both before and after the 1974 Carnation Revolution. He was district governor of Portuguese Mozambique from 1959 until 1962. He was Governor of Macau from 17 April 1962 until July 1967, and chief of staff of Macau's garrison. He was appointed the Senior Assistant to the Portuguese Guinea Commander in Chief under Governor António de Spínola from 1968 until 1970. He was military commander in Portuguese Guinea between 1968 and 1970. He was List of colo ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisbon
Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administrative limits with a population of around 2.7 million people, being the List of urban areas of the European Union, 11th-most populous urban area in the European Union.Demographia: World Urban Areas - demographia.com, 06.2021 About 3 million people live in the Lisbon metropolitan area, making it the third largest metropolitan area in the Iberian Peninsula, after Madrid and Barcelona. It represents approximately 27% of the country's population. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conchita Cintrón
Concepción Cintrón Verrill, also known as Conchita Cintrón or La Diosa de Oro ('The Golden Goddess') (August 9, 1922 in Antofagasta – February 17, 2009 in Lisbon), was a Chile-born Peruvian torera (female bullfighter), perhaps the most famous in the history of bullfighting. In the ring Cintrón was said to display particular grace, style and bravado, a combination known as ''duende''. Background Cintrón was born in 1922 in Antofagasta, in northern Chile. Her father, Francisco Cintrón Ramos, was from Puerto Rico and the second Puerto Rican to graduate from West Point, Major General Luis R. Esteves being the first. After serving in the United States military he became a South American businessman. Her mother, Lola Kathleen Verrill, was an American of Irish ancestry. By the time she was three years old, the family had moved to Lima, Peru, where she grew up, learned to ride, and began her career as a bullfighter. In Lima, Cintrón rode her first pony at three, and join ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
