Events in the year 1949 in Portugal.

Incumbents

* President: Óscar Carmona * Prime Minister: António de Oliveira Salazar

Events

*13 February - Presidential election. *28 October – 1949 Air France Lockheed Constellation crash *13 November –

Portuguese legislative election, 1949 Parliamentary elections were held in Portugal on 13 November 1949.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1542 Following the late withdrawal of the Democratic Opposition, only eight opposition candidates r ...

Arts and entertainment

Sports

G.D. Chaves Grupo Desportivo de Chaves, commonly known as Chaves (), is a Portuguese football club from Chaves currently playing in the Primeira Liga. They were founded in 1949 and currently play at Estádio Municipal de Chaves. Their home kit is red-and-bl ...

founded

Births

*30 April –

António Guterres António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres ( , ; born 30 April 1949) is a Portuguese politician and diplomat. Since 2017, he has served as secretary-general of the United Nations, the ninth person to hold this title. A member of the Portuguese Socia ...

, politician

Deaths

*7 January –

José Ramos Preto José Ramos Preto (23 October 1870 – 7 January 1949) was a Portuguese jurist and politician during the Portuguese First Republic. Among other posts, he served as civil governor, senator, minister and president of the Ministry (Prime Minister). ...

, politician (born

1871 Events January–March * January 3 – Franco-Prussian War – Battle of Bapaume: Prussians win a strategic victory. * January 18 – Proclamation of the German Empire: The member states of the North German Confederation and the sout ...

) *4 August –

Liberato Pinto Liberato Damião Ribeiro Pinto ComTE, ComC, ComA, ComSE, ( Lisbon, 29 September 1880 – Lisbon, 4 August 1949) was a Portuguese Lieutenant Colonel of the Republican National Guard (''Guarda Nacional Republicana'', GNR), politician and ...

, politician (born

1880 Events January–March * January 22 – Toowong State School is founded in Queensland, Australia. * January – The international White slave trade affair scandal in Brussels is exposed and attracts international infamy. * February � ...

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References

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