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1986 Portuguese Presidential Election
Presidential elections were held in Portugal on 26 January 1986, with a second round on 16 February. This was closest presidential election ever held in Portugal and was won by the Socialist Mário Soares, who initially had no more than 5 percent at opinion polls. The first round was easily won by Freitas do Amaral, supported by all the right-wing parties, while Soares defeated the other two left-wing candidates, the former Prime-Minister Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo –the first woman to be a candidate to the Portuguese presidency – and Salgado Zenha (supported by outgoing president António Ramalho Eanes, founder of the short-lived Democratic Renewal Party, and by the Portuguese Communist Party, whose candidate, Ângelo Veloso, left the race some days before the poll). Both these candidates supported Soares in the second round. In the first round, Soares did not achieve the majority of the voting in any district, as the left-wing strongholds in the south of Portugal voted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Percentage Point
A percentage point or percent point is the unit (measurement), unit for the difference (mathematics), arithmetic difference between two percentages. For example, moving up from 40 percent to 44 percent is an increase of 4 percentage points (although it is a 10-percent increase in the quantity being measured, if the total amount remains the same). In written text, the unit (the percentage point) is usually either written out, or abbreviated as ''pp'', ''p.p.'', or ''%pt.'' to avoid confusion with percentage increase or decrease in the actual quantity. After the first occurrence, some writers abbreviate by using just "point" or "points". Differences between percentages and percentage points Consider the following hypothetical example: In 1980, 50 percent of the population smoked, and in 1990 only 40 percent of the population smoked. One can thus say that from 1980 to 1990, the prevalence of smoking decreased by 10 ''percentage points'' (or by 10 percent of the population) or by ''20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Portuguese Constitutional Court
The Constitutional Court (, ) is a special court, defined by the Portuguese Constitution as part of the judicial branch of the Portuguese political organization. Unlike the rest of the country's courts, the Constitutional Court has important characteristics, such as a special composition, and unique competences. The main task of the court is to review the constitutionality of the newly approved laws, but it also has important powers related to the President of the Republic, the political parties, and referendums. The Portuguese Constitution defines the Constitutional Court as a completely independent organ that operates independently from the other branches of government, such as the Executive or the Legislative. The Justices of the Constitutional Court are independent and cannot be impeached. The decisions of the court are above the decisions of any other authority. The court convenes in Lisbon, in the Ratton Palace located in Bairro Alto. Organization The court is comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Freitas Do Amaral, XV Cimeira Ibero-Americana - Salamanca, Espanha (cropped)
Freitas may refer to: People Sports * Alcindo Martha de Freitas, Brazilian football player * Acelino Freitas (born 1975), Brazilian boxer * Francisco José de Freitas (born 2003), Brazilian football player * Getúlio Vargas Freitas Oliveira Júnior (born 1983), Brazilian football player * Jesse Freitas (American football, born 1921), American football player ** Jesse Freitas (American football, born 1951), his son, American football player * Makoa Freitas (born 1979), American football player * Manoel Cassiano de Freitas (born 1963), Brazilian football player * Márcio Miranda Freitas Rocha da Silva (born 1981), Brazilian football player * Miguel Freitas (born 1984), Portuguese racing driver * Pedro Henrique Carvalho Freitas (born 1985), Brazilian football player * Ricardo de Freitas Carreira (born 1978), Brazilian football player * Rocky Freitas (1945–2022), American football player * Tony Freitas (1908–1994), American baseball pitcher Other professions *Ángela ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Miguel Sousa Tavares
Miguel Andresen de Sousa Tavares (born 25 June 1952) is a Portuguese journalist, writer and pundit. The son of poet Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen and lawyer and politician Francisco Sousa Tavares, Miguel received his education in Law, eventually pursuing careers in journalism and essay writing for which he became known. His literary fiction debut '' Equador'', based on the life of a Portuguese governor of São Tomé e Príncipe, was one of the best-selling books of 2003 in Portugal, with over 220,000 copies sold. He has also published some best-selling books for children. He currently writes a weekly column of political commentary for '' Expresso'' (as he previously did for '' Público''), and contributes to the sports newspaper ''A Bola''. His passion for football is well known, and he is a keen FC Porto supporter. He is usually seen as a right winger in politics, advocating for union busting of Comboios de Portugal in an oped. Personal life He first married in Estoril o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Margarida Marante
Maria Margarida Marante Rodrigues Anjos, known as Margarida Marante (29 June 1959 - 5 October 2012) was a Portuguese journalist and television presenter known for interviewing major public Portuguese figures.''Caras'', 5 October 2012Morreu Margarida Marante, vítima de ataque cardíaco/ref> She was married to the businessman Henrique Granadeiro, having previously divorced Emídio Rangel.'' Expresso'', 3 April 2010Margarida Marante: "Soares era o meu talismã"/ref> Career Marante began her career in 1976 at the weekly ''Tempo'', before moving to RTP2 in 1978 and RTP1 in 1979. In 1989 she edited ''Elle'' Portugal, and in 1991 she joined '' Expresso''. From 1992 to 2003 she was a presenter at Sociedade Independente de Comunicação SIC (acronym of full name Sociedade Independente de Comunicação) ("Independent Communication Society") is a Portuguese television network and media company, which runs several television channels. Their flagship channel is the eponymous SIC, th ... (S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
RTP1
RTP1 (''RTP um'') is a Portuguese free-to-air television channel owned and operated by state-owned public broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP). It is the company's flagship television channel, and is known for broadcasting mainstream and generalist programming, including '' Telejornal'' news bulletins, prime time drama, cinema and entertainment, and major breaking news, sports and special events. It was launched on 7 March 1957 as the first regular television service in Portugal. It was the only one until 25 December 1968, when RTP launched a second channel. Two regional channels followed, RTP Madeira on 6 August 1972 and RTP Açores on 10 August 1975. As RTP held a monopoly on television broadcasting in the country, they were the only television channels until the first commercial television was launched on 6 October 1992, when SIC started broadcasting nationwide. The channel was initially simply referred to as "RTP". It received other names, such as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Carmelinda Pereira
Carmelinda Pereira (born 1948) is a retired teacher and politician from Portugal who represented the Portuguese Socialist Party (PS) in the Portuguese Assembly of the Republic before later becoming the founder of a small Trotskyist party . Early life Carmelinda Maria dos Santos Pereira was born to a poor family in a small village near Torres Novas in Portugal on 7 August 1948. She was the eldest of five children. At the age of 13 her family moved to Torres Novas so that she and her siblings could continue their education. She obtained qualifications as a teacher and started her teaching career at a small village school near Santarém, teaching 48 boys. There, she came close to being arrested by Portugal's secret police when some parents complained about her teaching methods. She then moved to a new school in Cascais. Pereira then attended the Higher Institute of Applied Psychology (ISPA) in the Portuguese capital, Lisbon, from which she was among a group of 70 expelled in her thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ângelo Veloso
Ângelo Matos Mendes Veloso (1930–1990; ) was a Portuguese politician. A member of the Portuguese Communist Party since the days of the ''Estado Novo'' (New State) dictatorial fascist regime of António de Oliveira Salazar, Veloso was imprisoned in Peniche for political views. He was the communist presidential candidate in the 1986 Presidential Elections, having withdrawn in support of Francisco Salgado Zenha, during the 1st round of the election.Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, Volume 4, Issue 1 March 1988 , pages 90 - 96 He was one of the most prominent figures of the party and was scheduled to succeed Álvaro Cunhal Álvaro Barreirinhas Cunhal (; 10 November 1913 – 13 June 2005) was a Portuguese communist revolutionary and politician. He was one of the major opponents of the dictatorial regime of the '' Estado Novo''. He served as secretary-general of the P ... but his premature death in 1990 made it impossible. References 1930 births 1990 de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Vasco Gonçalves
General Vasco dos Santos Gonçalves Order of Aviz, OA (; Lisbon 3 May 1921 – 11 June 2005) was a Portugal, Portuguese army officer in the Engineering Corps who took part in the Carnation Revolution and later served as Prime Minister of Portugal, Prime Minister from 18 July 1974 to 19 September 1975. Early life Vasco dos Santos Gonçalves was born on 3 May 1921, in Sintra, Portugal. His father, Vítor Gonçalves (footballer, born 1896), Vítor Gonçalves, was an amateur footballer turned foreign exchange dealer. He graduated from the Portuguese military academy as an engineer in 1942. Gonçalves married, in 1950, Aida Rocha Afonso, with whom he had a son, Vitor, and a daughter, Maria João. In 1942, Gonçalves graduated from a Portuguese military academy in the Army Engineering Corps. As an officer, Gonçalves served in Portuguese Goa, and spent part of his military career in the Estado Novo (Portugal), Portuguese overseas territories of Angola and Mozambique. In 1973, Gonç ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Francisco Salgado Zenha
Francisco Salgado Zenha GCL (2 May 1923, Braga – 1 November 1993, Lisbon) was a Portuguese left-wing politician and lawyer. Career As a student at the University of Coimbra, he was elected president of the Academic Association of Coimbra, being dismissed some months after because he refused to participate in a demonstration of support to the Estado Novo regime. Some time after, in 1945, he became one of the founders of the youth wing of the Movement of Democratic Unity (Portuguese: ''Movimento de Unidade Democrática – Juvenil'' or "MUD-J"), a movement that congregated almost all the opposition movements to the Portuguese Fascist regime. His "subversive" actions lead him to prison for several times. Later, he supported the presidential candidacy of Norton de Matos, and it was at this time that he met Mário Soares. Some years after he supported another democratic candidate to the manipulated elections, Humberto Delgado. After that he joined several Socialist movem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Socialist Party (Portugal)
The Socialist Party ( , PS) is a social democracy, social democratic List of political parties in Portugal, political party in Portugal. It was founded on 19 April 1973 in the German city of Bad Münstereifel by militants who were at the time with the Portuguese Socialist Action (). The PS is a member of the Socialist International, Progressive Alliance and Party of European Socialists, and has eight members in the European Parliament within the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats group during the Tenth European Parliament, 10th European Parliament. The party won the 1976 Portuguese legislative election, 1976 general election and formed the I Constitutional Government of Portugal, first constitutional government after the 1974 revolution, with Mário Soares as prime minister. However, the government was unstable and fell in 1978. The PS lost the 1979 Portuguese legislative election, 1979 election, but returned to power in 1983 Portuguese legislative election, 1983, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Social Democratic Party (Portugal)
The Social Democratic Party ( , PSD) is a liberal-conservative political party in Portugal that is currently the country's ruling party. Commonly known by its colloquial initials PSD, on ballot papers its initials appear as its official form PPD/PSD, with the first three letters coming from the party's original name, the Democratic People's Party (, PPD). A party of the centre-right, the PSD is one of the three major parties in Portuguese politics, its rivals being the Socialist Party (PS) on the centre-left and the far-right Chega (CH) party. The PSD was founded in 1974, two weeks after the Carnation Revolution. In 1976, the party adopted its current name. In 1979, the PSD allied with centre-right parties to form the Democratic Alliance and won that year's election. One year later, the party's founder and then Prime Minister, Francisco Sá Carneiro died in a plane crash. After the 1983 general election, the party formed a grand coalition with the Socialist Party, kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
