Aníbal Cavaco Silva
Aníbal António Cavaco Silva, GCC (born 15 July 1939) served as the 19th President of Portugal. He served from 2006 to 2016. He won the Portuguese presidential election on 22 January 2006 and was re-elected on 23 January 2011, for a second five-year term. Cavaco Silva was sworn in on 9 March 2006.
Aníbal Cavaco Silva | |
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![]() Aníbal Cavaco Silva in 2008 | |
![]() 19th President of Portugal | |
In office 9 March 2006 – 9 March 2016 | |
Prime Minister | José Sócrates Pedro Passos Coelho António Costa |
Preceded by | Jorge Sampaio |
Succeeded by | Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa |
114th Prime Minister of Portugal | |
In office 6 November 1985 – 28 October 1995 | |
President | António Ramalho Eanes Mário Soares |
Deputy | Eurico de Melo (1987-1990) |
Preceded by | Mário Soares |
Succeeded by | António Guterres |
Minister of Finance | |
In office 10 January 1980 – 12 January 1981 | |
President | António Ramalho Eanes |
Prime Minister | Francisco de Sá Carneiro Diogo de Freitas do Amaral (acting) |
Preceded by | António de Sousa Franco |
Succeeded by | João Morais Leitão |
Personal details | |
Born | Aníbal António Cavaco Silva 15 July 1939 Boliqueime, Portugal |
Political party | Social Democratic Party |
Spouse(s) | Maria Cavaco Silva (1963-present) |
Children | Patrícia Maria Alves Bruno Alves |
Alma mater | Technical University of Lisbon University of York |
Signature | ![]() |
Website | Official website |
He was previously Prime Minister of Portugal from 6 November 1985 to 28 October 1995. His tenure of ten years was the longest of any Prime Minister since Salazar, and he was the first Portuguese Prime Minister to have won an absolute parliamentary majority under the current constitutional system (which was established after the country's redemocratization following the Carnation Revolution).
Silva was born on 15 July 1939 in Boliqueime, Portugal.[1] He studied at Technical University of Lisbon and at the University of York. Silva has been married to Maria Cavaco Silva since 1963. They have two children. He lived in Belém Palace.[2]
References
change- ↑ (in Portuguese) Perfil de Cavaco Silva[permanent dead link] (in Portuguese)
- ↑ Aníbal António Cavaco Silva, GeneAll.net
Other websites
changeMedia related to Aníbal Cavaco Silva at Wikimedia Commons