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André Ventura. André Claro Amaral Ventura (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐ̃ˈdɾɛ vẽˈtuɾɐ]; born 15 January 1983) is a Portuguese politician, university teacher, former sports pundit, and founder of the right-wing populist political party Chega. [1][2] Ventura was affiliated with the Social Democratic Party (PSD) until 2018, having run ...
Chega! Chega (European Portuguese: [ˈʃeɣɐ]; officially stylised as CHEGA!; lit. 'Enough!') is a national conservative, right-wing populist [2] political party in Portugal formed in 2019 by André Ventura. [3] It is characterized as being on the far–right [4] of the political spectrum. [5][6][7] Chega won one seat in the Assembly of the ...
António Luís Santos da Costa GCIH (Portuguese: [ɐ̃ˈtɔnju ˈkɔʃtɐ]; born 17 July 1961) [3] is a Portuguese lawyer and politician who served as the 118th prime minister of Portugal from 2015 to 2024, presiding over the XXI (2015–2019), XXII (2019–2022) and XXIII Constitutional Governments (2022–2024).
t. e. The president of Portugal, officially the president of the Portuguese Republic (Portuguese: Presidente da República Portuguesa, pronounced [pɾɨziˈðẽtɨ ðɐ ʁɛˈpuβlikɐ puɾtuˈɣezɐ]), is the head of state and highest office of Portugal. The powers, functions and duties of prior presidential offices, and their relation with ...
Cândida Margarida Ventura was born in the city of Lourenço Marques (now Maputo ), in Portuguese Mozambique, on 30 June 1918. She was the daughter of a railway official, António Ventura, and a primary-school teacher, Clementina de Deus Franco Pires Ventura. Shortly after her birth the family returned to Portugal, settling in Caldas de ...
On 24 January 2016, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa was elected as President of Portugal in the first round of voting. He stood as an independent, appealing for moderation and cross-party consensus. [20] During his election campaign, he promised to repair political divisions and the hardship of Portugal's 2011–14 bailout.
In January 2022, Portugal was experiencing rising infection rates as the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant had a prevalence of 93% among variants in the country. [52] Because of this situation, thousands of voters were likely to be in isolation on 30 January, election day.
In 1936, the provinces were reestablished as administrative divisions in Portugal. However, instead the six traditional provinces, 11 new ones were established: Minho, Douro Litoral, Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Beira Alta, Beira Baixa, Beira Litoral, Estremadura, Ribatejo, Alto Alentejo, Baixo Alentejo and Algarve.