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The president has the discretionary power to dissolve parliament when he/she sees fit (colloquially known as the "atomic bomb" in Portugal), [7] and President Jorge Sampaio made use of this prerogative in late 2004 to remove the controversial government of Pedro Santana Lopes, despite the absolute majority of deputies supporting the government. [8]
António Costa resigned from all government offices in May 2007 to become his party's candidate for the municipality of Lisbon, Portugal's capital city. He was elected as Lisbon's mayor on 15 July 2007 and reelected in 2009 and 2013, with a bigger majority each time.
Under the Constitution of Portugal adopted in 1976, in the wake of the 1974 Carnation Revolution, the president is elected to a five-year term with the possibility of running for a second consecutive term; there is no limit to the number of terms a president may serve, but a president who serves two consecutive terms may not serve again in the ...
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa said Thursday that he was dissolving the nation’s parliament and calling an early election, the announcement coming two ...
President (Birth–Death) Elected Term of office Political party Ref. President of the Provisional Government of the Republic (1910–1911) - Teófilo Braga [5] (1843–1924) — 5 October 1910 24 August 1911 Republican [6] Presidents of the Republic (1911–1926) 1 Manuel de Arriaga (1840–1917) 1911: 24 August 1911 26 May 1915: Republican
Portugal's president was due on Wednesday to meet the leader of the centre-right Democratic Alliance (AD), which won a general election on March 10 by a slim margin, whom he is expected to ...
Politics in Portugal operates as a unitary multi-party semi-presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the Prime Minister of Portugal is the head of government, and the President of Portugal is the non-executive head of state which, although it is a somewhat ceremonial figure, [1] has some significant political powers they exercise often. [2]
LISBON (Reuters) -Portugal's government said on Saturday it refuses to initiate any process to pay reparations for atrocities committed during transatlantic slavery and the colonial era, contrary ...