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Bento António Gonçalves (1929–1942) — Elected in 1929, Bento Gonçalves was born in Montalegre, near Bragança, in the North of Portugal. In September 1928 he joined the Portuguese Communist Party and became a member of the cell of the Arsenal of Alfeite.
The following is a list of women who have been elected or appointed head of state or government of their respective countries since the interwar period (1918–1939). The first list includes female presidents who are heads of state and may also be heads of government, as well as female heads of government who are not concurrently head of state, such as prime ministers.
This longer term President of the European Council has been described directly by some as a new "President of the European Union". According to the Financial Times , "the president would have few formal powers, but would give the EU strategic leadership and represent the bloc on the world stage on issues such as climate change, bilateral ...
Co Vice-President of the European Commission – Loyola de Palacio – 1999 [8] First Vice-President of the European Commission – Margot Wallström – 2004 [9] High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy – Catherine Ashton – 2009 [10] President of the European Commission – Ursula von der Leyen – 2019.
Women in Portugal received full legal equality with Portuguese men as mandated by Portugal's constitution of 1976, which in turn resulted from the Revolution of 1974. Women were allowed to vote for the first time in Portugal in 1931 under Salazar's Estado Novo , but not on equal terms with men.
After 23 meetings of negotiations between ministers in Portugal and the Communities, on 24 October 1984, a joint statement was signed in Dublin between Soares, Garret FitzGerald, the president of the European Council, and Lorenzo Natali, the Vice-President of the commission, "reaffirming the objective" of Portugal joining the Community on 1 ...
The idea was to try to form a National Council of Portuguese women, but the meeting was unsuccessful. Subsequently, the Conselho Nacional das Mulheres Portuguesas (CNMP) was founded on 30 May 1914, at the initiative of the politician and writer, Magalhães Lima, and the activist and gynecologist Adelaide Cabete, who was appointed president ...
European political affiliation of the current members of the European Council. The European Council (informally EUCO) is a collegiate body that defines the overall political direction and priorities of the European Union. [1] Established as an informal summit in 1975, the European Council was formalised as an institution in 2009 upon the ...