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Madeira generally has a mild/moderate subtropical climate with mediterranean summer droughts and winter rain. Many microclimates are found at different elevations. Madeira, uninhabited at the time, was claimed by Portuguese sailors in the service of Prince Henry the Navigator in 1419 and settled after 1420.
The Government of the Autonomous Region of Madeira is the local government of this Portuguese autonomous region. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The Regional Government is one of the two organs of self-government of the Autonomous Region along with the Regional Legislative Assembly , to which it is politically accountable .
The President of the Regional Government of Madeira is the head of the devolved government of the Madeira archipelago, since the Carnation Revolution that established the current democratic regime in Portugal and granted political autonomy to the Portuguese islands.
Mário Sérgio Quaresma Gonçalves Marques (born 25 February 1957) is a Portuguese lawyer and politician, who served as member of the Assembly of the Republic.He was the Regional Secretary of Parliamentary and European Affairs in the Regional Government of Madeira, between 2015 and 2017, in the first regional government led by Miguel Albuquerque.
On November 27, 2024, the Legislative Assembly of Madeira unanimously approved the establishment of April 2 as the regional public holiday known as the Autonomy Day. This date commemorates the approval of the Portuguese Constitution on April 2, 1976, which granted political and administrative autonomy to the archipelagos of Madeira and the Azores, marking a significant milestone in Portugal's ...
Madeira is one of the 22 multi-member constituencies of the Assembly of the Republic, the national legislature of Portugal. The constituency was established as Funchal in 1976 when the Assembly of the Republic was established by the constitution following the restoration of democracy .
For some time, its facilities were used to house the Madeira Conservatory of Music, until it was transferred to the old Hotel Nova Avenida in 1981. The quinta was renamed "Quinta Vigia" in 1982, after the original Quinta Vigia, located nearby and on the site of the current Hotel Pestana Casino Park , had disappeared.
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