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Prime Minister Of Portugal
The prime minister of Portugal (; ) is the head of government of Portugal. As head of government, the prime minister coordinates the actions of ministers, represents the Government of Portugal to the other bodies of state, is accountable to Assembly of the Republic (Portugal), parliament and keeps the President of Portugal, president informed. The prime minister can hold the role of head of government with the portfolio of one or more ministries. As Portugal is a semi-presidential system, semi-presidential parliamentary republic, the prime minister is the country's leading political figure and ''de facto'' chief executive. There is no limit to the number of terms a person can serve as prime minister. The prime minister is appointed by the president following Portuguese legislative elections, legislative elections, after having heard the parties represented in the parliament. Usually, the person named is the leader of the largest party in the previous election, but there have bee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Portuguese Flags
This is a list of Flag of Portugal, flags used in Portugal. National flag Autonomous regions Municipalities Government flags Military flags Army staff Navy staff Historical flags County of Portugal Kingdom of Portugal Kingdom of the Algarve, Kingdom of Algarve Royal Titles Portuguese Macau Military Flags Merchant marine flags Navy flags Royal banners Governmental flags Chartered trading company flags Colonial authorities flag Proposed flags Overseas provinces Colonies Capitals of former overseas territories Political flags See also * A Portuguesa * Coat of arms of Portugal * List of personal standards of the Kings of Portugal * List of Portuguese municipal flags * List of Macanese flags * Portuguese vexillology References External links * {{Lists of flags Lists and galleries of flags, Portugal Flags of Portugal, * Portugal-related lists, Flags ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parliamentary Republic
A parliamentary republic is a republic that operates under a parliamentary system of government where the Executive (government), executive branch (the government) derives its legitimacy from and is accountable to the legislature (the parliament). There are a number of variations of parliamentary republics. Most have a clear differentiation between the head of government and the head of state, with the head of government holding real power and the head of state being a ceremonial position, similar to Constitutional monarchy, constitutional monarchies. In some countries the head of state has reserve powers to use at their discretion as a non-partisan "referee" of the political process. Some have combined the roles of head of state and head of government, much like presidential systems, but with a dependency upon Motion of no confidence, parliamentary confidence. In general, parliamentary republics grant the Parliamentary sovereignty , highest sovereign powers to the parliament. P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfredo Nobre Da Costa
Alfredo Jorge Nobre da Costa (; 10 September 1923 – 1 April 1996) was a Portuguese engineer and politician who briefly served as prime minister of Portugal from August to November 1978. A moderate independent center-left politician, he was appointed by President António Ramalho Eanes to serve as prime minister that would finish the four-year legislative term which had been initiated in the 1976 Portuguese legislative election. His cabinet consisted of independents. However, it failed to gain a majority in the Assembly of the Republic, and Nobre da Costa resigned few weeks after being sworn in. He was replaced by Carlos Mota Pinto. Early life He was the only son of Alfredo Henrique Andresen da Costa (born 4 November 1893), who was Portuguese of Italian, French, Danish and Goan ancestry, and Maria Helena Nobre. He graduated from Instituto Superior Técnico. Personal life He married Maria de Lourdes de Carvalho e Cunha Fortes da Gama on 5 May 1951 and had a single ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mário Soares
Mário Alberto Nobre Lopes Soares (; 7 December 1924 – 7 January 2017) was a Portugal, Portuguese politician, who served as prime minister of Portugal from 1976 to 1978 and from 1983 to 1985, and subsequently as the List of Presidents of Portugal, 17th president of Portugal from 1986 to 1996. He was the first secretary-general of the Socialist Party (Portugal), Socialist Party, from its foundation in 1973 to 1986. A major political figure in Portugal, he is considered the father of Portuguese democracy. Family Soares was the son of João Lopes Soares (Leiria, Arrabal, 17 November 1879 – Lisbon, Campo Grande, 31 July 1970), founder of the Colégio Moderno in Lisbon, Minister (government), government minister and then anti-fascist republican activist who had been a Priest#Roman Catholic and Orthodox, priest before impregnating and marrying Elisa Nobre Baptista (Santarém, Portugal, Santarém, Pernes, 8 September 1887 – Lisbon, Campo Grande, 28 February 1955), Mário Soare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São Bento Palace
The São Bento Palace () is the seat of the Assembly of the Republic, the parliament of Portugal. It is located in the Estrela district of Lisbon. The building has been home to the succession of Portuguese national parliaments since 1834. São Bento Mansion, the official residence of the Prime Minister of Portugal, is within the grounds of São Bento Palace. The building was originally a monastery of the Benedictine Order. Construction began in 1598 and was nearing completion when the building was damaged by the 1755 Lisbon earthquake. Monasteries in Portugal were dissolved in 1834 and São Bento became national property. The building was repurposed as the meeting place of the Cortes Gerais, the parliament of the new constitutional monarchy of Portugal. The building was modified to suit its new purpose. The former chapter house of the monks was remodelled into a meeting chamber in 1867, which remains in use today. A major fire in 1895 led to more extensive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Third Portuguese Republic
The Third Portuguese Republic () is a period in the history of Portugal corresponding to the current democratic regime installed after the Carnation Revolution of 25 April 1974, that put an end to the paternal autocratic regime of ''Estado Novo'' of António de Oliveira Salazar and Marcelo Caetano. It was initially characterized by constant instability and was threatened by the possibility of a civil war during the early post-revolutionary years. A Constitution of Portugal#Constitution of 1976, new constitution was drafted, censorship was prohibited, free speech declared, political prisoners were released and major Estado Novo institutions were closed. Eventually the country granted independence to Portuguese Empire, its African colonies and began a process of democratization that led to the accession of Portugal to the European Economic Community, EEC (today's European Union) in 1986. Background In Portugal, 1926 marked the end of the First Portuguese Republic, First Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carnation Revolution
The Carnation Revolution (), code-named Operation Historic Turn (), also known as the 25 April (), was a military coup by military officers that overthrew the Estado Novo government on 25 April 1974 in Portugal. The coup produced major social, economic, territorial, demographic, and political changes in Portugal and its overseas colonies through the Ongoing Revolutionary Process (''Processo Revolucionário em Curso''). It resulted in the Portuguese transition to democracy and the end of the Portuguese Colonial War. The revolution began as a coup organised by the Armed Forces Movement (, MFA), composed of military officers who opposed the regime, but it was soon coupled with an unanticipated popular civil resistance campaign. Negotiations with African independence movements began, and by the end of 1974, Portuguese troops were withdrawn from Portuguese Guinea, which became a UN member state as Guinea-Bissau. This was followed in 1975 by the independence of Cape Verde, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portuguese Constitution Of 1976
The present Constitution of Portugal - officially the Constitution of the Portuguese Republic - was adopted in 1976 after the Carnation Revolution. It was preceded by a number of constitutions including the first one created in 1822 (following the Liberal Revolution of 1820), 1826 (drawn up by King Dom Pedro IV), 1838 (after the Liberal Wars), 1911 (following the 5 October 1910 revolution), and 1933 (after the 28 May 1926 coup d'état). Constitution of 1976 The Constitution of 1976 was drafted by a Constituent Assembly that was elected on 25 April 1975, one year after the Carnation Revolution. It was largely drafted in 1975, then finished and officially promulgated in early 1976. Portugal's democratic future was still unclear at the time of the constitution's drafting. Even after a leftist coup had been put down in November 1975, it was not known if the armed forces would respect the assembly and allow work on the constitution to go forward. The '' Movimento das Forças ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry (collective Executive)
In constitutional usage in Commonwealth realms, a ministry (usually preceded by the definite article, i.e., the ministry) is a collective body of government minister (government), ministers led by a head of government, such as a prime minister. It is described by Oxford Dictionaries (website), Oxford Dictionaries as "a period of government under one prime minister". Although the term "cabinet (government), cabinet" can in some circumstances be a synonym, a ministry can be a broader concept which might include office-holders who do not participate in cabinet meetings. Other titles can include "administration (government), administration" (in the United States) or "government" (in common usage among most parliamentary systems) to describe similar collectives. The term is primarily used to describe the successive governments of the United Kingdom, India, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, which share a Westminster system, common political heritage. In Australia, a new ministry begin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Council Of Ministers Of Portugal
The Council of Ministers (, ) is a collegial executive body within the Government of Portugal. It is presided over by the Prime Minister, but the President of Portugal can take on this role at the Prime Minister's request. All senior ministers are members of the Council of Ministers, and when the prime minister finds it applicable, state secretaries can also attend its meetings. Functions The Council of Ministers discusses and approves bills to be submitted to the Assembly of the Republic and decrees and resolutions. Current Council of Ministers As of 5 June 2025, the Council of Ministers consisted of the following: The Secretary of State for the Presidency of the Council of Ministers (Tiago Meneses Moutinho Macierinha) also attends the meetings of the Council of Ministers, but without voting rights. Presidency of the Council of Ministers The Presidency of the Council of Ministers is the central department of the Government of Portugal whose mission is to provide supp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duke Of Palmela
The Duchy of Palmela was established by decree of Queen Maria II of Portugal, through Dom Pedro IV acting as Regent of the Kingdom, on 13 June 1833 (initially granted for life, then conferred as a hereditary title on 18 October 1850) in favour of Dom Pedro de Sousa Holstein, a diplomat and hero of the Liberal Wars, who had previously held, successively, the titles of first Count (by decree of Queen Maria I dated 11 April 1812) and Marquess of Palmela (by decree of King João VI dated 3 July 1823). Prior to becoming Duke of Palmela, Dom Pedro de Sousa Holstein had been granted the title of Duke of Faial (4 April 1833). History The titles of Count and Marquess of Palmela were granted as hereditary honours. The title of Duke of Palmela was initially conferred for life (1833) and subsequently, in 1850, was made hereditary. The title of Duke of Faial, however, was granted during the lifetime of the first holder and was not renewed, having been, at the request of the Duke himse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayor Of The Palace
Under the Merovingian dynasty, the mayor of the palace or majordomo, ( or ) was the manager of the household of the Frankish king. He was the head of the Merovingian administrative ladder and orchestrated the operation of the entire court. He was appointed by the king from among the magnates, the most powerful families.Yitzhak Hen, The Merovingian Polity: A Network of Courts and Courtiers, in: Bonnie Effros and Isabel Moreira (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of the Merovingian World, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2020, p. 226 Austrasia, Neustria and Burgundy had their own mayor of the palace. After Chlothar II, who ruled over the entire Frankish Kingdom, had ordered the execution of Warnachar, the mayor of Burgundy, the magnates of Burgundy declared in 626 not to want their own mayor anymore; see Fredegar IV.54. This declaration marks the effective end of the Burgundian court and the beginning of the Neustrian-Burgundian political alliance against Austrasian influence. The Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
