Aníbal Cavaco Silva
Aníbal António Cavaco Silva GCC GColTE GColL GColIH (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐˈniβɐl ɐ̃ˈtɔni.u kɐˈvaku ˈsilvɐ]; born 15 July 1939) is a Portuguese economist and politician who served as the 19th president of Portugal, from 9 March 2006 to 9 March 2016, and as prime minister of Portugal, from 6 November 1985 to 25 October 1995. His 10-year tenure was the longest of any prime minister since Salazar, and the longest for a freely elected prime minister in Portugal's republican history. He was the first Portuguese prime minister to win an absolute parliamentary majority under the current constitutional system (dating to 1974). He is best known for leading Portugal into the European Union.
Aníbal Cavaco Silva GCC GColTE GColL GColIH | |
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Cavaco Silva in 2013 | |
| 19th President of Portugal | |
| In office 9 March 2006 – 9 March 2016 | |
| Prime Minister | José Sócrates Pedro Passos Coelho António Costa |
| Preceded by | Jorge Sampaio |
| Succeeded by | Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa |
| Prime Minister of Portugal | |
| In office 6 November 1985 – 25 October 1995 | |
| President | António Ramalho Eanes Mário Soares |
| Deputy | Eurico de Melo |
| Preceded by | Mário Soares |
| Succeeded by | António Guterres |
| President of the Social Democratic Party | |
| In office 19 May 1985 – 19 February 1995 | |
| Secretary-General | Manuel Dias Loureiro José Falcão e Cunha José Nunes Liberato |
| Preceded by | Rui Machete |
| Succeeded by | Fernando Nogueira |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 3 January 1980 – 9 January 1981 | |
| Prime Minister | Francisco Sá Carneiro |
| Preceded by | António de Sousa Franco |
| Succeeded by | João Morais Leitão |
| Member of the Assembly of the Republic | |
| In office 4 November 1985 – 12 August 1987 | |
| Constituency | Lisbon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Aníbal António Cavaco Silva 15 July 1939 Boliqueime, Portugal |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party (since 1974) |
| Spouse |
Maria Cavaco Silva
(m. 1963) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Technical University of Lisbon Alcuin College, York |
| Signature | |
| Website | Official website |
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