Portugal in the 2000s

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

History of Portugal series
Prehistoric Portugal Pre-Roman Portugal Roman Hispania, Lusitania and Gallaecia Visigoths and Suevi Moorish rule and Reconquista Leonese rule First County of Portugal County of Coimbra Kingdom of Galicia and Portugal Second County of Portugal Establishment of the Monarchy Consolidation of the Monarchy 1383–1385 Crisis Discoveries Portuguese Empire 1580 Crisis Iberian Union Age of Enlightenment Invasions, Liberalism and Civil War Constitutional Monarchy First Republic Military dictatorship Estado Novo (New State) Carnation Revolution to EEC 1990s 2000s
Topics
Economic history Cultural history Arts history Military history Colonial history Demographic history Diplomatic history Sports history Language history
Timeline of Portuguese history

[edit] Euro 2004

Euro 2004 was won by Greece. The final match was played by Greece and Portugal. This event granted Portugal an opportunity to show its hosting abilities to the rest of the world.

[edit] 2006 presidential elections

The Portuguese presidential election were held on January 22, 2006 to elect a successor to the incumbent President Jorge Sampaio, who was term-limited from running for a third consecutive term by the Constitution of Portugal. The result was a victory in the first round for Aníbal Cavaco Silva of the Social Democratic Party candidate, the former Prime Minister, won 50.59 percent of the vote in the first round, just over the majority required to avoid a runoff election. Voter turnout was 62.60 percent for eligible voters.