2002 in Portugal

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See also:	List of years in Portugal

Events in the year 2002 in Portugal.

Incumbents

• President: Jorge Sampaio
• Prime Minister: José Manuel Barroso

Events

• 17 March – Portuguese legislative election, 2002
• 20 May - Portuguese Timor, the last Portuguese colony, becomes the independent country East Timor

Arts and entertainment

• The Double (Portuguese: O Homem Duplicado), novel by José Saramago
• Light Drops, original title O Gotejar da Luz, a Portuguese/Mozambican film directed by Fernando Vendrell

Sports

• 18–23 August - The 2002 World Fencing Championships were held in Lisbon
• Football (soccer) competitions: Primeira Liga, Liga de Honra

Deaths

• 12 February – José Travassos, football player (born 1926).^[1]
• 13 February – Carlos Aboim Inglez, politician (born 1930)
• 22 February – Marcelino Vespeira, painter (born 1925)
• 27 April – Arthur Owen, British racing driver (born 1915)
• 1 December – Baltasar Rebelo de Sousa, politician (born 1921)

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