2016 in Portugal

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See also:	List of years in Portugal

The following lists events during 2016 in Portugal.

Incumbents

• President: Aníbal Cavaco Silva, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa
• Prime Minister: António Costa

Events

Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa won the 2016 presidential election

• 24 January – The Portuguese presidential election, 2016
• 9 March – Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa took over as President
• August – 2016 Portugal wildfires

Sports

• The 2016 Summer Olympics had 92 Portuguese competitors in 16 sports.

Deaths

• 18 January – António de Almeida Santos, lawyer and politician (b. 1926)
• 26 January – José Boavida, actor (b. 1964)
• 24 February – Ernesto Oliveira, footballer (b. 1921)^[1]
• 14 March – Nicolau Breyner, actor (b. 1940)
• 31 March – Fernando Mendes, footballer (b. 1937)
• 28 May – Vicente da Câmara, fadista (b. 1928)
• 2 July – Camilo de Oliveira, actor (b. 1924)
• 25 July – Artur Correia, footballer (b. 1950)
• 25 August – Maria Eugénia, actress (b. 1927)
• 31 August – Anna Paula, actress (b. 1929)
• 3 October – Mário Wilson, footballer (b. 1929)
• 14 October – José Lello, politician (b. 1944)
• 27 October – João Lobo Antunes, neurosurgeon (b. 1944)
• 27 October – Jaime Fernandes, radio broadcaster (b. 1947)
• 11 November – Alfredo Bruto da Costa, politician (b. 1938)^[2]
• 27 November – Carlos Santos, actor (b. 1937)
• 10 December – Alberto Seixas Santos, film director (b. 1936)
• 11 December – Manuel Bola, actor (b. 1944)
• 22 December – Luís de Azevedo Coutinho, politician (b. 1928)
• 25 December – José Silva Marques, politician (b. 1938)

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