Portugal

Adopted 30 Jun 1911
1825-1910
1481-1825
1385-1481
1180-1247
1093-1180

 

868 County of Porto

27 Jul 1139               Kingdom of Portugal

1471                      Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves

18 Jul 1580 - 30 Nov 1640 Union with the Spainish Crown

30 Nov 1807 - 30 Aug 1808 French occupation

24 Apr 1812               Final end of French occupation

16 Dec 1815               United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves

13 May 1825               Kingdom of Portugal

05 Oct 1910               First Portugese Republic

28 May 1926               Ditadura Nacional (National Dictatorship)

19 Mar 1933               Estado Novo (New State)

25 Apr 1974               (Third) Portugese Republic

 

Government: Parliamentary republic.

Capital: Lisbon.

Language: Portuguese, Mirandese.

Religion: Roman Catholic.

National Anthem: "A Portuguesa" (The Portuguese Song).

National Emblem: Quinas.

National Day: Republic Day, 5th October (1910).

National Motto: None.

EU Accestion January 1st 1986.

Currency: Euro, Portuguese Escudo 1911-2001.

 

Monarchs

868-873 Vimara-Peres, Vimara Pérez, Count of Porto

873-900 Vimara-Peres, Lucidio

900-924 Vimara-Peres, Diogo

924-950 Vimara-Peres, Mendo I

950-999 Vimara-Peres, Gonçalo I Menédez

999-1008 Vimara-Peres, Mendo II Gonçalves

1008-1015 Vimara-Peres, Alvito

1017-1028 Vimara-Peres, Nuno I

1028-1050 Vimara-Peres, Mendo III Nuñez

1050-1071 Vimara-Peres, Nuno II Menédez

       1085 - 24 Apr 1112 Burgandi, Henrique, Count of Portugal

24 Apr 1112 - 06 Dec 1185 Burgandi, Alfonso I

                          (King from 1139)

06 Dec 1185 - 26 Mar 1211 Burgandi, Sancho I

26 Mar 1211 - 25 Mar 1223 Burgandi, Alfonso II "The Fat"

25 Mar 1223 - 04 Dec 1247 Burgandi, Sancho II

04 Jan 1248 - 16 Feb 1279 Burgandi, Alfonso III

16 Feb 1279 - 07 Jan 1325 Burgandi, Dinis "The Farmer"

07 Jan 1325 - 28 May 1357 Burgandi, Alfonso IV

28 May 1357 - 18 Jan 1367 Burgandi, Pedro I

18 Jan 1367 - 22 Oct 1383 Burgandi, Fernando I "The Gentil"

22 Oct 1383 - 21 Jul 1385 Burgandi, Beatriz

06 Apr 1385 - 14 Aug 1433 Aviz, João I "O Falso"

14 Aug 1433 - 09 Sep 1438 Aviz, Duate

09 Sep 1438 - 28 Aug 1481 Aviz, Alfonso V "The African"

28 Aug 1481 - 25 Oct 1495 Aviz, João II "The Perfect"

25 Oct 1495 - 13 Dec 1521 Aviz, Manoel I "The Fortunate"

13 Dec 1521 - 11 Jun 1557 Aviz, João III

11 Jun 1557 - 04 Aug 1578 Aviz, Sebastião

04 Aug 1578 - 31 Jan 1580 Aviz, Henrique II

24 Jul      - 25 Aug 1580 Aviz, António "The Fighter"

                          (in the Azores to 1581)

25 Aug 1580 - 16 Dec 1640 The Kings of Spain

15 Dec 1640 - 06 Nov 1656 Bragança, João IV "The Fortunate"

06 Nov 1656 - 12 Sep 1683 Bragança, Alfonso VI

12 Sep 1683 - 06 Nov 1706 Bragança, Pedro II

09 Dec 1706 - 31 Jul 1750 Bragança, João V "The Magnanimous"

31 Jul 1750 - 24 Feb 1777 Bragança, José Emanuel

24 Feb 1777 - 20 Mar 1816 Bragança, Maria "The Mad"

20 Mar 1816 - 10 Mar 1826 Bragança, João VI

10 Mar      - 28 May 1826 Bragança, Pedro III Emperor of Brazil

28 May 1826 - 23 Jun 1853 Bragança, Maria II da Glória

16 Sep 1837 - 15 Nov 1853 Wettin, Fernando II

                          (co-ruler)

15 Nov 1853 - 11 Nov 1861 Bragança, Pedro IV .......................... 1837-1861

11 Nov 1861 - 19 Oct 1889 Bragança, Luís .............................. 1838-1889

19 Oct 1889 - 01 Feb 1908 Bragança, Carlos ............................i1863-1908

01 Feb 1908 - 05 Oct 1910 Bragança, Manuel II ......................... 1889-1932 "The Unfortunate"

                          (in name by a royalist coup 1919)

 

Presidents

05 Oct 1910 - 24 Aug 1911 Joaquim Teófilo Fernandes Braga ............. 1843-1924

24 Aug 1911 - 25 May 1915 Manuel José de Arriaga Brum da Silveira

                           e Peyrelongue .............................. 1840-1917

06 Aug 1915 - 05 Dec 1917 Bernardino Luís Machado Guimarães ........... 1851-1944

                          (1st Time)

05 Dec 1917 - 14 Dec 1918 Sidónio Bernardino Cardoso da Silva Pais .... 1872-1918

14 Dec 1918 - 05 Oct 1919 João do Canto e Castro Silva Antunes Júnior . 1864-1932

05 Oct 1919 - 05 Oct 1923 António José de Almeida ..................... 1866-1929

05 Oct 1923 - 11 Dec 1925 Manuel Teixeira Gomes ....................... 1860-1941

11 Dec 1925 - 31 May 1926 Bernardino Luís Machado Guimarães

                          (2nd Time)

01 Jun      - 17 Jun 1926 José Mendes Cabecadas Júnior ................ 1883-1965

17 Jun      - 09 Jul 1926 Manuel de Olivira Gomes de Costa ............ 1863-1929

09 Jul 1926 - 18 Apr 1951 António Óscar de Fregoso Carmona ............ 1869-1951

18 Apr      - 21 Jul 1951 Dr António de Oliveira Salazar .............. 1889-1970

21 Jul 1951 - 09 Aug 1958 Francisco Higino Craveiro Lopes ............. 1894-1964

09 Aug 1958 - 25 Apr 1974 Américo de Deus Rodrigues Tomás ............. 1894-1987

25 Apr      - 30 Sep 1974 António Sebastião Ribeiro de Spinola ........ 1910-1996

01 Oct 1974 - 13 Jul 1976 Fancisco da Costa Gomes ..................... 1914-2001

13 Jul 1976 - 09 Mar 1986 António dos Santos Ramalho Eanes  ........... 1935-

09 Mar 1986 - 09 Mar 1996 Mário Alberto Nobre Lopes Soares ............ 1924-

09 Mar 1996 - 09 Mar 2006 Jorge Fernando Branco de Sampaio ............ 1939-

09 Mar 2006 -             Aníbal António Cavaco Silva ................. 1939-

 

Prime Ministers

24 Sep 1834 - 27 May 1835 Pedro de Sousa Holstein,

                           marquês e conde de Palmela

27 May      - 18 Nov 1835 João Carlos Gregorio Domingues

                           Vincete Francesco de Saldanha

                            Oliveira e Daun, marquês e

                             conde de Saldanha (1st Time)

18 Nov 1835 - 20 Apr 1836 José Jorge Loureiro

20 Apr      - 10 Sep 1836 António José de Sousa Manuel

                           e Meneses Severim de Noronha,

                            duque de Terceira, marquês

                             e conde de Vila-Flor (1st Time)

10 Sep      - 04 Nov 1836 José Manuel Inacio da Cunha Faro

                           Meneses Portugal da Gama Carneira

                            e Sousa, conde de Lumiares

04 Nov      - 05 Nov 1836 José Bernardino de Portugal e Castro,

                           marquês de Valença, conde de Vimioso

05 Nov 1836 - 02 Jun 1837 Bernardo de Sá Nogueira de Figueiredo,

                           visconde e barão de Sá da Bandeira

                           (1st Time)

02 Jun      - 10 Aug 1837 António Dias de Oliveira

10 Aug 1837 - 18 Apr 1839 Bernardo de Sá Nogueira de Figueiredo,

                           visconde e barão de Sá da Bandeira

                           (2nd Time)

18 Apr      - 26 Sep 1839 Rodrigo Pinto Pizarro Pimental

                           de Almeida Carvalhais,

                            barão da Ribeira de Sousa

26 Sep 1839 - 09 Jul 1841 José Lúcio Travassos Valdez,

                           conde e barão de Bonfim

09 Jul 1841 - 07 Feb 1842 Joaquim António de Aguiar

                          (1st Time)

07 Feb      - 09 Feb 1842 Pedro de Sousa Holstein,

                           marquês e conde de Palmela

                           (2nd Time)

09 Feb 1842 - 20 May 1846 António José de Sousa Manuel

                           e Meneses Severim de Noronha,

                            duque de Terceira, marquês

                             e conde de Vila-Flor (2nd Time)

20 May      - 06 Oct 1846 Pedro de Sousa Holstein,

                           marquês e conde de Palmela

                           (3rd Time)

06 Oct 1846 - 18 Jun 1849 João Carlos Gregorio Domingues

                           Vincete Francesco de Saldanha

                            Oliveira e Daun, marquês e

                             conde de Saldanha (2nd Time)

18 Jun 1849 - 26 Apr 1851 António Bernardo da Costa Cabral,

                           conde de Tomar

26 Apr      - 01 May 1851 António José de Sousa Manuel

                           e Meneses Severim de Noronha,

                            duque de Terceira, marquês

                             e conde de Vila-Flor (3rd Time)

01 May 1851 - 06 Jun 1856 João Carlos Gregorio Domingues

                           Vincete Francesco de Saldanha

                            Oliveira e Daun, marquês e

                             conde de Saldanha (3rd Time)

06 Jun 1856 - 16 Mar 1859 Nuno José Severo de Mendoça Rolim

                           de Moura Barreto, marquês de Loulé

                            conde de Vale de Reis (1st Time)

16 Mar 1859 - 01 May 1860 António José de Sousa Manuel

                           e Meneses Severim de Noronha,

                            duque de Terceira, marquês

                             e conde de Vila-Flor (4th Time)

01 May      - 04 Jul 1860 Joaquim António de Aguiar

                          (2nd Time)

04 Jul 1860 - 17 Apr 1865 Nuno José Severo de Mendoça Rolim

                           de Moura Barreto, marquês de Loulé

                            conde de Vale de Reis (2nd Time)

17 Apr      - 04 Sep 1865 Bernardo de Sá Nogueira de Figueiredo,

                           visconde e barão de Sá da Bandeira

                           (3rd Time)

04 Sep 1865 - 04 Jan 1868 Joaquim António de Aguiar

                          (3rd Time)

04 Jan      - 22 Jul 1868 António José de Ávila, conde de Ávila

                          (1st Time)

22 Jul 1868 - 11 Aug 1869 Bernardo de Sá Nogueira de Figueiredo,

                           visconde e barão de Sá da Bandeira

                           (4th Time)

11 Aug 1869 - 19 May 1870 Nuno José Severo de Mendoça Rolim

                           de Moura Barreto, marquês de Loulé

                            conde de Vale de Reis (3rd Time)

19 May      - 29 Aug 1870 João Carlos Gregorio Domingues

                           Vincete Francesco de Saldanha

                            Oliveira e Daun, marquês e

                             conde de Saldanha (4th Time)

30 Aug      - 29 Oct 1870 Bernardo de Sá Nogueira de Figueiredo,

                           visconde e barão de Sá da Bandeira

                           (5th Time)

29 Oct 1870 - 13 Sep 1871 António José de Ávila, marquês de Ávila

                           e Bolama, conde de Ávila (2nd Time)

13 Sep 1871 - 06 Mar 1877 António Maria de Fontes Pereira de Melo

                          (1st Time)

06 Mar 1877 - 26 Jan 1878 António José de Ávila, marquês de Ávila

                           e Bolama, conde de Ávila (3rd Time)

26 Jan 1878 - 29 Mar 1879 António Maria de Fontes Pereira de Melo

                          (2nd Time)

29 May 1879 - 23 Mar 1881 Anselmo José Braamcamp

23 Mar      - 14 Nov 1881 António Rodrigues Sampaio

14 Nov 1881 - 16 Feb 1886 António Maria de Fontes Pereira de Melo

                          (3rd Time)

16 Feb 1886 - 14 Jan 1890 José Luciano de Castro Pereira Corte-Real

14 Jan      - 11 Oct 1890 António de Serpa Pimentel

11 Oct 1890 - 18 Jan 1892 João Crisóstomo de Abreu e Sousa

18 Jan 1892 - 22 Feb 1893 José Dias Ferreira

22 Feb 1893 - 05 Feb 1897 Ernesto Rodolfo Hintze Ribeiro

                          (1st Time)

05 Feb 1897 - 26 Jul 1900 José Luciano de Castro Pereira Corte-Real

26 Jul 1900 - 20 Oct 1904 Ernesto Rodolfo Hintze Ribeiro

                          (2nd Time)

20 Oct 1904 - 19 Mar 1906 José Luciano de Castro Pereira Corte-Real

19 Mar 1906 - 04 Feb 1908 João Franco Ferreira Pinto Castelo Branco

04 Feb      - 26 Dec 1908 Francisco Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral

26 Dec 1908 - 11 Apr 1909 Arturo Alberto de Campos Henriques

11 Apr      - 14 May 1909 Sebastião Custódio de Sousa Teles

14 May      - 22 Dec 1909 Venceslau de Sousa Pereira de Lima

22 Dec 1909 - 26 Jun 1910 Francesco António de Veiga Beirão

26 Jun      - 04 Oct 1910 António Teizeira de Sousa

05 Oct 1910 - 03 Sep 1911 Joaquim Teofilo Fernandes Braga

03 Sep      - 12 Nov 1911 João Pinheiro Chagas

12 Nov 1911 - 16 Jun 1912 Augusto César de Almeida

                           Vasconcelos Correira

16 Jun 1912 - 09 Jan 1913 Duarte Leite Pereira da Silva

09 Jan 1913 - 09 Feb 1914 Afonso Augusto da Costa (1st Time)

09 Feb      - 12 Dec 1914 Bernardino Luís Machado Guimarães

                          (1st Time)

12 Dec 1914 - 28 Jan 1915 Víctor Hugo de Azevedo Coutinho

28 Jan      - 14 May 1915 Joaquim Pereira Pimenta de Castro

17 May      - 29 Nov 1915 José de Castro

29 Nov 1915 - 16 Mar 1916 Afonso Augusto da Costa (2nd Time)

16 Mar 1916 - 25 Apr 1917 António José de Almeida

25 Apr      - 08 Dec 1917 Afonso Augusto da Costa (3rd Time)

12 Dec 1917 - 14 Dec 1918 Sidónio Bernardino Cardoso da Silva Pais

23 Dec 1918 - 27 Jan 1919 João Tamagnini de Sousa Barbosa

27 Jan      - 30 Mar 1919 José Maria de Mascarenhas Relvas

30 Mar      - 30 Jun 1919 Domingos Leite Pereira (1st Time)

01 Jul 1919 - 21 Jan 1920 Alfredo Ernesto de Sá Cardoso

21 Jan      - 08 Mar 1920 Domingos Leite Pereira (1st Time)

08 Mar      - 06 Jun 1920 António Maria Baptista

06 Jun      - 26 Jun 1920 José Ramos Preto ............................ 1871-1949

                          (1st Time)

26 Jun      - 19 Jul 1920 António Maria da Silva ...................... 1872-1950

19 Jul      - 20 Nov 1920 António Joaquim Granjo ...................... 1881-1921

                          (1st Time)

20 Nov      - 30 Nov 1920 Álvaro Xavier de Castro ..................... 1878-1928

                          (1st Time)

01 Dec 1920 - 02 Mar 1921 Liberato Damião Ribeiro Pinto ............... 1880-1949

02 Mar      - 23 May 1921 Bernardino Luís Machado Guimarães ........... 1851-1944

23 May      - 30 Aug 1921 Tomé José de Barros Queirós ................. 1872-1925

30 Aug      - 19 Oct 1921 António Joaquim Granjo (2nd Time)

19 Oct      - 05 Nov 1921 Manoel Maria Coelho ......................... 1857-1943

05 Nov      - 16 Dec 1921 Carlos Henriques da Silva Maia .............. 1866-1932

16 Dec 1921 - 07 Feb 1922 Francisco Pinto da Cunha Leal ............... 1888-1970

07 Feb 1922 - 15 Nov 1923 António Maria da Silva (2nd Time)

15 Nov      - 18 Dec 1923 António Ginestal Machado .................... 1873-1940

18 Dec 1923 - 07 Jul 1924 Alvaro Xavier de Castro (2nd Time)

07 Jul      - 22 Nov 1924 Alfredo Rodrigues Gaspar .................... 1865-1938

22 Nov 1924 - 15 Feb 1925 José Domingues dos Santos ................... 1885-1958

15 Feb      - 01 Jul 1925 Vitorino Maximo de Carvalho Guimaraães ...... 1876-1957

01 Jul      - 01 Aug 1925 António Maria da Silva (3rd Time)

01 Aug      - 18 Dec 1925 Domingos Leite Pereira (2nd Time)

18 Dec 1925 - 30 May 1926 António Maria da Silva (4th Time)

30 May      - 19 Jun 1926 José Mendes Cabeçadas Júnior ................ 1883-1965

19 Jun      - 09 Jul 1926 Manuel de Olivira Gomes de Costa

09 Jul 1926 - 18 Apr 1928 António Óscar Fragoso Carmona ............... 1869-1951

18 Apr 1928 - 08 Jul 1929 José Vicente de Freitas ..................... 1869-1952

08 Jul 1929 - 21 Jan 1930 Artur Ivens Ferraz .......................... 1870-1933

21 Jan 1930 - 05 Jul 1932 Domingos Augusto Alves da Costa e Oliveira .. 1873-1957

05 Jul 1932 - 25 Sep 1968 Dr António de Oliveira Salazar

25 Sep 1968 - 25 Apr 1974 Marcelo das Neves Alves Caetano ............. 1906-1980

16 May      - 18 Jul 1974 Adelino da Palma Carlos ..................... 1905-1992

18 Jul 1974 - 19 Sep 1975 Vasco dos Santos Gonçalves .................. 1922-2005

19 Sep 1975 - 23 Jun 1976 José Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo ........... 1917-1983

23 Jun      - 23 Jul 1976 Vasco Fernando Leotte de Almeida e Costa .... 1932-2010

23 Jul 1976 - 28 Aug 1978 Mário Alberto Nobre Lopes Soares

                          (1st Time)

28 Aug      - 22 Nov 1978 Alfredo Jorge Nobre da Costa ................ 1923-1996

22 Nov 1978 - 31 Jul 1979 Carlos Alberto da Mota Pinto ................ 1936-1985

01 Aug 1979 - 03 Jan 1980 Maria de Lourdes Ruivo da Silva

                           de Matos Pintasilgo ........................ 1930-2004

03 Jan      - 04 Dec 1980 Francisco Manuel Lumbrales de Sá Carneiro ... 1934-1980

04 Dec 1980 - 09 Jan 1981 Diogo Pinto de Freitas do Amaral ............ 1941-

09 Jan 1981 - 09 Jun 1983 Francisco José Pereira Pinto Balsemão ....... 1937-

09 Jun 1983 - 06 Nov 1985 Mário Alberto Nobre Lopes Soares (2nd Time)

06 Nov 1985 - 28 Oct 1995 Aníbal António Cavaco Silva

28 Oct 1995 - 06 Apr 2002 António Manuel de Oliveira Guterros ......... 1949-

06 Apr 2002 - 17 Jul 2004 José Manuel Durão Barroso ................... 1956-

17 Jul 2004 - 12 Mar 2005 Pedro Miguel de Santana Lopes ............... 1956-

12 Mar 2005 - 21 Jun 2011 José Sócrates Carvalho Pinto de Sousa ....... 1957-

21 Jun 2011 -             Pedro Manuel Mamede Passos Coelho ........... 1964-

 

 

• Regions 1936-1976

Azores

 

 

1427-1832 Portuguese Crown Colony

1832-1976 Overseas district of Portugal

1931      In revolt against military government (Atlantic Republic)

1976-     Madeira Autonomous Region

 

Presidents of the Government Junta

27 Aug 1975 - 27 Aug 1976 Altino Amadeu Pinto de Magalhães

Ministers of the Republic

27 Aug 1976 - 11 Sep 1978 Octavio de Carvalho Galvão de

                           Figueiredo

11 Sep 1978 - 28 Apr 1981 Henrique Afonso da Silva Horta

28 Apr 1981 - 12 Jul 1986 Tomas George Conceição e Silva

12 Jul 1986 - 20 Apr 1991 Vasco Joaquim Rocha Vieira

20 Apr 1991 - 07 Oct 1997 Mário Fernando de Campos Pinto

07 Oct 1997 - 27 Mar 2003 Alberto Manuel de Sequeira Leal

                           Sampaio da Nóvoa

27 Mar 2003 - 30 Mar 2006 Álvaro José Brilhante Laborinho

                           Lúcio

Representative of the Republic

30 Mar 2006 -             José António Mesquita

 

Madeira

 

 

1418-1834 Portuguese Crown Colony

1834-1976 Overseas district of Portugal

1931      In revolt against military government (Atlantic Republic)

1976-     Madeira Autonomous Region

 

Ministers of the Republic

27 Aug 1976 - 31 Oct 1991 Lino Dias Miguel

01 Nov 1991 - 07 Oct 1997 Artur Aurélio Teixeira Rodrigues

                           Consolado

07 Oct 1997 - 30 Mar 2006 Antero Alves Monteiro Diniz

Representative of the Republic

30 Mar 2006 -             Antero Alves Monteiro Diniz

 

Presidents of the Regional Government

20 Feb      - 20 Aug 1976 Carlos de Azeredo

20 Aug      - 19 Nov 1976 Joaquim Duarte Silva

Presidents of the Regional Government

19 Nov 1976 - 17 Mar 1978 Jaime de Ornelas Camacho

17 Mar 1978 -             Alberto João Cardoso Gonçalves Jardim