Part 19. Portuguese politics. Prime Minister of Portugal is the head of government. Portugal has a multi-party system. The President of Portugal is the executive head of state and has several significant political powers, which he exercises often.
Executive power is exercised by the President and the Council of Ministers. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the Assembly of the Republic. The Judiciary of Portugal is independent of the executive
and the legislature.
Since 1975, the party system has been dominated by the social democratic Socialist Party (PS – Partido Socialista) and the liberal-conservative Social Democratic Party (PSD – Partido Social Democrata).
Other parties:
The Portuguese Communist Party (PCP – Partido Comunista Português), CDS – People's Party (CDS-PP - Partido Popular)
The Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU – Coligação Democrática Unitária) is an electoral and political coalition between the PCP and the Ecologist Party "The Greens" (PEV - Partido Ecologista "Os Verdes").
Socialist Party (PS) – Prime Minister António Costa. (26/11/5 – time of publishing)
Social Democratic Party (PSD) – President Marcelo Rebelo de Souse (9/3/16 – ime of publishing )
Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) – Secy. General Jerónimo de Sousa
CDS – People's Party (CDS-PP) – Francisco Rodrigues dos Santos
Left Bloc – Bloco de Esquerda (EB) – Catarine Martins (merger of UDP, PSR, Politics XXI)
Ecologist Party "The Greens"
Chega – President Andre Ventura
230 MP's, PS – 108 (47%), PSD 79 (34.4%), LB- 19 (8.3%), UDC – 12 (5.2%)
President
The President, elected to a 5-year term by direct, universal suffrage, is also commander-in-chief of the armed forces. Presidential powers include appointing the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, in which the President must be guided by the assembly election results; dismissing the Prime Minister; dissolving the assembly to call early elections; vetoing legislation, which may be overridden by the assembly; and declaring a state of war or siege.
Dates – Road Names
31 January – date ccvolution
25 April – date of the Carnation Revolution
5 October – Founding of the Republic
A revolution organised by the Portuguese Republican Party abolishes the monarchy and establishes a republican regime in Portugal.
– Treaty of Zamora
Considered Portugal's date of independence. Afonso Henriques, otherwise known as Afonso I, is proclaimed the First King of Portugal.
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