Aníbal Cavaco Silva
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Aníbal Cavaco Silva is a Portuguese politician born in 1939 who has held major leadership positions in Portugal's government and state. He matters because of his significant influence on Portuguese politics and policy during key periods of the country's modern history.
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- 1939-07-15
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- Anibal Cavaco Silva Autobiografia Politica I
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Aníbal António Cavaco Silva GCC GColTE GColL GColIH ( European Portuguese: [ɐˈniβɐl ɐ̃ˈtɔni.u kɐˈvaku ˈsilvɐ, - ɐ̃ˈtɔnju -]; born 15 July 1939) is a Portuguese economist and politician who served as the president of Portugal from 2006 to 2016, and as prime minister of Portugal, from 1985 to 1995. His 10-year tenure was the longest of any prime minister since Salazar, and the longest for a freely elected prime minister in Portugal's republican history. He was the first Portuguese prime minister to win an absolute parliamentary majority under the current constitutional system (dating to 1974). He is most recognized for guiding Portugal into the European Union, liberalizing the Portuguese economy and improving infrastructures across the country.
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1939 births20th-century Portuguese economists21st-century Portuguese politiciansAcademic staff of the Catholic University of PortugalAlumni of the University of YorkBLP articles lacking sources from December 2021Collars of the Order of Isabella the CatholicFinance ministers of PortugalGrand Crosses of the Order of Christ (Portugal)Grand Crosses Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany