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Aníbal Cavaco Silva

1939 - Today

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Aníbal António Cavaco Silva (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐˈniβɐl ɐ̃ˈtɔni.u kɐˈvaku ˈsilvɐ]; born 15 July 1939) is a Portuguese economist and politician who served as the 19th president of Portugal, from 9 March 2006 to 9 March 2016, and as prime minister of Portugal, from 6 November 1985 to 25 October 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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aníbal Cavaco Silva has received more than 483,205 page views. His biography is available in 66 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 64 in 2019). Aníbal Cavaco Silva is the 2,262nd most popular politician (down from 2,226th in 2019), the 59th most popular biography from Portugal (up from 60th in 2019) and the 37th most popular Portuguese Politician.

Aníbal Cavaco Silva is most famous for being the President of Portugal from 2006 to 2016. He was a member of the Social Democratic Party and was a Prime Minister of Portugal from 1985 to 1995.

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  • 480k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 66

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Aníbal Cavaco Silva ranks 2,262 out of 19,576. Before him are Emperor Itoku, Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan, Karel Schwarzenberg, James I of Scotland, Li Hongzhang, and Peng Dehuai. After him are Prince Shōtoku, Gustav Heinemann, Valdemar III of Denmark, Tiberius Claudius Nero, Adélaïde of France, and James IV of Scotland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Aníbal Cavaco Silva ranks 31. Before him are Laurent-Désiré Kabila, Jackie Stewart, Michèle Mercier, Richard Kiel, Marie Laforêt, and John Cleese. After him are F. Murray Abraham, Clay Regazzoni, Ali MacGraw, Tzvetan Todorov, Jorge Sampaio, and Marvin Gaye.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Aníbal Cavaco Silva ranks 59 out of 633. Before him are Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal (1699), Peter II of Portugal (1648), Pedro V of Portugal (1837), Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress (1434), Ferdinand I of Portugal (1345), and José Manuel Barroso (1956). After him are Viriathus (-180), Miguel I of Portugal (1802), Carmen Miranda (1909), Diogo Dias (1450), Jorge Jesus (1954), and Isabella of Portugal, Queen of Castile (1428).

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Among POLITICIANS In Portugal

Among politicians born in Portugal, Aníbal Cavaco Silva ranks 37. Before him are Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal (1699), Peter II of Portugal (1648), Pedro V of Portugal (1837), Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress (1434), Ferdinand I of Portugal (1345), and José Manuel Barroso (1956). After him are Viriathus (-180), Jorge Sampaio (1939), Catherine of Braganza (1638), Barbara of Portugal (1711), Francisco de Almeida (1450), and Sancho II of Portugal (1209).

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