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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 455,094 page views. His biography is available in 64 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 62 in 2019). Aníbal Cavaco Silva is the 2,234th most popular politician (down from 2,016th in 2019), the 60th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 50th in 2019) and the 36th 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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  • 64

    Languages Editions (L)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Aníbal Cavaco Silva ranks 2,234 out of 15,577. Before him are Theodora Porphyrogenita, Vladimir Ivashko, Gwanggaeto the Great, Erich Koch, Fath-Ali Shah Qajar, and Alfonso the Battler. After him are Al-Mutawakkil, Henry III of Castile, Henry X, Duke of Bavaria, Fahri Korutürk, Vasily Blokhin, and Louis, Prince of Condé.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Aníbal Cavaco Silva ranks 31. Before him are Sonny Chiba, Clay Regazzoni, Valeriy Lobanovskyi, Peter Grünberg, John Cleese, and Tzvetan Todorov. After him are Ricardo Bofill, Wes Craven, Jorge Sampaio, Romano Prodi, Marvin Gaye, and Paul Hogan.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Aníbal Cavaco Silva ranks 60 out of 555. Before him are Miguel I of Portugal (1802), Afonso VI of Portugal (1643), Pedro V of Portugal (1837), Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress (1434), Afonso II of Portugal (1185), and Manoel de Oliveira (1908). After him are Diogo Cão (1440), Jorge Sampaio (1939), Carmen Miranda (1909), Catherine of Braganza (1638), José Manuel Barroso (1956), and Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal (1699).

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Among POLITICIANS In Portugal

Among politicians born in Portugal, Aníbal Cavaco Silva ranks 36. Before him are Peter II of Portugal (1648), Marcelo Caetano (1906), Afonso VI of Portugal (1643), Pedro V of Portugal (1837), Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress (1434), and Afonso II of Portugal (1185). After him are Jorge Sampaio (1939), Catherine of Braganza (1638), José Manuel Barroso (1956), Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal (1699), Peter III of Portugal (1717), and Barbara of Portugal (1711).

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