1991 in Portugal
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Events in the year 1991 in Portugal.
Incumbents
Events
January
- 13 January – 1991 Portuguese presidential election:[1] President Mário Soares (in office since 1986) is re-elected for a second term with more than 70% of the votes. He was supported by PS and PSD, the two major parties in Portugal.
March
- 7 March – 1991 Eurovision Song Contest.
- 9 March – Mário Soares takes the oath of office for a second term as President of Portugal.
May
- 10–13 May – Pope .
- 31 May – Bicesse Accords are signed.
June
- 4 June – The Assembly of the Republic approves the 1990 Orthographic Agreement.[2]
- 14 June – Opening of 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship. The tournament was hosted by Portugal and was played across 5 cities. Portugal U-20 team were the defending champions.
- 24 June – São João Bridgeis opened.
- 30 June – Golden Generation of the Portuguese senior team, a generation which would reach the semifinals of UEFA Euro 2000, the final of UEFA Euro 2004 and the semifinals of 2006 FIFA World Cup.
September
- 13 September – Lisbon–Oporto motorway is completed.[3]
October
- 6 October - 1991 Portuguese legislative election: Led by Aníbal Cavaco Silva, the incumbent centre-right PSD wins an historical absolute majority, renewing the majority they had conquered in the 1987 election. Prime Minister Cavaco Silva (in office since 1985) is appointed for a third term in office.
Arts and entertainment
Portugal participated in the
Lusitana paixão
".
Sports
In association football, for the first-tier league seasons, see 1990–91 Primeira Divisão and 1991–92 Primeira Divisão; for the cup seasons, see 1990–91 Taça de Portugal and 1991–92 Taça de Portugal
- 2 June - Taça de Portugal Final
- 14–30 June - FIFA World Youth Championship
- 22 September - Portuguese Grand Prix
- 1–4 November - European Acrobatics Championships
Births
- 6 January - Duarte Alves, politician[4]
- 29 January - Rafaël Dias, footballer
- 5 February - Irina Rodrigues, discus thrower
- 22 February - Joana Vasconcelos, sprint canoer
- 5 March - Ruizinho, footballer
- 20 April - Rui Caetano, footballer
- 7 May - Evandro Brandão, footballer (born in Angola)
- 16 May - Amido Baldé, footballer
- 27 May - Mário Rui, footballer
- 28 June - Tijane Reis, footballer (born in Guinea-Bissau)
- 29 June - Júlio Regufe Alves, footballer
- 1 July - Diogo Figueiras, footballer
- 7 July - César André Costa Dias, futsal player
- 21 July - Sara Sampaio, model
- 31 July - Filipa Azevedo, singer
- 7 August - Dolores Silva, footballer
- 8 August - Nélson Oliveira, footballer
- 31 August - António Félix da Costa, auto racing driver
- 9 September - Danilo Pereira, footballer
- 29 September - Pelé, footballer
- 5 October - Renato Santos, footballer
- 19 October - Flávio Ferreira, footballer
- 11 November - Salvador Agra, footballer
- 29 December - Lassana Camará, footballer
Deaths
- 18 August - Luís Lindley Cintra, linguist
- 10 September - António Reis, filmmaker, poet, sculptor, ethnographer
References
- ^ "Presidência da República 13-01-1991". eleicoes.cne.pt (in Portuguese). Comissão Nacional de Eleições. Archived from the original on 22 March 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
- ^ "4 de Junho de 1991 — Aprovação do Acordo Ortográfico" [4 June 1991 — Approval of Orthographic Agreement]. Foundation Mário Soares (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 March 2019.
- ^ "13 de Setembro de 1991 — É inaugurado o último troço da auto-estrada Lisboa-Porto" [13 September 1991 — It's opened the last section of Lisbon–Oporto motorway]. Foundation Mário Soares (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 March 2019.
- ^ "Deputados: Biografia - Duarte Alves" (in Portuguese). Lisbon, Portugal. Archived from the original on 10 September 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
