The Azores,officially the Autonomous Region of the Azores,is one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal. It is an archipelago composed of nine volcanic islands in the Macaronesia region of the North Atlantic Ocean,about 1,400 km (870 mi) west of Lisbon,about 1,500 km (930 mi) northwest of Morocco,and about 1,930 km (1,200 mi) southeast of Newfoundland,Canada.
Carlos Manuel Martins do Vale César,GCC is a Portuguese politician and former President of the Regional Government of the Portuguese autonomous region of the Azores. He currently serves as member of the Assembly of the Republic,member of the Council of State and President of the Socialist Party.
The Ponta Delgada Football Association is the governing body for association football and futsal competitions in the Portuguese former-district of Ponta Delgada. This organization regulates football in the Azorean islands of São Miguel and Santa Maria.
São José is a civil parish in the municipality of Ponta Delgada on the island of São Miguel in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. It is one of the constituent parts of the city of Ponta Delgada,and location of many of the island's more significant cultural and historical,commercial and residential buildings. Extending a short distance along the coast it,nevertheless includes a large mixed urban-rural constituency from the shore north to the main freeway,the Via-Rápida. The population in 2011 was 5,934,in an area of 1.66 km2.
Duarte Nuno D'Ávila Martins de Freitas is a Portuguese politician and former member of the European Parliament for the Social Democratic Party–People's Party coalition;part of the European People's Party–European Democrats group. He became the leader of the Azorean Social Democratic Party (PSD/A),following the 2012 Regional Elections.
Jaime Joséde Matos da Gama is a Portuguese former politician. In the Portuguese government,he served as Minister of Internal Administration in 1978,Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1983 to 1985 and from 1995 to 2002,and Minister of National Defence in 1999. From 2005 to 2011 he was President of the Assembly of the Republic.
The "Hymn of the Azores" is the official regional anthem used during some ceremonies in the Portuguese autonomous region of the Azores. For official purposes,the national anthem,"A Portuguesa",is always used during government events,in sporting venues,and during other civic ceremonies.
Ponta Delgada is the largest municipality (concelho) and executive capital of the Autonomous Region of the Azores in Portugal. It is located on São Miguel Island,the largest and most populous in the archipelago. As of 2021,it has 67,287 inhabitants,in an area of 232.99 square kilometres. There are 17,629 residents in the three central civil parishes that comprise the historical city:São Pedro,São Sebastião,and São José. Ponta Delgada became the region's administrative capital under the revised constitution of 1976;the judiciary and Catholic See remained in the historical capital of Angra do Heroísmo while the Legislative Assembly of the Azores was established in Horta.
RTP Açores is a Portuguese free-to-air regional television channel owned and operated by state-owned public broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) in the Autonomous Region of the Azores. It began broadcasting on 10 August 1975 from its studios in Ponta Delgada.
The political status of the Azores is defined by the Political-Administrative Statute of the Autonomous Region of the Azores,which acts as the standard legal constitutional framework for the autonomy of the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. It defines the scope of the autonomous regional government and the structure and functioning of the region's organs of government within the framework of the 1976 Constitution of Portugal. The autonomous region of Madeira has a similar status.
The Recreational Forest Reserve of Fontinhas is a recreational forest located centrally on the island of Santa Maria,in the civil parish of Santo Espírito,municipality of Vila do Porto in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores.
The 2012 Azorean regional election was an election held on 14 October 2012 for the legislative assembly and government of the Portuguese autonomous region of the Azores. in which the Socialist Party nominee,under the leadership of Vasco Cordeiro won an absolute majority with 49 percent of the vote,in comparison to their direct rivals,the Social Democratic Party,who achieved only 33 percent of the vote. Voter turnout was low with just under 47.9 percent of the electorate casting their ballot on election day.
Azores Day is a regional holiday in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. It commemorates the establishment of Azorean political autonomy in the Portuguese Constitution,following the Carnation Revolution. The date corresponds to the Festival of the Holy Spirit,a celebration based in the archipelago's religious and cultural history,held on the Sunday of Pentecost,a movable public holiday observed only in the archipelago of the Azores.
Vasco Ilídio Alves Cordeiro is a Portuguese Socialist Party politician,who served as President of the Regional Government of the Azores from 2012,following his party's victory in the 2012 Azores regional election,until 2020.
The 11th Regional Legislature was formed after regional elections held on 14 October 2012,in which the Azores Socialist Party. Representatives of the Assembly were elected from 57 constituencies,with the majority of the seats occupied by members of the Portuguese Socialist Party (PS),under the leadership of Vasco Cordeiro,who headed the 21st Government of the Azores,during the 11th Regional Assembly.
JoséGuilherme Reis LeiteGC IH,is a professor,historian and Azorean politician,whose functions included his role as Regional Secretary for Education and Culture,deputy and President of the Legislative Assembly of the Azores,in addition to representative for the Azores in the Portuguese National Assembly.
The 6 June 1975 Micalense Farmers' Protest,or simply the 6 June,was an organized protest by Micalense farmers,in Ponta Delgada,the capital of the then-Autonomous District of the same name,following the Carnation Revolution. Inspired by rural property-owners and right-wing factions,the protest forced the resignation of the civil governor and inspired a series of terrorist acts,that ultimately led to the creation of the Regional Junta of the Azores,and the basis of modern Azorean politics.
The 2008 Azorean regional election was an election held on 19 October 2008 for the legislative assembly and government of the Portuguese autonomous region of the Azores. in which the Socialist Party,under the leadership of Carlos César won a third mandate with 46.7 percent of the turnout,while their rivals,under the Social Democratic Party leader Carlos Costa Neves,received 30.27 percent of the vote:this result would lead to Neves' resignation in the following days.
António Borges CoutinhoGOL was a Portuguese lawyer and politician.
Maria Evelina de Sousa was a Portuguese educator and journalist who flourished during the early 20th century in Portugal. An active feminist,she participated in the struggles for equal rights for women and was a co-founder of the first animal rights organization in the Azores. Early biographies ignored that she was an open lesbian. In 2017,she was posthumously honored by the government with the Azorean Insignia of Recognition.
