Duarte Pio,Duke of Braganza is the current Duke of Braganza,claimant to the title of King of Portugal of the dormant Portuguese throne,as the head of the House of Braganza. The Miguelist Braganzas,to whom Duarte Pio belongs as great-grandson of King Miguel I,is a cadet branch of the House of Braganza. With the extinction of male-line dynasts descended from Queen Maria II in 1932,King Miguel's descendants became the only male-line Braganzas remaining and the closest male-line heirs to the defunct Portuguese throne.
The Community of Portuguese Language Countries,also known as the Lusophone Commonwealth,is an international organization and political association of Lusophone nations across four continents,where Portuguese is an official language. The CPLP operates as a privileged,multilateral forum for the mutual cooperation of the governments,economies,non-governmental organizations,and peoples of the Lusofonia. The CPLP consists of 9 member states and 32 associate observers,located in Europe,South America,Asia,Africa and Oceania,totaling 37 countries and 4 organizations.
Jorge Fernando Branco de Sampaio was a Portuguese lawyer and politician who was the 18th president of Portugal from 1996 to 2006. A member of the Socialist Party,a party which he led between 1989 and 1992,he was the mayor of Lisbon from 1990 to 1995 and High-Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations between 2007 and 2013.
Maria Pia de Saxe-Coburgo e Bragança,also known by her literary pseudonym Hilda de Toledano,was a Portuguese writer and journalist who claimed to be the illegitimate daughter of King Carlos I of Portugal. From 1932 she also claimed the right to the title of Duchess of Braganza and to be the rightful heiress to the throne of Portugal.
The 2005 Portuguese legislative election took place on 20 February. The election renewed all 230 members of the Assembly of the Republic.
Ana Maria Rosa Martins Gomes,better known as Ana Gomes,is a Portuguese former diplomat and politician of the Socialist Party (PS).
Orlanda Amarílis Lopes Rodrigues Fernandes Ferreira,known as Orlanda Amarílis was a Cape Verdean writer. She is considered to be a noteworthy writer of fiction whose main literary themes include perspectives on women’s writing,with depictions of various aspects of the lives of Cape Verdean women as well as depictions of the Cape Verdean diaspora. She has been described as "indisputably one of Cape Verde’s most talented writers".
The 2019 Portuguese legislative election was held on 6 October 2019. All 230 seats to the Assembly of the Republic were contested.
Events in the year 2018 in Portugal.
Ana Vicente was an Anglo-Portuguese writer with a strong Catholic faith,known for her support for feminist causes.
Maria Alzira Lemos,also known as Maria Alzira Costa de Castro Cardoso Lemos (1919–2005),was a Portuguese parliamentary deputy,socialist,feminist and women's rights activist,who assisted with the creation of the Portuguese Platform for the Rights of Women.
Maria Antónia Palla is a journalist,writer and feminist who was one of the first female journalists in Portugal. She played an important role in the legalization of abortion in the country,by promoting the practice in interviews and television programmes. In 2004 Palla was awarded the title of Commander of the Order of Liberty. She is the mother of António Costa,the current Prime Minister of Portugal.
Maria Lucília Estanco Louro (1922-2018) was a Portuguese pacifist and opponent of the authoritarian Estado Novo regime,who became known as a teacher and political activist.
Celeste Correia is a naturalized Portuguese teacher and politician,originally from the former Portuguese colony of Cape Verde. She represented the Portuguese Socialist Party (PS) as a member of the Assembly of the Republic between 1995 and 2011 and,again,from 2014 to 2015.
Helena Roseta is a Portuguese architect,specialising in improvements to poorer neighbourhoods,and a politician who has been a member of the Assembly of the Republic and President of the Assembly of Lisbon Municipality.
Idália Serrão is a Portuguese politician who has also worked as a violinist and television producer and is now a board member of a leading Portuguese bank.
Ana Augusta de Castilho was a Portuguese feminist,teacher,propagandist,freemason,and republican activist opposed to the Portuguese monarchy.
Isabel Galriça Neto is a Portuguese doctor,author and politician. She has been a pioneer in the use of palliative care in Portugal and is one of the main voices in the country against abortion and euthanasia. Between 2009 and 2019 she served as a deputy in the Portuguese Assembly of the Republic,as a member of the conservative CDS –People's Party (CDS-PP).
Maria Antónia Almeida Santos is a Portuguese politician. As a member of the Portuguese Socialist Party (PS),she was briefly a deputy in the Portuguese Assembly of the Republic during the 8th legislature. She returned to the Assembly in 2005 and has been re-elected in every national election since then,including the most recent in January 2022. She has served as chair of the Assembly's Health Committee.
Joana Rodrigues Mortágua is a Portuguese politician. A member of the Left Bloc,she has been a deputy in the Portuguese Assembly of the Republic since 2015,representing Setúbal.
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