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Cavaco Silva

(ˈkavaku ˈsilvə)
n
(Biography) Aníbal (aˈnibal). born 1939, Portuguese statesman; prime minister (1985–95); president from 2006
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2006 Anibal Cavaco Silva becomes president of Portugal.
Rebelo de Sousa will move into the head of state's riverside pink palace in Lisbon in March, replacing Anibal Cavaco Silva, who has served the maximum of two five-year terms.
President Anibal Cavaco Silva, who is barred from dissolving parliament in the run-up to a presidential election in January, said that his other option of leaving the centre-right government of Pedro Passos Coelho in office in a caretaker role "does not correspond to the national interest".
A LEFT-wing coalition has won 51% of the vote in Portugal but the president, Cavaco Silva, has refused to admit them to government.
"Eusebio is truly a national figure," Anibal Cavaco Silva said in his speech, adding that the decision to take the football legend to the National Pantheon was a reason for "profound emotion."
The joint business forum will be opened by Bulgariaas President Rosen Plevneliev and his Portuguese counterpart, AnA-bal Cavaco Silva, who is on a visit to Bulgaria.
HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, HH the Deputy Emir Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad al-Thani and HE Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani have sent cables of congratulation to President Anibal Cavaco Silva of Portugal on his country's National Day.
Le president de la Republique portugaise, Anibal Cavaco Silva, a recu en audience, lundi a Lisbonne, le chef du gouvernement, Abdelilah Benkirane.
Last year Portugal's president, AnE[degrees]bal Cavaco Silva, waived the sentences of two applicants - one a jail sentence and the other an expulsion order, out of 251 requests.
The signing ceremony was attended by His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and visiting Portuguese President AnE[degrees]bal AntEnio Cavaco Silva.
As part of strengthening its international positioning, Tunisian group "COFICAB" (Elloumi Group) inaugurated its new research, development and innovation center in the city of Guarda Portugal, on Monday, June 9, 2014, in the presence of President Anibal Cavaco Silva of Portugal.