2009 in Portugal

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Events in the year 2009 in Portugal.

Incumbents

• President: Aníbal Cavaco Silva
• Prime Minister: José Sócrates

Events

Summary of the Portuguese local elections. Municipalities won by:
■ - PSD: 117
■ - PS: 132
■ - CDU: 28
■ - BE: 1
■ - CDS–PP: 1
■ - PSD coalitions: 22
■ - Independents: 7

• May 2009 to early 2010 – A flu pandemic resulted in 122 deaths in Portugal.[1]

• 11 October – Portuguese local election, 2009[2]

Arts and entertainment

• To Die Like a Man, a Portuguese drama film directed by João Pedro Rodrigues.[3]
• In music: Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009.

Sports

Football (soccer) competitions: Primeira Liga, Liga de Honra, Taça da Liga, Taça de Portugal.

Deaths

Conchita Cintrón

Raul Solnado

• 26 January – Fernando Amaral, politician (b. 1925).[4]

• 3 February – António dos Reis Rodrigues, Roman Catholic Bishop (b. 1918)

• 17 February – Conchita Cintrón, Chile-born Peruvian torera (female bullfighter), died in Lisbon (born 1922)

• 11 May – António Lopes dos Santos, army general and colonial administrator (b. 1919).[5]

• 25 May – Tomás Paquete, Olympic sprinter (b. 1923).[6]

• 17 June – José Calvário, songwriter (b. 1951).

• 8 August – Raul Solnado, actor and comedian (b. 1929)

• 24 November – Gonçalves Isabelinha, footballer (b. 1908)

See also

• List of Portuguese films of 2009

References

1. "What was the number of fatal cases as of April 2010?". ecdc.europa.ru. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
2. "Autarquicas - 11/10/2009 Informação Detalhada - Resultados Nacionais". eleicoes.cne.pt (in Portuguese). Comissão Nacional de Eleições. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
3. "Festival de Cannes: Morrer como um homem (To Die Like a Man)". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
4. "Fernando Monteiro do Amaral, * 1925". Geneall.net.
5. Governador António Lopes dos Santos, Projecto Memória Macaense
6. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tomás Paquete Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2018.