The Democratic Alliance (Portuguese: Aliança Democrática or AD) was a coalition in Portugal between the Social Democratic Party (Portuguese: Partido Social Democrata or PSD), the Democratic Social Center (Portuguese: Centro Democrático Social or CDS) and the People's Monarchist Party (Portuguese: Partido Popular Monárquico or PPM). The coalition was first formed in 1979 in order to run to the legislative election of the same year. It was led by Francisco Sá Carneiro and Freitas do Amaral and won the legislative elections of 1979 and 1980, but lost the presidential elections of 1980. After the death of Sá Carneiro, in 9 December 1980, the coalition didn´t found another carismatic leader him Francisco Pinto Balsemão, the new social-democratic president. After the defeat at the autarchic elections of 1982, it was disbanded the following year. Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa lead a new attempt to create a new Democratic Alliance, in 1998, with the People´s Party, lead by Paulo Portas, but it only laste a year, and come to an end after the European Parliament elections. Image File history File links Aliancademocratica_pt. ... The Social Democratic Party (Portuguese: Partido Social Democrata) is a political party in Portugal. ... The Democratic Social Center / Peoples Party (Portuguese: Partido do Centro Democrático e Social / Partido Popular or CDS/PP) is a Portuguese political party. ... The Peoples Monarchist Party (Partido Popular Monárquico) is a political party in Portugal, without parliamentary representation. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... The Portuguese legislative election of 1979 took place on December 2. ... Francisco Manuel Lumbrales de Sá Carneiro (Oporto July 19, 1934 - Camarate December 4, 1980), was Prime Minister of Portugal for eleven months in 1980. ... Diogo Pinto de Freitas do Amaral (b. ... Francisco Pinto Balsemão, born in 1937, is a former Prime Minister of Portugal, who served from 1981 to 1983. ... Marcelo (or Marcello) Rebelo de Sousa is a Portuguese politician, Law professor, and political analyst. ... Paulo Sacadura Cabral Portas (born 12 September 1962) is a Portuguese politician. ...
Portugal is bordered by Spain on the east and north and by the Atlantic Ocean on the west and south.
Estremadura, in W Portugal, has broad, alluvial plains, rising to cool and rocky uplands; along the Atlantic coast is a celebrated resort region, reaching to the town of Estoril, near Lisbon.
Under the regency of Maria’s son (later John VI; 1816–26) Portugal’salliance with Britain led to difficulties with France; in 1807 the forces of Napoleon I marched on Portugal.
Portugal, republic in south-western Europe, situated in the western portion of the Iberian Peninsula, bordered on the north and east by Spain and on the south and west by the Atlantic Ocean.
Portugal's total fish catch is 229,108 metric tons (1997), and 90 per cent of this catch is from the ocean.
Portugal is a republic with a president, popularly elected to a five-year term, as head of state.
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