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Aníbal Cavaco Silva

Native name: Aníbal António Cavaco Silva

Also known as: Cavaco Silva, Anibal Cavaco Silva

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Place of birth:

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Birth date:

1939-07-15 • Birth Sign: Cancer

Citizenship:

Portugal

Net worth:

> 5 000 000 USD

Short Bio:

Aníbal António Cavaco Silva (; born 15 July 1939) is a Portuguese economist and politician who served as the president of Portugal from 2006 to 2016, and as prime minister of Portugal, from 1985 to 1995. His 10-year tenure was the longest of any prime minister since Salazar, and the longest for a freely elected prime minister in Portugal's republican history. He was the first Portuguese prime minister to win an absolute parliamentary majority under the current constitutional system (dating to 1974).

He is most recognized for guiding Portugal into the European Union, liberalizing the Portuguese economy and improving infrastructures across the country. As prime minister, his style and policies came to be known as Cavacoism.

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