Aníbal Cavaco Silva

Aníbal António Cavaco Silva was born in Boliqueime, Loulé, Algarve. He was initially an undistinguished student. As a 12-year-old, he flunked at the 3rd grade of the Commercial School, and his grandfather put him working on the farm as a punishment.{{in lang|pt}} [http://diario.iol.pt/noticia.html?id=637824&div_id=4071 Perfil de Cavaco Silva]{{dead link|date=October 2016|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}, iol.pt After returning to school, Cavaco Silva went on to become an accomplished student. Cavaco Silva then went to Lisbon, where he took a vocational education course in accounting from Instituto Comercial de Lisboa (Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração de Lisboa (ISCAL), today) in 1959. In parallel, he was admitted for university education at the Instituto Superior de Ciências Económicas e Financeiras de Lisboa (ISCEF) of the Technical University of Lisbon (UTL) (currently the Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão (ISEG) of the University of Lisbon), and obtained in 1964,{{cite web|access-date=28 September 2024 |publisher=Museu da Presidência da República |title=Aníbal Cavaco Silva |url=https://www.museu.presidencia.pt/pt/conhecer/presidentes-da-republica-biografias/presidentes-da-democracia/anibal-cavaco-silva/}} with distinction, a degree in economics and finance (he scored a mark of 16 out of 20). While studying in Lisbon, Cavaco Silva was an athlete of CDUL athletics department from 1958 to 1963. Between 1963 and 1964, he was drafted into the Portuguese Army Artillery for compulsory 11-month military service, serving in a battalion in Lourenço Marques in Portuguese Mozambique.{{in lang|pt}} [http://www.record.xl.pt/interior.aspx?content_id=258860 Ás nas barreiras], Record Cavaco Silva studied a graduate course at the University of York in England.

Returning to Portugal, he took up a post as assistant professor in ISCEF (1974), professor at the Catholic University of Portugal (1975), extraordinary professor at the New University of Lisbon (1979) and finally director of the Office of Studies of the Bank of Portugal.[http://noticias.uol.com.br/ultnot/lusa/2006/01/22/ult611u70070.jhtm Cavaco Silva – Perfil], source Agência Lusa; website UOL (January 2006)

Cavaco Silva has published several academic works in economics, including in subfields like monetary policy and monetary unions. He received an Honorary Doctorate from Scotland's Heriot-Watt University in 2009.{{Cite web|url=http://www1.hw.ac.uk/ppr/docs/network-summer-2009.pdf |title=Honorary Graduates 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090816050207/http://www.hw.ac.uk/ppr/docs/network-summer-2009.pdf |archive-date=2009-08-16 }}

Cavaco Silva joined the Social Democratic Party in 1974 and became the party leader in 1985.

The 1985 legislative election was complicated by the arrival of a new political party, the Democratic Renewal Party (PRD), which had been formed by the supporters of the President, António Ramalho Eanes. In the 250-member Assembly of the Republic, the nation's legislature, the PRD won 45 seats – at the expense of every party except Cavaco Silva's PSD. Despite winning less than 30 per cent of the popular vote, the PSD was the only traditional political party not to suffer substantial losses. Its 88 seats, in fact, represented a gain of 13 over the previous election. Accordingly, Cavaco Silva became prime minister on 6 November 1985.

Cavaco Silva headed a minority government. On most issues, his Social Democrats could rely on the 22 votes of the Social and Democratic Center Party (CDS), but the two parties' combined 110 votes fell 16 short of a parliamentary majority. The Socialists and Communists held 57 and 38 seats respectively; Cavaco Silva could govern if the 45 members of the PRD, who held the balance of power, abstained.

According to a contemporary report in The New York Times, Cavaco Silva's first government presided over an "economic boom". The article described him as "pro-American" and committed to the European Community.

File:Reagan and Cavaco Silva in the Oval Office 1988-02-24.png at the White House, 1988]]

In 1987, the PRD withdrew its tacit support, and a parliamentary vote of no confidence forced President Mário Soares to call an early election. Cavaco Silva's Social Democrats captured 50.2 per cent of the popular vote and 148 of the 250 seats in the legislature. Far behind were the Socialists, with only 60 seats, and the Communists, with 31. The CDS and the PRD were virtually wiped out, left with only four and seven seats, respectively. This was the first time since the 1974 revolution that a single party had won an outright majority in the national parliament.David B. Goldey, "The Portuguese elections of 1987 and 1991 and the presidential election of 1991." Electoral Studies 11.2 (1992): 171-176. At the time, it was also the largest majority that a Portuguese party had ever won in a free election.

Although the occurrence of economic growth and a public debt relatively well-contained as a result of the number of civil servants was increased from 485,368 in 1988 to 509,732 in 1991, which was a much lower increase than that which took place in the following years until 2011 marked by irrational and unsustainable State employment, from 1988 to 1993, during the government cabinets led by Cavaco Silva, the Portuguese economy was radically changed. As a result, there was a sharp and rapid decrease in the output of tradable goods and a rise in the importance of the non-tradable goods sector in the Portuguese economy.{{in lang|pt}} [http://www.tsf.pt/PaginaInicial/Economia/Interior.aspx?content_id=2965582 Maior queda nos bens e serviços transaccionáveis aconteceu entre 1988 e 1993], TSF (27 December 2012)

In the 1991 election Cavaco Silva's party had a majority even larger (50.6 per cent) than the one of four years earlier. He decided not to contest the 1995 election, and the PSD, lacking a leader of his stature, lost 48 seats and the election.

Cavaco Silva contested the 1996 presidential election but was defeated by the Mayor of Lisbon, Jorge Sampaio, the Socialist candidate. Retiring from politics, he served for several years as an advisor to the board of the Banco de Portugal (Bank of Portugal) but retired from this position in 2004. He then became a full professor at the School of Economics and Management of the Catholic University of Portugal, where he taught the undergraduate and MBA programs.

He is a member of the Club of Madrid{{in lang|en}} [http://www.clubmadrid.org The Club of Madrid is an independent organization dedicated to strengthening democracy around the world by drawing on the unique experience and resources of its Members – 66 democratic former heads of state and government] and an honorary member of the [https://web.archive.org/web/20140831043155/http://www.raoulwallenberg.net/ International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation].

File:Cavaco Silva e Lula 04072007.jpg, Lula da Silva, in 2007.]]

On 20 October 2005, Cavaco Silva announced his candidacy for the 2006 presidential election. He was elected President of the Republic on 22 January 2006 with 50.6% of votes cast, avoiding a run-off. He is the first elected center-right president in Portugal since 1974. He is also the second former prime minister to be elected president, after Mário Soares.

File:The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh meeting with the President of Portugal, Professor Anibal Cavaco Silva in New Delhi on January 11, 2007.jpg in New Delhi, 11 January 2007]]

He was sworn in on 9 March 2006, becoming Portugal’s first right-of-centre head of state in three decades.{{cite news |title=Former PM takes oath as Portuguese head of state |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/world/arid-30248452.html |work=Irish Examiner |date=9 March 2006 |language=en}} He is also the president of the Portuguese Council of State.

Cavaco Silva's term was initially marked by a mutual understanding with the government led by Socialist José Sócrates, which he referred to as "strategic cooperation".

The most controversial moment of his presidency was when the Assembly of the Republic passed a bill for the holding of a pre-legislative referendum on the legalization of abortion in Portugal without any restrictions in the first 10 weeks of pregnancy. After the parliamentary approval of the bill summoning the referendum, Cavaco Silva referred the matter to the Portuguese Constitutional Court, which declared both the proposed legalization and the referendum constitutional by a narrow 7-6 margin. Cavaco Silva, who could still have vetoed the referendum bill, decided to sign it into law and thus allowed the referendum. The majority of the Portuguese electorate abstained from the referendum, but the vote for legalization prevailed among those who chose to cast their ballot.

Cavaco Silva was reelected president of Portugal on 23 January 2011 with 52,92% of the vote, and he took office for his second five-year term on 9 March 2011.{{cite news |title=Portugal votes – DW – 01/23/2011 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/crisis-hit-portugal-reelects-cavaco-silva-as-president/a-14780849 |work=dw.com |language=en}}

At the general election on 4 October 2015 to the Assembly of the Republic, the unicameral Portuguese parliament, the right-wing government of Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho lost its majority, with centre-left and far-left opposition parties gaining more than half of the seats. As Passos Coelho's own Social Democratic Party remained the largest in parliament, and still had the support of the much smaller CDS – People's Party, Cavaco Silva allowed Passos Coelho to continue as prime minister, giving him the first chance to form a new government. Passos Coelho was unable to find any new partners and was widely expected to stand down, but on 22 October Cavaco Silva invited him to form a new government, even if it were a minority government. On 24 October Cavaco Silva explained his thinking:Eurozone crosses Rubicon as Portugal's anti-euro Left banned from power] in The Daily Telegraph dated 24 October 2015, online at telegraph.co.uk, accessed 25 October 2015

{{cquote|In 40 years of democracy, no government in Portugal has ever depended on the support of anti-European forces, that is to say forces that campaigned to abrogate the Lisbon Treaty, the Fiscal Compact, the Growth and Stability Pact, as well as to dismantle monetary union and take Portugal out of the euro, in addition to wanting the dissolution of NATO.}}

António Costa, leader of the Socialist Party, called this a grave mistake and added "It is unacceptable to usurp the exclusive powers of parliament. The Socialists will not take lessons from Professor Cavaco Silva on the defence of our democracy." The Green politician Rui Tavares commented "The president has created a constitutional crisis. He is saying that he will never allow the formation of a government containing Leftists and Communists. People are amazed by what has happened." The opposition parties quickly announced their intention to bring down the new government in a motion of rejection.

Eventually, Passos Coelho's government fell on a motion of no confidence, and the president appointed António Costa, the leader of the Socialists, as prime minister in his place.{{cite news |last1=Lisbon |first1=Agence France-Presse in |title=Portugal gets Antonio Costa as new PM after election winner only lasted 11 days |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/25/portugal-gets-new-leftwing-pm-after-election-winner-only-lasted-11-days |work=the Guardian |date=25 November 2015 |language=en}}

Cavaco Silva married Maria Alves da Silva at the Church of the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora, São Vicente de Fora, Lisbon, on 20 October 1963. The couple had a daughter Patricia, and a son Bruno.{{cite news |last1=Delaney |first1=Paul |title=MAN IN THE NEWS: ANIBAL CAVACO SILVA; The Runaway Winner in Portugal |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/21/world/man-in-the-news-anibal-cavaco-silva-the-runaway-winner-in-portugal.html |access-date=4 January 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=21 July 1987}} He has five grandchildren, four of whom were born to his daughter.{{cite news |title=Já nasceu o quinto neto de Maria e Aníbal Cavaco Silva|trans-title=Maria and Aníbal Cavaco Silva's fifth grandchild has just been born|url=https://caras.sapo.pt/famosos/2009-01-14-ja-nasceu-o-quinto-neto-de-maria-e-anibal-cavaco-silva/ |access-date=4 January 2022 |publisher=Caras |date=14 January 2009 |language=Portuguese}} One of them, António Montez, is a professional footballer.{{cite news |title=Neto de Cavaco Silva chamado: António Montez deve jogar contra o Benfica|trans-title=Cavaco Silva's grandchild called up: António Montez must play against Benfica|url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-bwin/belenenses-sad/detalhe/neto-de-cavaco-silva-chamado-antonio-montez-deve-jogar-contra-o-benfica |access-date=4 January 2022 |work=Record |date=27 November 2021 |language=Portuguese}}

His brother, Rogério Cavaco Silva, is a businessman and a victim of the Dominion of Melchizedek scam.{{cite news |author= |date=October 27, 2002 |title=Tribunal da Relação anula julgamento de burla com empresas 'off-shore' |trans-title=Appeals court voids swindle trial involving 'off-shore' companies |url=https://www.publico.pt/2002/10/27/economia/noticia/tribunal-da-relacao-anula-julgamento-de-burla-com-empresas-offshore-192327 |language=pt |newspaper=Público |publication-date=October 27, 2002 |agency=Lusa |location=Lisbon |access-date=March 25, 2017}}{{cite news |last=Gomes |first=Adelino |date=November 14, 2005 |title=Burla que vitimou irmão de Cavaco Silva regressa hoje a tribunal |trans-title=Swindle that victimized Cavaco Silva's brother comes back to court today |url=https://www.publico.pt/2005/11/14/local/noticia/burla-que-vitimou-irmao-de-cavaco-silva-regressa-hoje-a-tribunal-1238709 |language=pt |work=Público |location=Lisbon |access-date=March 25, 2017}}{{cite news |author= |date=May 5, 2006 |title=Burlaram 50 em 5 milhões |trans-title=[They] conned 50 [people] in 5 million [euros] |url=https://www.cmjornal.pt/cm-ao-minuto/detalhe/burlaram-50-em-5-milhoes |language=pt |work=Correio da Manhã |location=Lisbon |access-date=March 25, 2017}}{{cite news |author= |date=May 22, 2006 |title='Só quero ver se recebo o meu dinheiro' |trans-title=I just want to see if I get my money back |url=http://regiaodanazare.com/JournalNews/JournalNewsDetail.aspx?news=3c6204c6-c431-4dd2-9398-4c310afc9c7c |language=pt |work=Região da Nazaré |location=Nazaré |access-date=March 25, 2017}}

Source:{{cite web |title=Entidades nacionais agraciadas com ordens portuguesas|trans-title=National entities honoured with Portuguese orders|url=https://www.ordens.presidencia.pt/?idc=153&list=1 |publisher=Presidencia de Portugal |access-date=29 September 2021 |language=Portuguese}}

• 55px Grand Collar of the Order of Prince Henry (5 July 2022)
• 55px Grand Collar of the Order of Liberty (9 March 2016)
• 55px Grand Collar of the Military Order of the Tower and Sword (9 March 2011)
• 55px Grand Cross of the Sash of the Three Orders (9 March 2006)
• 55px Grand Cross of the Military Order of Christ (29 November 1995)

File:Coat_of_Arms_of_Aníbal_Cavaco_Silva_(Order_of_the_Seraphim).svg as a knight of the Swedish Order of the Seraphim]]Source:{{cite web |title=Entidades nacionais agraciadas com ordens estrangeiras|trans-title=National entities honoured with foreign orders |url=https://www.ordens.presidencia.pt/?idc=155&list=1 |publisher=Presidencia de Portugal |access-date=29 September 2021 |language=Portuguese}}

• {{flag|Austria}}:
• Grand Star of the Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria (31 August 2009)
• Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Sash of the Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria (14 July 1997)
• {{flag|Brazil}}:
• Grand Collar of the Order of the Southern Cross (22 April 2008)
• Grand Cross of the Order of the Southern Cross (4 February 1991)
• Grand Cross of the Order of Rio Branco (8 October 1991)
• Grand Cross of the Order of the National Congress (4 February 1991)
• {{flag|Bulgaria}}: First Class of the Order of the Stara Planina (8 June 2015)
• {{flag|Cape Verde}}: First Class of the {{ill|Amílcar Cabral Order|fr|Ordre d'Amilcar Cabral}} (14 July 2010)
• {{flag|Chile}}:
• Collar of the Order of Merit (15 November 2007)
• Grand Cross of the Order of Merit (20 July 2007)
• Grand Cross of the Order of Bernardo O'Higgins (16 November 2010)
• {{flag|Colombia}}:
• Grand Collar of the Order of Boyacá (14 November 2012)
• Grand Cross of the Order of Boyacá (23 May 1988)
• {{flag|Cyprus}}: Grand Cross of the Order of Makarios III (20 November 1990)
• {{flag|East Timor}}: Grand Collar of the Order of Timor-Leste (6 August 2012)
• {{flag|Ecuador}}: Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit (25 January 1991)
• {{flag|Estonia}}: Collar of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana (13 October 2008)
• {{flag|Finland}}: Grand Cross of the Order of the White Rose of Finland (8 March 1991)
• {{flag|Germany}}:
• Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (26 May 2009)
• Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (25 January 1991)
• {{flag|Greece}}: Grand Cross of the Order of Honour (15 May 1990)
• {{flag|Guinea-Bissau}}: Grand Cross of the {{ill|National Order of the Boé Hills|pt|Ordem Nacional das Colinas do Boé}} (4 February 1991)
• {{flag|Holy See}}: Knight with the Collar of the Order of Pope Pius IX (30 August 2010)
• {{flag|Jordan}}:
• Collar of the Order of Al-Hussein bin Ali (28 May 2009)
• Grand Cordon with Brilliants (Special Class) of the Supreme Order of the Renaissance (10 December 2009)
• {{flag|Latvia}}: Grand Cross of the Cross of Recognition (22 November 2010)
• {{flag|Lithuania}}: Grand Cross with Golden Chain of the Order of Vytautas the Great (25 July 2007)
• {{flag|Luxembourg}}:
• Knight of the Order of the Gold Lion of the House of Nassau (9 September 2010)
• Grand Cross of the Order of the Oak Crown (4 February 1991)
• {{flag|Malta}}: Honorary Companion of Honour with Collar of the National Order of Merit (11 December 2008)
• {{flag|Mexico}}: Collar of the Order of the Aztec Eagle (2 June 2014)
• {{flag|Morocco}}:
• Grand Cordon of the Order of Ouissam Alaouite (13 February 1995)
• Grand Officer of the Order of Ouissam Alaouite (17 May 1991)
• {{flag|Mozambique}}: First Class of the Order of Friendship and Peace (7 October 2014)
• {{flag|Netherlands}}: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau (25 March 1992)
• {{flag|Norway}}: Grand Cross of the Order of St Olav (5 November 2008)
• {{flag|Palestine}}: Grand Cordon of the Order of the Star of Palestine (19 July 1995)
• {{flag|Panama}}: Collar of the Order of Manuel Amador Guerrero (30 July 2013)
• {{flag|Peru}}: Grand Collar of the Order of the Sun of Peru (19 November 2012)
• {{flag|Poland}}:
• Knight of the Order of the White Eagle (22 June 2012)
• Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (1 October 2008)
• {{flag|Qatar}}: Collar of the Order of Merit (10 December 2009)
• {{flag|Romania}}: Collar of the Order of the Star of Romania (16 June 2015)
• {{flag|Slovakia}}: Grand Cross of the Order of the White Double Cross (4 September 2008)
• {{flag|Sovereign Military Order of Malta}}:
• Collar of the Order pro Merito Melitensi (23 November 2010)
• Grand Cross, Special Class of the Order pro Merito Melitensi (25 January 1991)
• {{flag|Spain}}:
• Collar of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (24 September 2006)
• Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (8 September 1993)
• {{flag|Sweden}}:
• Knight of the Royal Order of the Seraphim (9 May 2008)
• Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Polar Star (9 February 1987)
• {{flag|Tunisia}}:
• Grand Cordon of the Order of the Republic (18 November 1993)
• Grand Cordon of the Order of 7th November (18 November 1993)
• {{flag|Turkey}}: Recipient of the Order of the State of the Republic of Turkey (24 November 2009)
• {{flag|Venezuela}}: Grand Cordon of the Order of the Liberator (18 November 1987)

{{main list|List of international presidential trips made by Aníbal Cavaco Silva}}

File:CavacoSilva Presidential Trips.PNG

Cavaco Silva made state visits to countries in Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas. In September 2006, on his first state visit, he visited Portugal's neighbour, Spain.{{cite news|last1=Francisco|first1=Susete|title=Presidente visita Espanha em Setembro|trans-title=President visits Spain in September|url=https://www.dn.pt/arquivo/2006/interior/presidente-visita-espanha-em-setembro-644823.html|access-date=9 November 2015|work=Diário de Notícias|language=pt}}{{cite news |title=Cavaco quatro dias em Espanha|trans-title=Cavaco four days in Spain|url=https://www.jn.pt/arquivo/2006/cavaco-quatro-dias-em-espanha-567242.html |access-date=4 January 2022 |work=Jornal de Notícias |date=2 September 2006 |language=Portuguese}}

File:Cavaco na California.jpg and Helder Antunes.]]

{{election table|title=Ballot: 19 May 1985}}

|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"

! align="center" colspan=2 style="width: 60px"|Candidate

! align="center" style="width: 50px"|Votes

! align="center" style="width: 50px"|%

|-

|bgcolor={{party color|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}}|

| align=left | Aníbal Cavaco Silva

| align=right | 422

| align=right | 53.6

|-

|bgcolor={{party color|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}}|

| align=left | João Salgueiro

| align=right | 365

| align=right | 46.4

|-

|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"

| colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" | Turnout

| align=right | 787

| align=center |

|-

| colspan="4" align=left|Source: Results[https://ubibliorum.ubi.pt/bitstream/10400.6/2797/1/Disserta%C3%A7%C3%A3o%20de%20Mestrado%20em%20Ci%C3%AAncia%20Pol%C3%ADtica%20-%20Nuno%20Freire.pdf "Aníbal Cavaco Silva, o PSD e a Evolução da Democracia Portuguesa: o XI Governo Constitucional (1987-1991)"], Nuno Marques Freire, UNIVERSIDADE DA BEIRA INTERIOR Faculdade de Ciências Socias e Humanas, October 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2022.

|}

{{Main|1985 Portuguese legislative election}}

{{election table|title=Ballot: 6 October 1985}}

|-

! colspan="2" | Party

! Candidate

! Votes

! align="center" style="width: 50px"|%

! align="center" style="width: 50px"|Seats

! align="center" style="width: 50px"|+/−

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}};"|

| align="left"|PSD

| align=left |Aníbal Cavaco Silva || 1,732,288 || 29.9 || 88 || style="color:green;"| +13

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}};"|

| align="left"|PS

| align=left |Almeida Santos || 1,204,321 || 20.8 || 57 || style="color:red;"| –44

|-

| style="background:green;"|

| align="left"| PRD

| align=left |Hermínio Martinho || 1,038,893 || 17.9 || 45 || new

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Unitary Democratic Coalition}};"|

| align="left"| APU

| align=left |Álvaro Cunhal || 898,281 || 15.5 || 38 || style="color:red;"| –6

|-

| style="background:{{party color|CDS – People's Party}};"|

| align="left"| CDS

| align=left |Lucas Pires || 577,580 || 10.0 || 22 || style="color:red;"| –8

|-

| style="background:#E2062C;"|

| align="left"| UDP

| align=left |Mário Tomé || 73,401 || 1.3 || 0 || ±0

|-

| style="background:white;"|

| colspan="2" align="left"| Other parties

| 128,846 || 2.2 || 0 || ±0

|-

| colspan="3" align="left"| Blank/Invalid ballots

| 145,319 || 2.5 || – || –

|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"

| colspan="3" align="left"| Turnout

| 5,798,929 || 74.16 || 250 || ±0

|-

| colspan="7" align=left|Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições{{cite web |url=https://www.cne.pt/sites/default/files/dl/resultados_ar_1985.pdf |title=Resultados AR 1985 |work=Comissão Nacional de Eleições |access-date=5 August 2024}}

|}

{{Main|1987 Portuguese legislative election}}

{{election table|title=Ballot: 19 July 1987}}

|-

! colspan="2" | Party

! Candidate

! Votes

! align="center" style="width: 50px"|%

! align="center" style="width: 50px"|Seats

! align="center" style="width: 50px"|+/−

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}};"|

| align="left"|PSD

| align=left |Aníbal Cavaco Silva || 2,850,784 || 50.2 || 148 || style="color:green;"| +60

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}};"|

| align="left"|PS

| align=left |Vítor Constâncio || 1,262,506 || 22.2 || 60 || style="color:green;"| +3

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Unitary Democratic Coalition}};"|

| align="left"| CDU

| align=left |Álvaro Cunhal || 689,137 || 12.1 || 31 || style="color:red;"| –7

|-

| style="background:green;"|

| align="left"| PRD

| align=left |António Ramalho Eanes || 278,561 || 4.9 || 7 || style="color:red;"| –38

|-

| style="background:{{party color|CDS – People's Party}};"|

| align="left"| CDS

| align=left |Adriano Moreira || 251,987 || 4.4 || 4 || style="color:red;"| –18

|-

| style="background:white;"|

| colspan="2" align="left"| Other parties

| 219,715 || 3.9 || 0 || ±0

|-

| colspan="3" align="left"| Blank/Invalid ballots

| 123,668 || 2.2 || – || –

|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"

| colspan="3" align="left"| Turnout

| 5,676,358 || 71.57 || 250 || ±0

|-

| colspan="7" align=left|Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições{{cite web |url=https://www.cne.pt/sites/default/files/dl/resultados_ar_1987.pdf |title=Resultados AR 1987 |work=Comissão Nacional de Eleições |access-date=5 August 2024}}

|}

{{Main|1991 Portuguese legislative election}}

{{election table|title=Ballot: 6 October 1991}}

|-

! colspan="2" | Party

! Candidate

! Votes

! align="center" style="width: 50px"|%

! align="center" style="width: 50px"|Seats

! align="center" style="width: 50px"|+/−

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}};"|

| align="left"|PSD

| align=left |Aníbal Cavaco Silva || 2,902,351 || 50.6 || 135 || style="color:red;"| –13

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}};"|

| align="left"|PS

| align=left |Jorge Sampaio || 1,670,758 || 29.1 || 72 || style="color:green;"| +12

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Unitary Democratic Coalition}};"|

| align="left"| CDU

| align=left |Álvaro Cunhal || 504,583 || 8.8 || 17 || style="color:red;"| –14

|-

| style="background:{{party color|CDS – People's Party}};"|

| align="left"| CDS

| align=left |Diogo Freitas do Amaral || 254,317 || 4.4 || 5 || style="color:green;"| +1

|-

| style="background:#000080;"|

| align="left"| PSN

| align=left |Manuel Sérgio || 96,096 || 1.6 || 1 || new

|-

| style="background:red;"|

| align="left"| PSR

| align=left |Francisco Louçã || 64,159 || 1.1 || 0 || ±0

|-

| style="background:white;"|

| colspan="2" align="left"| Other parties

| 132,495 || 2.3 || 0 || style="color:red;"| –7

|-

| colspan="3" align="left"| Blank/Invalid ballots

| 110,672 || 1.9 || – || –

|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"

| colspan="3" align="left"| Turnout

| 5,735,431 || 67.78 || 230 || style="color:red;"| –20

|-

| colspan="7" align=left|Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições{{cite web |url=https://www.cne.pt/sites/default/files/dl/resultados_ar_1987.pdf |title=Resultados AR 1991 |work=Comissão Nacional de Eleições |access-date=5 August 2024}}

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{{Main|1996 Portuguese presidential election}}

{{election table|title=Ballot: 14 January 1996}}

|-

! colspan="2" |Candidate

! Votes

! align="center" style="width: 50px"|%

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}};"|

| align=left |Jorge Sampaio || 3,035,056 || 53.9

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}};"|

| align=left |Aníbal Cavaco Silva || 2,595,131 || 46.1

|-

| colspan="2" align="left"| Blank/Invalid ballots

| 132,791 || –

|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"

| colspan="2" align="left"| Turnout

| 5,762,978 || 66.29

|-

| colspan="4" align=left|Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições{{cite web |url=https://www.cne.pt/sites/default/files/dl/resultados_pr_1996.pdf |title=Resultados PR 1996 |work=Comissão Nacional de Eleições |access-date=5 August 2024}}

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{{Main|2006 Portuguese presidential election}}

{{election table|title=Ballot: 22 January 2006}}

|-

! colspan="2" |Candidate

! Votes

! align="center" style="width: 50px"|%

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}};"|

| align=left |Aníbal Cavaco Silva || 2,773,431 || 50.5

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Independent (politician)}};"|

| align=left |Manuel Alegre || 1,138,297 || 20.7

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}};"|

| align=left |Mário Soares || 785,355 || 14.3

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Unitary Democratic Coalition}};"|

| align=left |Jerónimo de Sousa || 474,083 || 8.6

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Left Bloc (Portugal)}};"|

| align=left |Francisco Louçã || 292,198 || 5.3

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of the Portuguese Workers / Reorganizative Movement of the Party of the Proletariat}};"|

| align=left |Garcia Pereira || 23,983 || 0.4

|-

| colspan="2" align="left"| Blank/Invalid ballots

| 102,785 || –

|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"

| colspan="2" align="left"| Turnout

| 5,590,132 || 61.53

|-

| colspan="4" align=left|Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições{{cite web |url=https://www.cne.pt/sites/default/files/dl/resultados_pr_2006.pdf |title=Resultados PR 2006 |work=Comissão Nacional de Eleições |access-date=5 August 2024}}

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{{Main|2011 Portuguese presidential election}}

{{election table|title=Ballot: 23 January 2011}}

|-

! colspan="2" |Candidate

! Votes

! align="center" style="width: 50px"|%

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}};"|

| align=left |Aníbal Cavaco Silva || 2,231,956 || 53.0

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}};"|

| align=left |Manuel Alegre || 831,838 || 19.7

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Independent (politician)}};"|

| align=left |Fernando Nobre || 593,021 || 14.1

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Unitary Democratic Coalition}};"|

| align=left |Francisco Lopes || 301,017 || 7.1

|-

| style="background:#1F468B;"|

| align=left |José Manuel Coelho || 189,918 || 4.5

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Independent (politician)}};"|

| align=left |Defensor Moura || 67,110 || 1.6

|-

| colspan="2" align="left"| Blank/Invalid ballots

| 277,593 || –

|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"

| colspan="2" align="left"| Turnout

| 4,492,453 || 46.52

|-

| colspan="4" align=left|Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições{{cite web |url=https://www.cne.pt/sites/default/files/dl/resultados_pr_2011_rectificado.pdf |title=Resultados PR 2011 Rectificado |work=Comissão Nacional de Eleições |access-date=5 August 2024}}

|}

• Cavaco Silva, Autobiografia Política, in 2 Vols.

• Liberalism in Portugal

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