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Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa resigns amid an ongoing corruption probe.
2023-11-7

The budget proposed by the Socialist minority government of Prime Minister António Costa is rejected by the Assembly of the Republic for the first time in the country's democratic history, following moves by the Left Bloc and the Communist Party to join the right-wing parties and reject the budget. It is expected that the President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa will dissolve the parliament and call for early elections.
2021-10-27

Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa is reelected with 60.7% of the vote in Sunday's election.
2021-01-24

Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa is elected President of the Portuguese Republic.
2016-01-24

Three leftist parties announce their ability to form a government, making it likely that Pedro Passos Coelho will no longer be Prime Minister.
2015-11-7

Portuguese police arrest the ex-prime minister of Portugal, José Socrates. They accuse him of corruption, fiscal fraud, and money laundering.
2014-11-25

The President of Portugal Cavaco Silva calls for a national salvation understanding between the three main parties: the Socialists, and the governing coalition PSD and CDS-PP. In a statement after the President's communication to the country, the Socialists said they will not support such Government and called for early elections.
2013-07-10

A series of talks between Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Prime Minister to solve the question around the former's resignation. After a third round the Prime Minister Passos Coelho is to meet with the President of the Republic Cavaco Silva.
2013-07-4

José Sócrates, the caretaker Prime Minister of Portugal asks the European Union for financial assistance.
2011-04-6

The Prime Minister of Portugal José Sócrates resigns after the parliament rejects austerity measures.
2011-03-23