2006 in Portugal

Events in the year 2006 in Portugal.

← 2005 2004 2003 2006 in Portugal → 2007 2008 2009
Centuries:	19th 20th 21st
Decades:	1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s
See also:	List of years in Portugal

Incumbents

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

Events

• 22 January – Portuguese presidential election, 2006
• Disestablishment of the National Solidarity Party.

Arts and entertainment

In music: Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006.

Film

• 9 March – Magic Mirror released.^[1]

Sports

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

Deaths

Mário Cesariny de Vasconcelos, painting by Bottelho

• 18 January – Leonardo Ribeiro de Almeida, politician (b. 1924).^[2]

• 16 April – Francisco Adam, actor (born 1983).

• 27 July – Carlos Roque, comics book artist (b. 1936).^[3]

• 26 November – Mário Cesariny de Vasconcelos, surrealist poet and painter (b. 1923).^[4]

See also

• List of Portuguese films of 2006