2009 in Portugal

Events in the year 2009 in Portugal.

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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

Summary of the Portuguese local elections. Municipalities won by:
■ - PSD: 117
■ - PS: 132
■ - CDU: 28
■ - BE: 1
■ - CDS–PP: 1
■ - PSD coalitions: 22
■ - Independents: 7

• May 2009 to early 2010 – A flu pandemic resulted in 122 deaths in Portugal.^[1]

• 11 October – Portuguese local election, 2009^[2]

Arts and entertainment

• To Die Like a Man, a Portuguese drama film directed by João Pedro Rodrigues.^[3]
• In music: Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009.

Sports

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

Deaths

Conchita Cintrón

• 26 January – Fernando Amaral, politician (b. 1925).^[4]
• 3 February – António dos Reis Rodrigues, Roman Catholic Bishop (b. 1918)
• 17 February – Conchita Cintrón, Chile-born Peruvian torera (female bullfighter), died in Lisbon (born 1922)
• 11 May – António Lopes dos Santos, army general and colonial administrator (b. 1919).^[5]
• 25 May – Tomás Paquete, Olympic sprinter (b. 1923).^[6]
• 17 June – José Calvário, songwriter (b. 1951).
• 27 July – Edite Soeiro, journalist (b. 1934).^[7]
• 8 August – Raul Solnado, actor and comedian (b. 1929)
• 24 November – Gonçalves Isabelinha, footballer (b. 1908)

See also

• List of Portuguese films of 2009