Events in the year 2006 in Portugal.
Incumbents President: Jorge Sampaio (until 9 March); Aníbal Cavaco Silva (from 9 March) Prime Minister: José Sócrates (Socialist)
Events 10 January – Disestablishment of the National Solidarity Party 22 January – Portuguese presidential election, 2006 29 January – Snow recorded in Lisbon, Algarve and other southern and central regions of Portugal.
Arts and entertainment In music: Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006.
Film 9 March – Magic Mirror released.
Sports Football (soccer) competitions: Primeira Liga, Liga de Honra, Taça de Portugal.
Deaths
18 January – Leonardo Ribeiro de Almeida, politician (b. 1924).
16 April – Francisco Adam, actor (born 1983).
27 July – Carlos Roque, comics book artist (b. 1936).
26 November – Mário Cesariny de Vasconcelos, surrealist poet and painter (b. 1923).
See also List of Portuguese films of 2006
References