2009 in Portugal explained

Events in the year 2009 in Portugal.

Incumbents

• President

Aníbal Cavaco Silva

• Prime Minister

José Sócrates

Events

• 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

• 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: What was the number of fatal cases as of April 2010?. ecdc.europa.ru. 23 November 2018.
2. Web site: Autarquicas - 11/10/2009 Informação Detalhada - Resultados Nacionais. 12 February 2014. eleicoes.cne.pt. Comissão Nacional de Eleições. pt.
3. Web site: Festival de Cannes: Morrer como um homem (To Die Like a Man) . 28 October 2012 . festival-cannes.com.
4. Web site: Fernando Monteiro do Amaral, * 1925. Geneall.net.
5. http://rpdluz.tripod.com/projectomemoriamacaense/gov.lopes.santos.html Governador António Lopes dos Santos
6. Tomás Paquete Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418011540/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/tomas-paquete-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 23 November 2018.
7. News: Profissionais destacam as qualidades da jornalista Edite Soeiro . https://web.archive.org/web/20090801232639/http://jn.sapo.pt/PaginaInicial/Media/Interior.aspx?content_id=1319878 . dead . 1 August 2009 . . 29 July 2009 . 1 September 2010 .