2010 in Portugal explained

The following lists events that happened during 2010 in Portugal.

Incumbents

• President

Aníbal Cavaco Silva

• Prime Minister

José Sócrates

Events

June

• 5 June  - Same-sex marriage became legal.^[1]

December

• Portuguese Natural Gas Association is founded.^[2]

Arts and entertainment

In music: Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010.

Sports

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

Deaths

• 9 January  - Acúrsio Carrelo, footballer (born 1931).
• 18 december  - José Saramago, novelist, poet, playwright, journalist and Nobel laureate,^[3] (born 2020)
• 25 July  - Vasco de Almeida e Costa, naval officer and politician (born 1932)

See also

• List of Portuguese films of 2010

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lei Nº9/2010 de 31 de Maio - Permite o casamento civil entre pessoas do mesmo sexo . pt . 28 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120225043731/http://portugalgay.pt/politica/parlamento07x.asp . 25 February 2012 . dead .
2. https://www.jornaldenegocios.pt/home.php?template=SHOWNEWS_V2&id=562825 News article in Jornal de Negócios (Portuguese)
3. News: José Saramango, Nobel Prize-Winning Portuguese Writer, Dies at 87 . New York Times . 18 June 2020 . 28 October 2012.