2018 in Portugal
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Events in the year 2018 in Portugal.
Incumbents
Events
February
- 10 February — The Portugal national futsal team won the UEFA Futsal Euro 2018.
May
- 8–12 May — Eurovision Song Contest 2018 was held at the Altice Arena in Lisbon.
October
- 12 October — Minister of National Defence José Alberto Azeredo Lopes resigns amid the Tancos arms theft scandal.[1]
Deaths
- 2 January – Guida Maria, actress (b. 1950).[2]
- 16 January – Madalena Iglésias, actress and singer (b. 1939)
- 27 January – Edmundo Pedro, politician and political prisoner (Tarrafal camp), member of the Assembly of the Republic (b. 1918).[3]
- 20 March – João Calvão da Silva, politician (b. 1952)
- 27 March – António dos Santos, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Guarda (b. 1932).[4]
- 6 April – Acácio Pereira Magro, politician, economist and academic (b. 1932).[5]
- 8 April – António Barros, footballer (b. 1949).[6]
- 7 May – António Saraiva, footballer (b. 1934).[7]
- 21 May – António Arnault, poet, fiction writer, essayist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1936).[8]
- 22 May – Júlio Pomar, painter (b. 1926).[9]
- 12 July – Laura Soveral, actress (b. 1933).[10]
- 17 July – João Semedo, pulmonologist and politician (b. 1951).[11]
- 29 July – António José Rafael, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Bragança-Miranda (b. 1925).[12]
- 1 August – Celeste Rodrigues, fado singer (b. 1923).[13]
References
- ^ "Portugal defense minister quits amid probe of theft cover-up". Reuters. 12 October 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
- ^ "Morreu a atriz Guida Maria". www.dn.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 6 January 2018.
- ^ Morreu dirigente histórico do PS Edmundo Pedro (in Portuguese)
- ^ Bishop António dos Santos
- ^ Morreu Acácio Magro, ex-ministro do Comércio de Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo (in Portuguese)
- ^ Morreu António Barros (in Portuguese)
- ^ Condolences for António Saraiva
- ^ Morreu António Arnaut, "pai" do Serviço Nacional de Saúde (in Portuguese)
- ^ Morreu o artista plástico Júlio Pomar (in Portuguese)
- ^ Faleceu a atriz Laura Soveral, aos 85 anos (in Portuguese)
- ^ Morreu João Semedo (1951-2018) (in Portuguese)
- ^ Bishop António José Rafael
- ^ Morreu a fadista Celeste Rodrigues (in Portuguese)