Politics of Portugal

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Politics of Portugal encompasses the democratic framework, institutions, parties, and processes that govern the Portuguese Republic at the national and regional levels.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political system
politics by country
administrativeSupremeCourt Supreme Administrative Court of Portugal NERFINISHED
constitutionalCourt Constitutional Court of Portugal NERFINISHED
constitutionalDocument Constitution of Portugal NERFINISHED
councilOfEuropeMembership Council of Europe NERFINISHED
country Portugal
currentConstitutionAdopted 1976
electoralFormula D’Hondt method NERFINISHED
electoralSystem proportional representation
euMembership European Union NERFINISHED
executiveBranch Government of Portugal NERFINISHED
governmentAccountableTo Assembly of the Republic GENERATED
governmentForm semi-presidential representative democratic republic
headOfGovernment Prime Minister of Portugal
headOfState President of Portugal NERFINISHED
judicialBranch Courts of Portugal NERFINISHED
judicialIndependence guaranteed by constitution
legislativeBody Assembly of the Republic NERFINISHED
legislatureType unicameral
localGovernmentLevel municipalities
parishes
lowerHouse Assembly of the Republic NERFINISHED
majorPoliticalParty CDS – People’s Party NERFINISHED
Chega NERFINISHED
Left Bloc NERFINISHED
Liberal Initiative NERFINISHED
Portuguese Communist Party NERFINISHED
Social Democratic Party NERFINISHED
Socialist Party NERFINISHED
natoMembership NATO NERFINISHED
osceMembership OSCE NERFINISHED
parliamentaryTermLength 4 years
partySystem multi-party system
politicalIdeologySpectrum from far-left to far-right
presidentialElectionMethod direct popular vote
presidentialTermLength 5 years
previousRegime Estado Novo NERFINISHED
regimeChange Carnation Revolution NERFINISHED
regimeChangeYear 1974
regionalAutonomy Autonomous Region of Madeira NERFINISHED
Autonomous Region of the Azores NERFINISHED
regionalGovernmentHead President of the Regional Government of Madeira NERFINISHED
President of the Regional Government of the Azores
regionalLegislature Legislative Assembly of Madeira NERFINISHED
Legislative Assembly of the Azores NERFINISHED
schengenAreaMembership Schengen Area NERFINISHED
suffrage universal adult suffrage
supremeCourt Supreme Court of Justice of Portugal NERFINISHED
upperHouse none
votingAge 18
votingSystem closed party-list proportional representation

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Politics of Madeira partOf Politics of Portugal