President of Portugal

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head of state office

The President of Portugal is the country’s directly elected head of state, responsible for representing the nation, overseeing democratic institutions, and exercising limited but significant constitutional powers.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
President of the Portuguese Republic 5
President of the Republic of Portugal 2
Presidente da República Portuguesa 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf head of state office ⓘ
appointedBy direct popular vote ⓘ
appoints Chief of the General Staff ⓘ
surface form: Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces

Council of Ministers on proposal of the Prime Minister ⓘ
Prime Minister of Portugal ⓘ
certain members of the Constitutional Court ⓘ
service chiefs of the Armed Forces ⓘ
canCall early legislative elections ⓘ
referendums ⓘ
canDeclare state of emergency ⓘ
state of siege ⓘ
canDissolve Assembly of the Republic ⓘ
canRequest prior review of constitutionality ⓘ
successive review of constitutionality ⓘ
canVeto parliamentary legislation ⓘ
city Lisbon ⓘ
country Portugal ⓘ
createdBy 1976 Portuguese Constitution ⓘ
surface form: Constitution of Portugal
currentOfficeHolder Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa ⓘ
currentOfficeHolderStart 9 March 2016 ⓘ
electionSystem two-round system ⓘ
established 1910 ⓘ
establishedAfter Kings of Portugal ⓘ
surface form: Portuguese monarchy
firstOfficeHolder Manuel de Arriaga ⓘ
governmentForm semi-presidential representative democratic republic ⓘ
guarantees regular functioning of democratic institutions ⓘ
guardianOf 1976 Portuguese Constitution ⓘ
surface form: Constitution of Portugal
headOfStateOf Portugal ⓘ
insignia Flag of the President of Portugal ⓘ
insigniaType presidential standard ⓘ
isCommanderInChiefOf Portuguese Armed Forces ⓘ
locatedIn Portugal ⓘ
surface form: Portuguese Republic
nativeLanguage Portuguese ⓘ
officeHolderStyle His Excellency ⓘ
officeHolderTitleInPortuguese President of Portugal self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Presidente da República Portuguesa
officeType non-executive presidency with limited but significant powers ⓘ
predecessorOffice Kings of Portugal ⓘ
surface form: King of Portugal
promulgates laws ⓘ
ratifies international treaties ⓘ
reElected 2021 ⓘ
represents Portuguese state in international relations ⓘ
requiresForEmergencyMeasures authorization of Assembly of the Republic ⓘ
residence Belém Palace ⓘ
seat Belém Palace ⓘ
termLength 5 years ⓘ
termLimit two consecutive terms ⓘ
termRenewable yes ⓘ
vetoType constitutional veto ⓘ
political veto ⓘ

Referenced by (50)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Order of Liberty (Portugal) → administeredBy → President of Portugal ⓘ
Order of Prince Henry → administeredBy → President of Portugal ⓘ
Council of State (Portugal) → advises → President of Portugal ⓘ
this entity surface form: President of the Portuguese Republic
President of the Republic → alsoKnownAs → President of Portugal ⓘ
subject surface form: President of the Republic (Portugal)
this entity surface form: Presidente da República Portuguesa
Government of Portugal → appointedBy → President of Portugal ⓘ
Ministers of Portugal → appointedBy → President of Portugal ⓘ
Prime Minister of Portugal → appointedBy → President of Portugal ⓘ
Secretaries of State of Portugal → appointedBy → President of Portugal ⓘ
Order of Liberty (Portugal) → awardedBy → President of Portugal ⓘ
Order of the Tower and Sword → awardingAuthority → President of Portugal ⓘ
Grand Cross of the Order of Aviz → awardingBody → President of Portugal ⓘ
Secretaries of State of Portugal → canBeDismissedBy → President of Portugal ⓘ
AR → canBeDissolvedBy → President of Portugal ⓘ
Assembleia da República → canBeDissolvedBy → President of Portugal ⓘ
Government of Portugal → canBeDissolvedBy → President of Portugal ⓘ
this entity surface form: President of Portugal (under constitutional conditions)
Ministers of Portugal → canBeRemovedBy → President of Portugal ⓘ
Council of State (Portugal) → chairperson → President of Portugal ⓘ
this entity surface form: President of the Portuguese Republic
Portuguese Armed Forces → commanderInChief → President of Portugal ⓘ
Council of State (Portugal) → compositionIncludes → President of Portugal ⓘ
this entity surface form: President of the Portuguese Republic
Grand Cross → conferredBy → President of Portugal ⓘ
subject surface form: Grand Cross of the Order of Liberty
Grand Collar → conferredByDecreeOf → President of Portugal ⓘ
subject surface form: Grand Collar of the Order of Prince Henry
this entity surface form: President of the Portuguese Republic
this entity surface form: President of the Republic of Portugal
Kings of Portugal → followedBy → President of Portugal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Presidents of Portugal
Order of Liberty (Portugal) → grandMaster → President of Portugal ⓘ
this entity surface form: President of the Portuguese Republic
Order of the Tower and Sword → grandMaster → President of Portugal ⓘ
Council of the Revolution → hasAuthorityOver → President of Portugal ⓘ
Constitution of 1933 → headOfState → President of Portugal ⓘ
Portuguese Third Republic → headOfStateRole → President of Portugal ⓘ
Lisbon → isSeatOf → President of Portugal ⓘ
Prime Minister of Portugal → nominatedBy → President of Portugal ⓘ
António de Spínola → officeContested → President of Portugal ⓘ
President of Portugal → officeHolderTitleInPortuguese → President of Portugal self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Presidente da República Portuguesa
Belém Palace → officialResidenceOf → President of Portugal ⓘ
António de Spínola → positionHeld → President of Portugal ⓘ
Francisco da Costa Gomes → positionHeld → President of Portugal ⓘ
Mário Soares → positionHeld → President of Portugal ⓘ
Grand Collar of the Order of Liberty → presentedBy → President of Portugal ⓘ
Grand Collar → presentedBy → President of Portugal ⓘ
subject surface form: Grand Collar of the Order of Prince Henry
Constitution of 1976 → regulatesOffice → President of Portugal ⓘ
this entity surface form: President of the Republic of Portugal
Prime Minister of Portugal → reportsTo → President of Portugal ⓘ
Ministers of Portugal → subordinateTo → President of Portugal ⓘ
Belém Palace → usedBy → President of Portugal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Presidents of the Portuguese Republic
Coat of arms of Portugal → usedBy → President of Portugal ⓘ
Belém Palace → usedFor → President of Portugal ⓘ
this entity surface form: office of the President of Portugal