Aníbal Cavaco Silva

His Excellency
Aníbal Cavaco Silva
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His Excellency Aníbal Cavaco Silva GCC GColTE GColL GColIH
	Cavaco Silva in 2013
President of Portugal
	In office; 9 March 2006 – 9 March 2016
Prime Minister	José Sócrates; Pedro Passos Coelho; António Costa
Preceded by	Jorge Sampaio
Succeeded by	Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa
Prime Minister of Portugal
	In office; 6 November 1985 – 25 October 1995
President	António Ramalho Eanes; Mário Soares
Deputy	Eurico de Melo
Preceded by	Mário Soares
Succeeded by	António Guterres
President of the Social Democratic Party
	In office; 19 May 1985 – 19 February 1995
Secretary-General	Manuel Dias Loureiro; José Falcão e Cunha; José Nunes Liberato
Preceded by	Rui Machete
Succeeded by	Fernando Nogueira
Minister of Finance
	In office; 3 January 1980 – 9 January 1981
Prime Minister	Francisco Sá Carneiro
Preceded by	António de Sousa Franco
Succeeded by	João Morais Leitão
Member of the Assembly of the Republic
	In office; 4 November 1985 – 12 August 1987
Constituency	Lisbon
Personal details
Born	Aníbal António Cavaco Silva; 15 July 1939; Boliqueime, Portugal
Party	Social Democratic; (since 1974)
Spouse	Maria Cavaco Silva; (m. 1963)
Children	2
Alma mater	Technical University of Lisbon; Alcuin College, York
Signature
Website	Official website

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Aníbal António Cavaco Silva GCC GColTE GColL GColIH (European Portuguese: [ɐˈniβɐl ɐ̃ˈtɔni.u kɐˈvaku ˈsilvɐ, - ɐ̃ˈtɔnju -]; born 15 July 1939) is a Portuguese economist and politician who served as the president of Portugal from 2006 to 2016, and as prime minister of Portugal, from 1985 to 1995. His 10-year tenure was the longest of any prime minister since Salazar, and the longest for a freely elected prime minister in Portugal's republican history. He was the first Portuguese prime minister to win an absolute parliamentary majority under the current constitutional system (dating to 1974). He is most recognized for guiding Portugal into the European Union, liberalizing the Portuguese economy and improving infrastructures across the country.