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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Politics of Portugal canonical 1

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

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Politics of Madeira partOf Politics of Portugal