Cavaco Silva Wins Presidential Elections
Anibal Cavaco Silva, previously Prime Minister of Portugal from 1985 to 1995, has won this Sunday's presidential election.
Mr. Cavaco Silva replaces President Jorge Sampaio, a Socialist, who has served two five-year terms.
The center-right Cavaco Silva won 50.6% of the vote ahead of two center-left candidates Manuel Alegre and former President and Prime Minister Mario Soares – the Socialists’official candidate - who came in a disappointing third.
Anibal Cavaco Silva is the first right-of-center president of Portugal since the 1974 Revolution.
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