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Cavaco Silva

British  
/ ˈkavaku ˈsilvə /

noun

  1. Aníbal (aˈnibal). born 1939, Portuguese statesman; prime minister (1985–95); president from 2006

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Portas spoke to journalists after talks with President Anibal Cavaco Silva, who is meeting with political parties, business leaders and labor groups to ensure the crisis can be overcome.

From Reuters ● Jul. 9, 2013

Cavaco Silva has the constitutional power to dissolve parliament and call new elections.

From Reuters ● Jul. 9, 2013

“The European Central Bank has to go beyond a narrow interpretation of its mission” and buy bonds in the secondary market, Cavaco Silva said yesterday in an interview at Bloomberg headquarters in New York.

From BusinessWeek ● Nov. 11, 2011

A group of former ministers is set to meet President Cavaco Silva to argue against more debt, the Portuguese daily, Diario de Noticias, reported Tuesday.

From New York Times ● May 5, 2010

It was Cavaco Silva who triggered the collapse of the government last July when he pulled out of the coalition led by Socialist Prime Minister Mario Soares, 60.

From Time Magazine Archive

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