2024 in Portugal

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Events in the year 2024 in Portugal.

• President: Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa
• Prime Minister – António Costa (Socialist) (until 2 April); Luís Montenegro (Social Democratic) (since 2 April)

• 4 February – 2024 Azorean regional election

• 10 March – 2024 Portuguese legislative election: The Democratic Alliance wins the most seats.^[1]

• 2 April – Democratic Alliance leader Luís Montenegro is inaugurated as Prime Minister.^[2]
• 3–7 April – 2024 European Trampoline Championships

• 26 May – 2024 Madeiran regional election

• 2 June – Two stunt aircraft collide during a demonstration at the Beja Air Show, killing a pilot.^[3]
• 9 June – 2024 European Parliament election

• 3 July – Three people are killed and three others are reported missing after a fishing boat sinks off the coast of Marinha Grande.^[4]

• 21 August – A wildfire in Madeira burns at least 4,937 hectares of land, prompting authorities to issue an emergency appeal for aid from the European Union.^[5]
• 30 August – Four people are killed and one other is reported missing after a National Republican Guard helicopter crashes into the Douro river in Lamego.^[6]

• 7 September – Five inmates escape from the Vale de Judeus high-security prison near Lisbon.^[7]
• 17 September –
  • At least seven people are killed in nationwide wildfires.^[8] A state of calamity is declared in parts of the country.^[9]
  • Six children are injured in a mass stabbing inside a school in Azambuja. The suspect, a 12-year old boy, is arrested.^[10]

• 2 October – Three people, two men and a woman, are shot and killed inside a barbershop in Lisbon. The suspect escapes with his family.^[11]
• 21 October – Killing of Odair Moniz: The fatal shooting of a man of Cape Verdean origin by police in Amadora leads to violent protests in the Lisbon area.^[12]

• 11 December – Spain, Portugal and Morocco win the joint hosting rights for the 2030 FIFA World Cup.^[13]

• List of Portuguese submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

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• 1 January - New Year's Day
• 29 March - Good Friday
• 31 March - Easter Sunday
• 25 April – Freedom Day
• 1 May - Labour Day
• 30 May - Feast of Corpus Christi
• 10 June – Portugal Day
• 15 August - Assumption Day
• 5 October – Republic Day
• 1 November - All Saints' Day
• 1 December – Independence Restoration Day
• 8 December – Immaculate Conception
• 25 December - Christmas Day

• 2 January – Alberto Festa, 84, footballer (Porto, Tirsense, national team).^[15]
• 4 January – Ana Afonso, 47, model and actress (Quinta das Celebridades).^[16]
• 4 January – Antonino Solmer [pt], 73, actor and theatre director.^[17]
• 8 January – Arnaldo Trindade [pt], 89, music editor and producer.^[18]
• 22 January – Maria da Graça Carmona e Costa [pt], 91, galerist and art collector.^[19]

• 4 February – Rui Patrício, 91, politician, minister of Foreign Affairs (1970-1974).^[20]
• 8 February – André Jordan [pt], 90, tourism businessman.^[21]
• 8 February – João Oliveira Pinto, 52, footballer.^[22]
• 16 February – José Pinto [pt], 95, actor (2016 Sophia Awards [pt]).^[23]
• 18 February – Armando Guedes da Costa [pt], 84, jurist and film producer.^[24]
• 22 February – Artur Jorge, 78, footballer and coach (national team).^[25]
• 22 February – Hugo Maia de Loureiro [pt], 79, singer (Festival da Canção 1970 and 1971).^[26]
• 23 February – Rui Rodrigues, 80, footballer and coach (national team).^[27]

• 1 March – Fernando António Pinheiro Correia [pt], 81, journalist (Diário de Lisboa, O Militante).^[28]
• 3 March – Alexandre Baptista, 83, footballer.^[29]
• 5 March – António-Pedro Vasconcelos, 84, film director.^[30]
• 7 March – Minervino Pietra, 70, footballer (national team).^[31]
• 8 March – Estrela Novais [pt], 70, actress.^[32]
• 11 March – Miguel Gullander [pt], 49, writer and teacher.^[33]
• 17 March – Nuno Júdice, 74, poet and essayist.^[34]
• 18 March – Joaquim Santos, 71, rally driver.^[35]
• 20 March – António Pacheco, 57, footballer.^[36]
• 21 March – António Évora [pt], 82, actor.^[37]
• 21 March – Gina Santos [pt], 86, actress.^[38]

• 3 April – António Marques Miguel [pt], architect and professor.^[39]
• 9 April – Eugénio Lisboa [pt], 93, essayist, poet, critic.^[40]
• 11 April – António Amorim [pt], 72, geneticist, researcher, professor-emeritus of University of Porto.^[41]

• 10 May – Fernando Emílio [pt], 77, sports journalist.^[42]
• 16 May – Casimiro de Brito [pt], 86, poet and essayist.^[43]
• 24 May – Paulo Lourenço, 52, diplomat, ambassador to Cape Verde.^[44]
• 29 May – Santana Castilho [pt], 80, educator and politician.^[45]

• 15 June – Maria Quintans [pt], 69, poet and playwright.^[46]
• 27 June – Manuel Fernandes, 73, footballer and manager.^[47]

• 1 July – Fausto Bordalo Dias, 75, singer, guitarist and composer.^[48]
• 9 July – Joana Marques Vidal, 68, prosecutor and Attorney-General (2012-2018).^[49]
• 27 July – Mísia, 69, fado singer.^[50]
• 28 July – Joana de Barros Baptista [pt], 88, teacher and women's rights activist (Order of Liberty).^[51]

• 4 August – João Paulo Guerra [pt], 82, journalist.^[52]
• 11 August – José Manuel Constantino, 74, president of the Olympic Committee of Portugal (since 2013).^[53]
• 16 August – Álvaro Monjardino, 93, politician, president of the Legislative Assembly of the Azores.^[54]
• 17 August – Ana Faria [pt], 74, singer of children's music.^[55]
• 28 August – Renato Moura, 75, politician and tax administrator, member of the Legislative Assembly of the Azores.^[56]
• 29 August – Adolfo Calisto, 80, football player (Benfica, national team) and manager (CD Alcains).^[57]

• 4 September – Fernando José Rodrigues [pt], 67, writer, actor and stage director.^[58]
• 5 September – Augusto M. Seabra, 69, music and film critic.^[59]
• 9 September – Graça Lobo [pt], 85, stage actress.^[60]
• 21 September – Rogério de Carvalho [pt], 87-88, stage director.^[61]
• 27 September – João Diogo Nunes Barata [pt], 83, diplomat.^[62]

• 16 October – António Sena [pt], 83, plastic artist and painter.^[63]
• 17 October – Domingos Pinho [pt], 87, painter.^[64]
• 24 October – Marco Paulo, 79, singer.^[65]

• 1 November – Camilo Mortágua, 90, antifascist activist.^[66]

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