# Os Piores Portugueses

Os Piores Portugueses (lit. The Worst Portuguese) was a poll organized by the debate program Eixo do Mal of SIC Notícias to determine which Portuguese figures contributed the most to the country's ruin. It competed and parodied the poll for Great Portuguese (Os Grandes Portugueses).
There were two categories for each poll, each featuring 20 semi-finalists:
* Who most contributed to the ruin of Portugal? - Won by António de Oliveira Salazar, also the winner of Os Grandes Portugueses.
* Who better incarnates the worst qualities of the Portuguese People? - Won by Fátima Felgueiras.

## The candidates for Worst Portuguese

Who most contributed to the ruin of Portugal? :
| Name | Lived | Notable Events and Rationale | Great Portuguese Rank |
| Afonso Costa | 1871-1937 | Republican activist, Prime Minister of Portugal during the First Portuguese Republic | 73 |
| António de Almeida Santos | 1926-2016 | Socialist Party Politician | None |
| Álvaro Cunhal | 1913-2005 | Former leader of the Portuguese Communist Party | 2 |
| Aníbal Cavaco Silva | born 1939 | Then President of Portugal, former Prime Minister of Portugal. | 27 |
| António Guterres | born 1949 | Former Prime Minister of Portugal. | None |
| Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira | 1888-1977 | Cardinal Patriarch of Lisbon during Estado Novo | None |
| The horse of Afonso, Prince of Portugal | fl. 1491 | By falling and killing the heir of the throne and husband to the heiress of Castile and Aragon, prevented the union of the Iberian kingdoms under Portuguese hegemony. | None |
| The trumpeter of Afonso I of Portugal | fl. 1143 | During a loot, he lost his trumpet which he was meant to play to order the loot to be finished, metaphorically meaning the looting is still going on. | None |
| Afonso I of Portugal | died 1185 | The first King of Portugal and founder of the country; nominated for that exact reason. | 4 |
| John III of Portugal | 1502-1557 | King of Portugal during the Inquisition | None |
| King Sebastian | 1554–1578 | Boy-king who became entangled in the Moroccan civil war, a Muslim country he understood very little about, ultimately leading to his fall at the Battle of Ksar El Kebir and leaving the country at the mercy of Spain. | None |
| José Manuel Durão Barroso | 1956– | Former Prime Minister of Portugal, left office to become President of the European Commission, leaving Pedro Santana Lopes as his successor. | None |
| Sister Lúcia | 1907–2005 | Claimed to have seen and talked to the Virgin Mary at Fátima in 1917. She later became a nun. | 89 |
| Marcelo Caetano | 1906-1980 | Successor to António de Oliveira Salazar as the ruler of Estado Novo | 31 |
| Mário Soares | 1924–2017 | Former Prime Minister of Portugal and President of Portugal. | 12 |
| António de Oliveira Salazar | 1889–1970 | Dictatorial Prime Minister of Portugal during the Estado Novo, which repressed democratic movements and involved Portugal in a costly colonial war in Africa. | 1 |
| Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho | 1936-2021 | Chief strategist of Carnation Revolution and FP-25 leader | 68 |
| Sidónio Pais | 1872-1918 | President of the First Portuguese Republic | None |
| Cunha Rodrigues | Born 1940 | Former Attorney-general of the republic | None |
| Vasco Gonçalves | 1921-2005 | Prime Minister of Portugal during PREC | 54 |
Who better incarnates the worst qualities of the Portuguese People? :
| Name | Lived | Notable Events and Rationale | Great Portuguese Rank |
| Maria Severa | 1820-1846 | Fado singer. Portrayed as the founder of the genre | None |
| pt:Maria de Jesus Caetano Freire | 1894-1981 | António de Oliveira Salazar's maid | None |
| Dona Branca | 1902-1992 | Fraudster, Ponzi scheme maintainer | None |
| António Egas Moniz | 1874-1955 | Neurologist, lobotomy inventor, first Portuguese winner of the Nobel Prize | 23 |
| Fátima Felgueiras | Born 1954 | Former mayor of Felgueiras, involved in various corrpution scandals | None |
| Fernando Mamede | Born 1951 | 10,000 metres athlete known to frequently crack under pressure | None |
| Florbela Espanca | 1894-1930 | Poet | 34 |
| Valentim Loureiro | Born 1938 | Former mayor of Gondomar, chairman of Boavista F.C. and of the LPFP, involved in various corruption scandals in all titles | None |
| Kaúlza de Arriaga | 1915-2004 | Far-right politician, founder of MIRN-PDP | None |
| Lili Caneças | Born 1944 | Socialite | None |
| Portuguese husbands | | | |
| Paulo Portas | Born 1962 | Former president of CDS – People's Party | None |
| Pina Manique | 1733-1805 | Magistrate during the Absolutism | None |
| Joaquim Pina Moura | 1952-2020 | Former finance and economy minister | None |
| Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa | Born 1937 | Chairman of FC Porto, involved in corruption scandals | 17 |
| José Maria Martins | | Lawyer, known for defending Carlos Silvino in the Casa Pia child sexual abuse scandal | None |
| Tomás Taveira | Born 1938 | Architect and professor. Involved in a sex tape scandal, where he was shown having sex with (amongst others) some of his students | None |
| José Maria Saleiro | Born 1973 | Big Brother 1 winner | None |
| Alberto João Jardim | Born 1943 | Then president of the Autonomous Region of Madeira | 52 |
| Américo Thomaz | 1894-1987 | President of Portugal during Estado Novo | None |