Junta de Salvação Nacional Socialist Party Mário Soares 1976 to 1978 and again from 1983 to 1985
What entity governed Portugal until 1976? Which party won the Portuguese election in 1976? Who became the Prime Minister of Portugal in 1976? Through what years was Mario Soares the Portuguese Prime Minister?
The country continued to be governed by a Junta de Salvação Nacional until the Portuguese legislative election of 1976. It was won by the Portuguese Socialist Party (PS) and Mário Soares, its leader, became Prime Minister of the 1st Constitutional Government on 23 July. Mário Soares would be Prime Minister from 1976 to 1978 and again from 1983 to 1985. In this capacity Soares tried to resume the economic growth and development record that had been achieved before the Carnation Revolution, during the last decade of the previous regime. He initiated the process of accession to the European Economic Community (EEC) by starting accession negotiations as early as 1977.
question: What entity governed Portugal until 1976?, answer: Junta de Salvação Nacional | question: Which party won the Portuguese election in 1976?, answer: Socialist Party | question: Who became the Prime Minister of Portugal in 1976?, answer: Mário Soares | question: Through what years was Mario Soares the Portuguese Prime Minister?, answer: 1976 to 1978 and again from 1983 to 1985