children birth_date signature residence term_end alma_mater term_start spouse image name deputy predecessor birth_place president party office website successor religion primeminister article_title birth_name
patrícia maria bruno 15 july 1939 signature aníbal cavaco silva-edit . svg belém palace 28 9 january 1981 9 january 1981 october 1995 19 february 1995 6 november 1985 technical york university of lisbon alcuin college , university of 9 2 june 1985 3 january 1980 3 january 1980 march 2006 6 november 1985 2 june 1985 maria alves -lrb- 1963 -- present -rrb- aníbal cavaco silva senate of poland 01.jpg aníbal cavaco silva eurico de melo jorge mário soares antónio de sousa franco carlos corrêa gago sampaio mário soares carlos alberto da mota pinto boliqueime , portugal antónio ramalho eanes mário soares 22px social democratic party 40px portugal president of the social democratic party leader of the 19th opposition minister of finance minister of planning president of portugal 113th prime minister of -lsb- http://www.presidenciarepublica.pt official website -rsb- antónio joão morais leitão guterres fernando nogueira vítor constâncio joão morais leitão roman catholicism josé sá carneiro francisco de sá carneiro sócrates pedro passos coelho mário soares francisco de aníbal cavaco silva
 aníbal antónio cavaco silva
aníbal cavaco silva

aníbal antónio cavaco silva , gcc -lrb- ; born 15 july 1939 -rrb- , is the 19th president of portugal , in office since 9 march 2006 .
he was previously prime minister of portugal from 6 november 1985 to 28 october 1995 .
his tenure of ten years was the longest of any prime minister since salazar , and he was the first portuguese prime minister to win an absolute parliamentary majority under the current constitutional system .
he won the 22 january 2006 presidential election and was re-elected on 23 january 2011 for a second five-year term .
