1955 in Portugal

Events in the year 1955 in Portugal.

Incumbents

• President: Francisco Craveiro Lopes
• Prime Minister: António de Oliveira Salazar

Events

• United Nations Security Council Resolution 109; Portugal and several other countries were admitted membership to the United Nations

Sports

• AD Fundão founded
• Liga Feminina de Basquetebol founded

Births

Luís Santos in 2006

• 27 January – Maria do Carmo Seabra, politician
• 28 February – Rui Reininho, singer
• 25 July – Miguel Esteves Cardoso, writer, translator, critic and journalist.^[1]
• 29 August – Francisco Lopes, politician
• 1 November – Amarilis de Varennes, academic

Full date missing

• Luís Santos, chess player and International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster.^[2][3]

Deaths

Victor Hugo de Azevedo Coutinho served as Prime Minister of Portugal 1914–1915.

• 3 January – José Norton de Matos, military officer and politician (born 1867)
• 27 June – Victor Hugo de Azevedo Coutinho, politician (born 1871)
• 27 November – Luís de Freitas Branco, composer (born 1890)

Full date missing

• Artur Santos, journalist and politician (born 1884)

References

1. "Miguel Esteves Cardoso". www.geneall.net. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
2. "FIDE Chess Profile". FIDE. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
3. "Player details – 390057 POR GM Santos, Luís M. C. P. (2680)". International Correspondence Chess Federation. Retrieved 4 April 2016.