The 1987 Portuguese legislative election took place on 19 July. The election renewed all 250 members of the Assembly of the Republic.
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António Ramalho Eanes
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António dos Santos Ramalho Eanes is a Portuguese general and politician who was the president of Portugal from 1976 to 1986.
1987 Portuguese legislative election
…left-wing Democratic Unity Coalition (CDU) lost some of its MPs to the Socialist Party and the Democratic Renewal Party, now led by former President António Ramalho Eanes, lost all of its influence, mainly due to its responsibility in the fall of the former PSD minority government. The right-wing Democratic and Social…
President Eanes and First Lady Manuela Eanes with U.S. president Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan at the White House, 1983.
António Ramalho Eanes (left), while president, departs after a state visit to the United States. Secretary of State George Shultz is on the right. (USAF)
Eanes campaign posters in Braga, 1976.