Aníbal Cavaco Silva, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Aníbal Cavaco Silva

President of Portugal

Date of Birth: 15-Jul-1939

Place of Birth: Boliqueime, Faro District, Portugal

Profession: politician, economist, university teacher

Nationality: Portugal

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Aníbal António Cavaco Silva, GCC, GColL (Portuguese pronunciation: [?'niß?? ?~'t??u k?'vaku 'si?v?]; born 15 July 1939), is an economist who was the 19th President of Portugal, in office from 9 March 2006 to 9 March 2016.
He had been previously Prime Minister of Portugal from 6 November 1985 to 28 October 1995.
His 10-year tenure was the longest of any prime minister since António de Oliveira Salazar, and he was the first Portuguese prime minister to win an absolute parliamentary majority under the current constitutional system.
He is best known for leading Portugal into the European Union. He won the 22 January 2006 presidential election and was re-elected on 23 January 2011 for a second five-year term.
During his second term, his perceived disregard of the results of the 2015 election most likely contributed to him having the lowest level of popularity for a Portuguese President since the Carnation Revolution.