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| 1976, April 2 | |
| A new constitution was adopted to replace the 1933 constitution. It envisaged the construction of a “socialist society” for Portugal. | 1 |
| June 27 | |
| A moderate Socialist, Gen. Antonio Ramalho Eanes, was elected president in the first free elections in decades, and a Socialist government was formed. In the 1979–80 parliamentary elections, however, the Center-Right Democratic Alliance Coalition won 45 percent of the vote. | 2 |
| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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