Os Piores Portugueses

Os Piores Portugueses

Os Piores Portugueses (lit. The Worst Portuguese) was a poll organized by the debate program Eixo do Mal of SIC Notícias to determine which Portuguese figures contributed the most to the country's ruin. It competed and parodied the poll for Great Portuguese (Os Grandes Portugueses).

On 13 February 2007, António de Oliveira Salazar was named worst Portuguese ever and ironically was also named the Greatest Portuguese ever as the winner of the Os Grandes Portugueses contest.

The candidates for Worst Portuguese

Name Lived Notable achievements and rationale Great Portuguese Rank
Afonso Henriques 1109?–1185 The first King of Portugal and founder of the country; nominated for that same reason. 4
Álvaro Cunhal 1913–2005 Historical leader of the Portuguese Communist Party. 2
Aníbal Cavaco Silva 1939– Current President of Portugal, former Prime Minister of Portugal. 27
António Guterres 1949– Former Prime Minister of Portugal.
António de Oliveira Salazar 1889–1970 Dictatorial Prime Minister of Portugal during the Estado Novo, which repressed democratic movements and involved Portugal in a costly colonial war in Africa. 1
The horse of Afonso, Prince of Portugal fl. 1491 By falling and killing the heir of the throne and husband to the heiress of Castile and Aragon, prevented the union of the Iberian kingdoms under Portuguese hegemony.
José Manuel Durão Barroso 1956– Former Prime Minister of Portugal, left office to become President of the European Commission, leaving Pedro Santana Lopes as his successor.
Mário Soares 1924– Former Prime Minister of Portugal and President of Portugal. 12
King Sebastian 1554–1578 Boy-king who became entangled in the Moroccan civil war, a Muslim country he understood very little about, ultimately leading to his fall at the Battle of Ksar El Kebir and leaving the country at the mercy of Spain.
Sister Lúcia 1907–2005 Allegedly saw and talked to the Virgin Mary at Fátima in 1917. She later became a nun. 89

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