2002 in Portugal
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Events in the year 2002 in Portugal.
Incumbents
Events
- 17 March – Portuguese legislative election, 2002
- 20 May - Portuguese Timor, the last Portuguese colony, becomes the independent country East Timor
Sports
- 2 to 15 August – 2002 Volta a Portugal, a men's bicycle race
- 18 to 23 August – The 2002 World Fencing Championships were held in Lisbon
- 6 to 8 September – The 2002 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix
- 9 September – Start of the 2002–03 Taça de Portugal
- Football (soccer) competitions: Primeira Liga, Liga de Honra
Arts and entertainment
Literature
- The Double (Portuguese: O Homem Duplicado), novel by José Saramago
Film
- Light Drops, original title O Gotejar da Luz, a Portuguese/Mozambican film directed by Fernando Vendrell
Births
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Deaths
- 12 February – José Travassos, football player (born 1926).[1]
- 13 February – Carlos Aboim Inglez, politician (born 1930)
- 22 February – Marcelino Vespeira, painter (born 1925)
- 27 April – Arthur Owen, British racing driver (born 1915)
- 1 December – Baltasar Rebelo de Sousa, politician (born 1921)
See also
References
- ^ "Travassos, José". national football teams.com. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
