Word: cavaco
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Dates: during 1985-1985
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...another minority government. The right-of-center Social Democrats emerged as the leading party with 30% of the vote. But with about 85 seats in the 250-member parliament, they are well short of the majority needed to ensure a four-year tenure for the new Prime Minister, Anibal Cavaco Silva, 46. It was Cavaco Silva who triggered the collapse of the government last July when he pulled out of the coalition led by Socialist Prime Minister Mario Soares...