Autonomous regions of Portugal

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Autonomous regions of Portugal

The two Autonomous Regions of Portugal (Portuguese: Regiões Autónomas de Portugal) are the Azores

Azores

The Azores is a Portugal archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, about 1,500 km from Lisbon and about 3,900 km from the east coast of North America....
(Região Autónoma dos Açores) and Madeira

Madeira

Madeira is a Portugal archipelago in the north Atlantic Ocean that lies between and . It is one of the Autonomous regions of Portugal, with Madeira Island and Porto Santo Island being the only inhabited islands....
(Região Autónoma da Madeira).

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The two Autonomous Regions of Portugal (Portuguese: Regiões Autónomas de Portugal) are the Azores

Azores

The Azores is a Portugal archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, about 1,500 km from Lisbon and about 3,900 km from the east coast of North America....
(Região Autónoma dos Açores) and Madeira

Madeira

Continental Portugal

Continental Portugal or Mainland Portugal is the designation of the mainland Portugal territory, located on Europe's Iberian Peninsula....
(Portugal Continental), they form the whole of the Portuguese Republic.

As defined by the Constitution of Portugal

Constitution of Portugal

The first Portuguese Constitution was drafted in 1822. Several revolutions led to the constitutions of 1826 , 1838 , 1911 , 1933 , and 1976 ....
and other laws, an Autonomous region possesses its own Political and Administrative Statute

Statute

A statute is a formal written enactment of a legislative authority that governs a country, state, city, or county. Typically, statutes command or prohibit something, or declare policy....
and has its own Government

Government

Government is the body within any organization that has the authority to make and the power to enforce laws, regulations, or rules. Typically, the government refers to a civil government -- local, provincial, or national -- but commercial, academic, religious, or other formal organizations are also administered by governing bodies....
. The branches of Government are the Regional Executive (Governo Regional), and the Legislative Parliament (Assembleia Legislativa). The Parliament is elected by universal suffrage

Universal suffrage

Universal suffrage consists of the extension of the Suffrage to adult citizens as a whole, though it may also mean extending said right to minors and noncitizens....
, using the D'Hondt method

D'Hondt method

The D'Hondt method is a highest averages method for allocating seats in party-list proportional representation. The method is named after Belgium mathematician Victor D'Hondt....
of proportional representation

Proportional representation

Proportional representation , sometimes referred to as full representation, is a category of voting systems aimed at a close match between the percentage of votes that groups of candidates obtain in elections and the percentage of seats they receive ....
.

Originally, the sovereignty

Sovereignty

File:Leviathan gr.jpgSovereignty is the exclusive right to control a government, a State, a people, or oneself. A sovereign is a supreme lawmaking authority....
of the Portuguese Republic was represented in each Autonomous Region by the Minister of the Republic (Ministro da República), proposed by the Government of the Republic

Government of Portugal

The Government is one of the four sovereignty organs of the Portuguese Republic. It is also the organ that conducts politics in general in the country and is also the superior body in public administration....
and appointed by the President of the Republic

President of Portugal

Portugal has been a republic since 1910, the head of state being a president, whose official title is President of the Portuguese Republic Under the Portuguese Constitution adopted in 1976 in the wake of the Carnation Revolution of 1974, the President is elected for a five-year term, and may serve for a maximum of two consecutive terms....
. After the sixth amendment to the Portuguese Constitution

Constitution of Portugal

The first Portuguese Constitution was drafted in 1822. Several revolutions led to the constitutions of 1826 , 1838 , 1911 , 1933 , and 1976 ....
was passed in 2006, the Minister of the Republic was replaced by a less-powerful Representative of the Republic (Representante da República).

The President of the Regional Executive (Presidente do Governo Regional) is appointed by the Representative of the Republic according to the results of the parliament election.

Current Presidents of the Regional Executive:

Azores - Carlos César
Carlos César

Carlos Manuel Martins do Vale C?sar current president of the Regional Government of the Portugal autonomous region of Azores. He is also a Member of the Portuguese Council of State as the President of the Regional Government of Azores....
(Socialist Party
Socialist Party (Portugal)

Partido Socialista redirects here. For other parties with similar names see Socialist Party.The Socialist Party is a political party of Portugal....
)
Madeira - Alberto João Jardim
Alberto João Jardim

Alberto Jo?o Cardoso Gon?alves Jardim, Order of Infante D. Henrique, pronunciation. , is the President of the Regional Government of Madeira, Portugal....
(Social Democratic Party
Social Democratic Party (Portugal)

The Social Democratic Party is a political party in Portugal. It is commonly known by its initials, PSD, however in voting ballots its Acronym and initialism appears as PPD/PSD, the first three letters coming from the party's first name Partido Popular Democr?tico ....
)