1996 in Portugal

Incumbents

• President: Mário Soares ; Jorge Sampaio
• Prime Minister: António Guterres

  Events

• 14 January - Portuguese presidential election, 1996.
• 9 March - Jorge Sampaio takes over as president after Mário Soares
• 13 October - Portuguese regional elections, 1996

  Arts and entertainment

• 7 March - Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996
• 5 December - The cable television channel Canal Panda launched

  Sports

• 8-14 April - 1996 Estoril Open
• 22 September - 1996 Portuguese Grand Prix
• Establishment of the Taça Nacional Sénior de Futsal Feminino.

  Births

• 25 March - Afonso, Prince of Beira, son of Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza

  Deaths

• 4 February - Alfredo Nobre da Costa, engineer and politician
• 13 August - António de Spínola, military officer, politician and writer