2002 in Portugal

Incumbents

• President: Jorge Sampaio
• Prime Minister: José Manuel Barroso

  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 competitions: Primeira Liga, Liga de Honra

  Arts and entertainment

Literature

• The Double, novel by José Saramago

  Film

• Light Drops, original title O Gotejar da Luz, a Portuguese/Mozambican film directed by Fernando Vendrell

  Births

Deaths

• 12 February - José Travassos, football player.
• 13 February - Carlos Aboim Inglez, politician
• 22 February - Marcelino Vespeira, painter
• 27 April - Arthur Owen, British racing driver
• 1 December - Baltasar Rebelo de Sousa, politician