Prime Minister Jose Socrates
Portugal's History and Government
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Prime Minister Jose Socrates
| Population | 10,605,870 (July 2006 est.) |
| Offical and\or Majior Language | Portuguese (official), Mirandese (official - but locally used) |
| Majon Religions | Roman Catholic 94% |
| Literaracy | 93.3% |
| Life Expectancy at Birth | total population: 77.7 years male: 74.43 years female: 81.2 years (2006 est.) |
| Brith Rate | 10.72 births/1,000 population (2006 est.) |
| Death Rate | 10.5 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.) |
| Total Fertiliry | 1.47 children born/woman (2006 est.) |
Portugal has been inhabited for at least 500.00 years, first by homo sapiens. In the early first millennium BCE, several waves of Celts invaded Portugal for central Europe and intermarried with the Celt Iberian ethnic group. The xvll constitutional 2005-2006. In the elections of February 20, the socialist obtained its largest victory ever achieving an absolute majority for the first time in the party history. The prim minister Jose Socrates was sworn in by president Jorge simpatico on march 12.