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Events in the year 2008 in Portugal.

Incumbents

• President: Aníbal Cavaco Silva
• Prime Minister: José Sócrates

Arts and entertainment

In music: Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008.

Film

• From Now On released in Portugal.^[1]

Sports

Football (soccer) competitions: Primeira Liga, Liga de Honra, Taça da Liga, Taça de Portugal.

Deaths

• 3 January – Antônio Matias, judoka (born 1963).

• 21 February – Madalena Barbosa, feminist (b. 1942).

• 20 March – Carlos Galvão de Melo, military officer and politician (born 1921)

• 22 April – Francisco Martins Rodrigues, anti-Fascist resistant (b. 1927)