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1st Regional Legislature (Azores)
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1st Regional Legislature (21 July 1976 to 20 October 1980), was the first session of the Regional Assembly and Government of the Autonomous Region of the Azores.
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1st Regional Legislature of the Azores I Legislatura da Região Autónoma dos Açores | |
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I Legislatura da Assembleia Legislativa da Região Autónoma dos Açores | |
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History | |
Founded | April 2, 1976 (1976-04-02) |
Leadership | |
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Vice-President | |
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Secretary | |
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Structure | |
Seats | 43 |
Legislative Assembly political groups | People's Party, Movement of Socialist Left, Portuguese Communist Party, Communist Party of the Portuguese Workers, Socialist Party, Social Democratic Party |
Elections | |
Legislative Assembly voting system | Party-list proportional representation D'Hondt method |
Last Legislative Assembly election | N/A |
Motto | |
Antes morrer livres que em paz sujeitos (Rather die as free men than be enslaved in peace) | |
Meeting place | |
Sociedade Amor da Pátria Horta, Faial (Azores), Portugal | |
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The constitution of the 1st Regional Legislature was written on 27 June 1976. It was only possible since the new Constitution of the Portuguese Republic, approved on 2 April 1976, explicitly allowed for the creation of the Autonomous Region of the Azores, and those governmental institutions necessary to operate the bureaucracy. One of these institutions was the Regional Assembly, which, at the time, was responsible for establishing the government of the Autonomous Region, and included: President Álvaro Monjardino (PSD), Vice-President Alberto Madruga da Costa (PSD), Vice-President Angelino de Almeida Páscoa (PS), and secretaries João Vasco Paica (PSD) and Suzete Oliveira (PS). It was not until September 4, 1976, after the approval of the government, in the presence of the President of the Republic, General Ramalho Eanes, that the first Assembly began its functions.