Central Bloc

This article is about the Portuguese political coalition. For the shopping mall in Cebu City, Philippines, see Ayala Malls Central Bloc. For the section of the FARC, see Central Bloc of the FARC-EP. For other uses, see Central block.

Central Bloc (Portuguese: Bloco Central) is the name given in Portugal to the grand coalition of the Socialist Party and the Social Democratic Party which ruled from 1983 to 1985, and to any potential coalition between those two parties.