The World - News from Oct. 30, 1985
Portugal’s Social Democratic leader Anibal Cavaco Silva accepted an invitation from President Antonio Ramalho Eanes to form the nation’s 16th government since its return to democracy after the 1974 revolution. Cavaco Silva, 46, was named prime minister-designate after his party’s Oct. 6 election victory over its former coalition partners, the Socialists of outgoing Prime Minister Mario Soares. The Social Democrats hold only 88 of the 250 seats in the new Parliament.
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