Os Piores Portugueses (lit. The Worst Portuguese) was a poll organized by the debate program Eixo do Mal of SIC Notícias to determine which Portuguese figures contributed the most to the country's ruin. It competed and parodied the poll for Great Portuguese (Os Grandes Portugueses).

On 13 February 2007, António de Oliveira Salazar was named worst Portuguese ever and also the Greatest Portuguese ever as the winner of the Os Grandes Portugueses contest.

The candidates for Worst Portuguese

Name Lived Notable achievements and rationale Great Portuguese Rank
Afonso Henriques1109?–1185The first King of Portugal and founder of the country; nominated for that exact reason.4
Mario Soares1924–2017former Prime Minister of Portugal.12
Aníbal Cavaco Silva1939–Then President of Portugal, former Prime Minister of Portugal.27
António Guterres1949–Former Prime Minister of Portugal; later became Secretary-General of the United Nations after the program's airing.
António de Oliveira Salazar1889–1970Dictatorial Prime Minister of Portugal during the Estado Novo, which repressed democratic movements and involved Portugal in a costly colonial war in Africa.1
The horse of Afonso, Prince of Portugalfl. 1491By falling and killing the heir of the throne and husband to the heiress of Castile and Aragon, prevented the union of the Iberian kingdoms under Portuguese hegemony.
José Manuel Durão Barroso1956–Former Prime Minister of Portugal, left office to become President of the European Commission, leaving Pedro Santana Lopes as his successor.
Mário Soares1924–2017Former Prime Minister of Portugal and President of Portugal.12
King Sebastian1554–1578Boy-king who became entangled in the Moroccan civil war, a Muslim country he understood very little about, ultimately leading to his fall at the Battle of Ksar El Kebir and leaving the country at the mercy of Spain.
Sister Lúcia1907–2005Claimed to have seen and talked to the Virgin Mary at Fátima in 1917. She later became a nun.89

References

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