Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Bayan juyin juya halin 1910
ya sauke mulkin mallaka, an kafa Jamhuriyar Portuguese ta farko mai dimokiradiyya amma ba ta da kwanciyar hankali, daga baya aka maye gurbin ta da tsarin mulkin mallaka na "Estado Novo". An dawo da dimokiradiyya bayan Juyin Juya Halin Carnation (1974), wanda ya kawo karshen Yakin mulkin mallaka na Fotigal. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan haka, an ba da 'yancin kai ga kusan dukan ƙasashen da ke ƙetare. Bayar da Macau ga China (1999) ya nuna ƙarshen abin da za a iya ɗauka ɗaya daga cikin masarautun mulkin mallaka mafi tsayi a tarihi.