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Jorge Sampaio
President of Portugal from 1996 to 2006 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jorge Fernando Branco de Sampaio GColTE GColIH GColL (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʒɔɾʒɨ sɐ̃ˈpaju] ⓘ; 18 September 1939 – 10 September 2021) was a Portuguese lawyer and politician who was the 18th President of Portugal from 1996 to 2006. Sampaio was a member of the Socialist Party, a party which he led between 1989 and 1992. He served as the Mayor of Lisbon from 1990 to 1995 and High-Representative for the United Nations' Alliance of Civilizations between 2007 and 2013.
Jorge Sampaio | |
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![]() Sampaio in 2003 | |
President of Portugal | |
In office 9 March 1996 – 9 March 2006 | |
Prime Minister | António Guterres José Manuel Barroso Pedro Santana Lopes José Sócrates |
Preceded by | Mário Soares |
Succeeded by | Aníbal Cavaco Silva |
High-Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations | |
In office 1 April 2007 – 1 March 2013 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser |
Mayor of Lisbon | |
In office 22 January 1990 – 15 November 1995 | |
Preceded by | Nuno Krus Abecasis |
Succeeded by | João Soares |
Secretary-General of the Socialist Party | |
In office 16 January 1989[1] – 23 February 1992 | |
President | João Ferraz de Abreu |
Preceded by | Vítor Constâncio |
Succeeded by | António Guterres |
Leader of the Opposition | |
In office 6 November 1988 – 23 February 1992 | |
Prime Minister | Aníbal Cavaco Silva |
Preceded by | Vítor Constâncio |
Succeeded by | António Guterres |
Member of the Assembly of the Republic | |
In office 4 November 1991 – 26 October 1995 | |
Constituency | Lisbon |
In office 13 August 1987 – 3 November 1991 | |
Constituency | Santarém |
In office 4 November 1985 – 12 August 1987 | |
Constituency | Lisbon |
In office 3 June 1976 – 30 May 1983 | |
Constituency | Lisbon |
Personal details | |
Born | Jorge Fernando Branco de Sampaio (1939-09-18)18 September 1939 Lisbon, Portugal |
Died | 10 September 2021(2021-09-10) (aged 81) Lisbon, Portugal |
Political party | Socialist Party (1978-2021) |
Other political affiliations | Movement of Socialist Left (1974) |
Spouse(s) |
Karin Schmidt Dias
(m. 1967; div. 1971)Maria José Rodrigues Ritta
(m. 1974) |
Children | Vera Ritta de Sampaio André Ritta de Sampaio [2] |
Alma mater | University of Lisbon |
Profession | Lawyer |
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Sampaio was an opponent to the dictatorship of Estado Novo. He participated in the student crisis in the 1960s and worked as a lawyer for political prisoners. During his presidency, Portugal relinquished its last colony, Macau, to China. Sampaio also played an important role in the 1999 East Timorese crisis.