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 18 September 1939 Lisbon, Portugal |
Died | 10 September 2021 Lisbon, Portugal | (aged 81)
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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Jorge Fernando Branco de Sampaio GColTE GColIH GColL (European Portuguese: [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.
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.