Jorge Sampaio

President of Portugal from 1996 to 2006 Date Of Birth : 1939-09-18T00:00:00Z Date Of Death : 2021-09-10T00:00:00Z

Jorge Fernando Branco de Sampaio (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 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, which was handed over to China, and Sampaio played an important role in the 1999 East Timorese crisis.

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  • Other Names :Georgius Sampaio,Jorge Fernando Branco de Sampaio,Jorge Sampaio,Sampayyu Jorje,Ζορζέ Σαμπάιου,Жорже Фернанду Бранку де Сампайю,Жоржэ Фернанду Бранку дэ Сампаю,Жоржі Сампайю,ז'ורז'ה סמפאיו,جورجى سامبايو,جورجی سامپایو,خورخي سامبايو,ฌอร์ฌึ ซังไปยู,ジョルジェ・サンパイオ,沈拜奥,沈拜奧,조르즈 삼파이우
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  • Country : Portugal
  • Born on 10 September