Jorge Sampaio

His Excellency Jorge Sampaio GColTE GColIH GColL
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 15 January 1989 – 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 [1]
Alma mater	University of Lisbon
Profession	Lawyer
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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 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.