Mário Soares
Mário Soares | |
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Soares in 1993 | |
| President of Portugal | |
| In office 9 March 1986 – 9 March 1996 | |
| Prime Minister | Aníbal Cavaco Silva António Guterres |
| Preceded by | António Ramalho Eanes |
| Succeeded by | Jorge Sampaio |
| Prime Minister of Portugal | |
| In office 9 June 1983 – 6 November 1985 | |
| President | António Ramalho Eanes |
| Deputy | Carlos Mota Pinto Rui Machete |
| Preceded by | Francisco Pinto Balsemão |
| Succeeded by | Aníbal Cavaco Silva |
| In office 23 July 1976 – 28 August 1978 | |
| President | António Ramalho Eanes |
| Preceded by | José Pinheiro de Azevedo |
| Succeeded by | Alfredo Nobre da Costa |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 12 October 1977 – 30 January 1978 | |
| Prime Minister | Himself |
| Preceded by | José Medeiros Ferreira |
| Succeeded by | Vítor de Sá Machado |
| In office 15 May 1974 – 26 March 1975 | |
| Prime Minister | Adelino da Palma Carlos Vasco Gonçalves |
| Preceded by | National Salvation Junta |
| Succeeded by | Ernesto Melo Antunes |
| Minister without Portfolio | |
| In office 26 March 1975 – 8 August 1975 | |
| Prime Minister | Vasco Gonçalves |
| Preceded by | Ernesto Melo Antunes Vítor Alves |
| Succeeded by | Jorge Campinos |
| Secretary-General of the Socialist Party | |
| In office 19 April 1973 – 29 June 1986 | |
| President | António Macedo |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Vítor Constâncio |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| In office 20 July 1999 – 19 July 2004 | |
| Constituency | Portugal |
| Member of the Assembly of the Republic | |
| In office 2 June 1975 – 3 November 1985 | |
| Constituency | Lisbon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mário Alberto Nobre Lopes Soares 7 December 1924 Lisbon, Portugal |
| Died | 7 January 2017 (aged 92) Lisbon, Portugal |
| Resting place | Prazeres Cemetery, Lisbon |
| Party | Socialist Party (1973–2017) |
| Other political affiliations | Portuguese Communist Party (1943–1950) Portuguese Socialist Action (1964–1973) |
| Spouse | |
| Children | João Isabel |
| Education | Colégio Nun'Álvares Colégio Moderno |
| Alma mater | University of Lisbon Pantheon-Sorbonne University |
| Profession | Historian Lawyer Professor |
| Signature | |
| Website | Mário Soares Foundation |
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Mário Alberto Nobre Lopes Soares GColTE, GCC, GColL (European Portuguese: [ˈmaɾju alˈβɛɾtu ˈnɔβɾɨ ˈlɔpɨʃ suˈaɾɨʃ]; 7 December 1924 – 7 January 2017) was a Portuguese statesman who served as prime minister of Portugal from 1976 to 1978 and from 1983 to 1985 and subsequently as the president of Portugal from 1986 to 1996. He was the first secretary-general of the Socialist Party, from its foundation in 1973 to 1986. A major political figure in Portugal, he is considered the father of Portuguese democracy.