Mário Soares
President of Portugal (1924–2017)
Mário Alberto Nobre Lopes Soares, GColTE, GCC, GColL, KE (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈmaɾiu suˈaɾɨʃ]; 7 December 1924 – 7 January 2017) was a Portuguese politician. He served as Prime Minister of Portugal from 1976 to 1978 and from 1983 to 1985. He was President of Portugal from 1986 to 1996.
Mário Soares | |
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 Mário Soares in 1978 | |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| In office 20 July 1999 – 19 July 2004 | |
| Constituency | Portugal |
 17th 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 | Vasco de Almeida e Costa |
| Succeeded by | Alfredo Nobre da Costa |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mário Alberto Nobre Lopes Soares 7 December 1924 Lisbon, Portugal |
| Died | 7 January 2017 (aged 92) Lisbon, Portugal |
| Political party | National: Socialist Party European: Party of European Socialists |
| Spouse(s) | Maria Barroso |
| Children | 2 |
| Profession | Lawyer Historian Professor |
Other websites
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Media related to Mário Soares at Wikimedia Commons
- (in Portuguese) Fundação Mário Soares
- (in Portuguese) Soares' official site for the Portuguese elections of 2006 Archived 2019-01-29 at the Wayback Machine
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