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Marcelo remembers Jorge Sampaio, the “great lord” of Portuguese democracy

On Monday, the President of the Republic recalled former Head of State Jorge Sampaio, who would have celebrated his 83rd birthday this Sunday, as “the great lord” of Portuguese democracy whose “nonconformist spirit will continue to be a reference.”

The President of the Republic, on the date that marks the birth of President Jorge Sampaio, remembers with deep nostalgia the great Statesman, the great Lord of our Democracy, who with luminous intelligence and serenity always fought for freedom and equality”, he said. read a note published this Monday on the website of the Presidency of the Republic.

Marcelo Rebelo Sousa emphasizes that “his example, his nonconformist spirit, will continue to be a reference for all those who seek peace and justice.”

“On this date, tribute is paid to the Friend of a lifetime,” the note also says.

Born on September 18, 1939, Jorge Sampaio —who was President of the Republic between 1996 and 2006— passed away on September 10, 2021, at the age of 81at the Santa Cruz Hospital, in Carnaxide, Oeiras.

Before April 25, 1974, Jorge Sampaio was one of the protagonists of the academic crisis of the early 1960s, which generated a long and broad student protest movement against the Estado Novo, having defended political prisoners as a lawyer during the dictatorship.

Jorge Sampaio was Secretary General of the PS (1989-1992), Mayor of Lisbon (1990-1995) and President of the Republic (1996 and 2006).

After serving as President of the Republic, he was appointed in 2006 by the Secretary General of the United Nations Organization (UN) as special envoy for the fight against tuberculosis and, between 2007 and 2013, he was the high representative of the UN for the Alliance of Civilizations.

In 2013, he founded the Global Platform for Syrian Students, which he chaired, which aimed to contribute to responding to the academic emergency that the conflict in Syria had created, leaving thousands of young people without access to education.

Source: Observadora

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