The three main figures of the State will be present at the 2022 World Cup and, in addition, the Secretary of State for Sport will accompany them. This means that there is no other foreign country that has as much representation in Qatar as Portugal. In addition to Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, there are only three other countries of the 32 participants in which the head of state was present (Spain, Saudi Arabia and Senegal) and, among the prime ministers, only António Costa and the prime minister of the country. of Wales confirmed his presence.

There are other heads of government who make their presence depend on sporting success (such as Emmanuel Macron or Olaf Scholz) and government officials who do not travel for economic reasons (such as the Argentine Alberto Fernández). There are 10 participating countries in which the rulers have not yet ruled on the departure of political leaders, as an example is Brazil, which continues to be led by Jair Bolsonaro. Denmark went for a full boycott and even had a former minister wear a rainbow in defiance of FIFA rules. After all, from what is known so far, who decided to go abide, who decided not to go Y who makes him depend of sporting success?

Who decided to go to Qatar?

Portugal it is clearly the most represented country in the group stage. The three main figures of the country will attend the three group stage matches: the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, will be present in the match against Ghana; the President of the Assembly of the Republic, Augusto Santos Silva, in the match against Uruguay; and the Prime Minister, antonio costa, in the match against South Korea. Portugal is the only country that guarantees the presence of the head of government and the head of state. In addition, the person in charge of Sports (the Secretary of State, joao paulo correia) will also be present in Qatar.

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