Mário Soares

Mário Alberto Nobre Lopes Soares GColTE, GCC, GColL (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈmaɾju alˈβɛɾtu ˈnɔβɾɨ ˈlɔpɨʃ suˈaɾɨʃ]; 7 December 1924 – 7 January 2017) was a Portuguese politician, who served as prime minister of Portugal from 1976 to 1978 and from 1983 to 1985, and subsequently as the 17th 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.

Mário Soares
Soares in 1978
President of Portugal
In office
9 March 1986  9 March 1996
Prime MinisterAníbal Cavaco Silva
António Guterres
Preceded byAntónio Ramalho Eanes
Succeeded byJorge Sampaio
Prime Minister of Portugal
In office
9 June 1983  6 November 1985
PresidentAntónio Ramalho Eanes
DeputyCarlos Mota Pinto
Rui Machete
Preceded byFrancisco Pinto Balsemão
Succeeded byAníbal Cavaco Silva
In office
23 July 1976  28 August 1978
PresidentAntónio Ramalho Eanes
Preceded byJosé Pinheiro de Azevedo
Succeeded byAlfredo Nobre da Costa
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
12 October 1977  30 January 1978
Prime MinisterHimself
Preceded byJosé Medeiros Ferreira
Succeeded byVítor de Sá Machado
In office
15 May 1974  26 March 1975
Prime MinisterAdelino da Palma Carlos
Vasco Gonçalves
Preceded byNational Salvation Junta
Succeeded byErnesto Melo Antunes
Minister without Portfolio
In office
26 March 1975  8 August 1975
Prime MinisterVasco Gonçalves
Preceded byErnesto Melo Antunes
Vítor Alves
Succeeded byJorge Campinos
Secretary-General of the Socialist Party
In office
19 April 1973  29 June 1986
PresidentAntónio Macedo
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byVítor Constâncio
Member of the European Parliament
In office
20 July 1999  19 July 2004
ConstituencyPortugal
Member of the Assembly of the Republic
In office
2 June 1975  3 November 1985
ConstituencyLisbon
Personal details
Born
Mário Alberto Nobre Lopes Soares

(1924-12-07)7 December 1924
Lisbon, First Portuguese Republic
Died7 January 2017(2017-01-07) (aged 92)
Lisbon, Portugal
Resting placePrazeres Cemetery, Lisbon
Political partySocialist Party
Spouse
(m. 1949; died 2015)
ChildrenJoão
Isabel
EducationColégio Nun'Álvares
Colégio Moderno
Alma materUniversity of Lisbon
Pantheon-Sorbonne University
ProfessionHistorian
Lawyer
Professor
Signature
WebsiteMário Soares Foundation
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