a Portuguese lawyer and politician who was the 18th President of Portugal from 1996 to 2006. Sampaio was a member of the Socialist Party.
Jorge Sampaio
Former President of Portugal
Jorge Fernando Branco de Sampaio GColTE GColIH GColL was a Portuguese lawyer and politician who was the 18th President of Portugal from 1996 to 2006. Sampaio was a member of the Socialist Party, a party which he led between 1989 and 1992. Wikipedia
Born: September 18, 1939, Lisbon, Portugal
Died: September 10, 2021 (age 81 years), Hospital Santa Cruz, Carnaxide, Portugal
Children: Vera Ritta de Sampaio and André Ritta de Sampaio
Spouse: Maria Rodrigues (m. ?–2021)
Party: Socialist Party
Presidential term: March 9, 1996 – March 9, 2006
Education: University of Lisbon
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Jorge Sampaio, whose full name is Jorge Fernando Branco de Sampaio, was born in Lisbon on 18 September 1939, where he died on 10 September 2021.
Former President of Portugal. Jorge Sampaio was born in Lisbon on September 18th 1939. He was married to Maria José Ritta and had two children.
President Jorge Sampaio learned of his passing on September, 10th, 2021 in Lisbon at the age of 81. He was admitted to hospital after feeling unwell.
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a Portuguese lawyer and politician. He was the 18th President of Portugal from 1996 to 2006. He was also the Mayor of Lisbon between 1990 until 1995.
Jorge Fernando Branco de Sampaio is the former President of the Republic of Portugal (1996-2006) and a current Full Member of the Club de Madrid.
Born in 1939, Jorge Fernando Branco Sampaio graduated in Law from Lisbon University in. 1961. As elected head of the Students' Union of the Lisbon Law ...
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