100 Notable alumni of
University of Lisbon
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The University of Lisbon is 279th in the world, 96th in Europe, and 1st in Portugal by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from the University of Lisbon sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Fernando Pessoa
- Occupations
- philosopheressayistpoetliterary critictranslator
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Fernando António Nogueira de Seabra Pessoa was a Portuguese poet, writer, literary critic, translator, and publisher. He has been described as one of the most significant literary figures of the 20th century and one of the greatest poets in the Portuguese language. He also wrote in and translated from English and French.
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Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa
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- university teacherpoliticianjournalist
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Marcelo Nuno Duarte Rebelo de Sousa GColTE GCIH ComSE is a Portuguese politician and academic who has been the president of Portugal since 2016. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party, though he suspended his party membership for the duration of his presidency. Rebelo de Sousa has previously served as a government minister, parliamentarian in the Assembly of the Republic, legal scholar, journalist, political analyst, law professor, and pundit.
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Sara Sampaio
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- modelactor
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Sara Pinto Sampaio is a Portuguese model and actress, best known for being a Victoria's Secret Angel. She is a Giorgio Armani beauty ambassador and works for Calzedonia.
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Graça Machel
- Years
- 1945-.. (age 81)
- Occupations
- ministerteacherpolitician
- Biography
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Graça Machel is a Mozambican politician and humanitarian. Machel is an international advocate for women's and children's rights and was made an honorary Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II in 1997 for her humanitarian work. She is the only woman in modern history to have served as First Lady of two countries: South Africa and Mozambique. She is the widow of former President of Mozambique Samora Machel (1975–1986) and former President of South Africa Nelson Mandela (1998–2013).
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Agostinho Neto
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- poetphysician writerpolitical prisonerpolitician
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António Agostinho Neto Kilamba was an Angolan communist revolutionary, politician and poet. He served as the first president of Angola from 1975 to 1979, after leading the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) during the war for independence. He led the MPLA during the beginning of the Angolan Civil War, which began in 1975 and lasted until 2002. An author of several books, he is considered Angola's preeminent poet. His birthday is celebrated as National Heroes' Day, a public holiday in Angola.
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José Manuel Durão Barroso
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- politicianeconomist
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José Manuel Durão Barroso is a Portuguese politician and law professor. He served as the prime minister of Portugal from 2002 to 2004 and as the president of the European Commission from 2004 to 2014.
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António Egas Moniz
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- psychiatristuniversity teacherdiplomatwriterneurologist
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António Caetano de Abreu Freire Egas Moniz GCSE GCIB, known as simply Egas Moniz, was a Portuguese neurologist and the developer of cerebral angiography. He is regarded as one of the founders of modern psychosurgery, having developed the surgical procedure leucotomy—better known today as lobotomy—for which he became the first Portuguese national to receive a Nobel Prize in 1949 (shared with Walter Rudolf Hess).
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Mário Soares
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- lawyerwriterpolitician
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Mário Alberto Nobre Lopes Soares GColTE, GCC, GColL was a Portuguese politician, who served as prime minister of Portugal from 1976 to 1978 and from 1983 to 1985, and subsequently as the 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.
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Marcelo Caetano
- Enrolled in the University of Lisbon
- Studied law
- Occupations
- political scientistjuristlawyeruniversity teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Marcello José das Neves Alves Caetano GCC GCSE GCTE was a Portuguese politician and scholar. He was the second and last leader of the Estado Novo after succeeding António de Oliveira Salazar. He served as President of the Council of Ministers of Portugal from 1968 to 1974, when he was overthrown during the Carnation Revolution.
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Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen
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- politicianwriterchildren's writertranslatorpoet
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Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen was a Portuguese poet and writer. Considered one of the most important Portuguese poets of the 20th century, she published fourteen poetry books between 1944 and 1997, covering themes such as the natural world, the search for justice, Ancient Greece and the importance of poetry. As a novelist, she published several children's books, which she wrote for her own children, mainly in the 1950s and 1960s. She also wrote essays and theatre plays.
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António Damásio
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- university teachernon-fiction writerphilosopherneurologistpsychologist
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Antonio Damasio is a Portuguese neuroscientist. He is currently the David Dornsife Chair in Neuroscience, as well as Professor of Psychology, Philosophy, and Neurology, at the University of Southern California, and, additionally, an adjunct professor at the Salk Institute. He was previously the chair of neurology at the University of Iowa for 20 years. Damasio heads the Brain and Creativity Institute, and has authored several books. Damasio's research in neuroscience has shown that emotions play a central role in social cognition and decision-making.
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Jorge Sampaio
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- juristlawyerpolitician
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Jorge Fernando Branco de Sampaio GColTE GColIH GColL was a Portuguese lawyer and politician who was the president of Portugal from 1996 to 2006. Sampaio was a member of the Socialist Party, a party which he led between 1989 and 1992. He served as the Mayor of Lisbon from 1990 to 1995 and High-Representative for the United Nations' Alliance of Civilizations between 2007 and 2013.
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Francisco Pinto Balsemão
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- politicianentrepreneurjournalist
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Francisco José Pereira Pinto Balsemão was a Portuguese businessman, journalist, and politician, who served as Prime Minister of Portugal from 1981 to 1983.
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Pedro Passos Coelho
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- economistentrepreneurpolitician
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Pedro Manuel Mamede Passos Coelho is a Portuguese politician and university guest lecturer who was the 117th prime minister of Portugal, in office from 2011 to 2015. He was the leader of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) between 2010 and 2018.
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António Lobo Antunes
- Enrolled in the University of Lisbon
- Graduated with licentiate in medicine
- Occupations
- physicianchroniclerwriter
- Biography
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António Lobo Antunes GCSE is a Portuguese novelist and retired medical doctor. He has been named as a contender for the Nobel Prize in Literature. He has been awarded the 2000 Austrian State Prize, the 2003 Ovid Prize, the 2005 Jerusalem Prize, the 2007 Camões Prize, and the 2008 Juan Rulfo Prize.
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Francisco de Sá Carneiro
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- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Francisco Manuel Lumbrales de Sá Carneiro GCTE GCC GCL was a Portuguese politician, who was one of the founders and the first leader of the Social Democratic Party (then known as the Popular Democratic Party). He served as Prime Minister of Portugal for eleven months during 1980, until his death in a plane crash in Camarate on 4 December 1980.
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Eduardo Chivambo Mondlane
- Enrolled in the University of Lisbon
- Studied in 1950
- Occupations
- exploreranthropologistpolitician
- Biography
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Eduardo Chivambo Mondlane was a Mozambican revolutionary and anthropologist who was the founder of the Mozambican Liberation Front (FRELIMO). He served as the FRELIMO's first leader until his assassination in 1969 in Tanzania. An anthropologist by profession, Mondlane also worked as a history and sociology professor at Syracuse University before returning to Mozambique in 1963.
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Florbela Espanca
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- poetwriter
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Florbela Espanca was a Portuguese poet. She is known for her passionate and feminist poetry. Fernando Pessoa later said she was his "twin soul".
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Jorge Carlos Fonseca
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- writeracademicdiplomatpolitician
- Biography
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Jorge Carlos de Almeida Fonseca GCNSC is a Cape Verdean politician, lawyer and university professor who served as the President of Cape Verde from 2011 to 2021. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1991 to 1993. Supported by the Movement for Democracy (MpD), he won the 2011 presidential election in a second round of voting. Presidential elections were held in Cape Verde on 2 October 2016, where he was re-elected with 74.08% of the vote.
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Miguel Sousa Tavares
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- writerchroniclerjournalistpundit
- Biography
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Miguel Andresen de Sousa Tavares is a Portuguese journalist, writer and pundit.
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Pedro Santana Lopes
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- juristlawyersports executivepolitician
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Pedro Miguel de Santana Lopes GCC is a Portuguese lawyer and politician, who is the current mayor of Figueira da Foz. He most notably served as prime minister of Portugal from 2004 to 2005.
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Maria da Conceição Tavares
- Enrolled in the University of Lisbon
- 1949-1953 graduated with bachelor's degree in mathematics
- Occupations
- university teacherpoliticiananalyststatisticianeconomist
- Biography
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Maria da Conceição Tavares was a Portuguese naturalized Brazilian economist. She was a full professor at the State University of Campinas (Unicamp) and professor emeritus of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). Her students included the former president of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff and José Serra, candidate to president of Brazil on several occasions. Tavares was affiliated with the Workers' Party, and she was a Federal Deputy representing the state of Rio de Janeiro between 1995 and 1999. Left-wing focused, she was the author of several books on Brazil's economic development as well as numerous journal articles.
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Joaquim Chissano
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- politicianminister
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Joaquim Alberto Chissano is a Mozambican politician who served as the second President of Mozambique, from 1986 to 2005. He is credited with transforming the war-torn country of Mozambique into a successful African democracy. After his presidency, Chissano became an elder statesman, envoy and diplomat for both his home country and the United Nations. Chissano also served as Chairperson of the African Union from 2003 to 2004.
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Artur Jorge
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- association football playerassociation football coach
- Biography
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Artur Jorge Braga de Melo Teixeira, commonly known as Artur Jorge, was a Portuguese football player and manager.
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Álvaro Cunhal
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- politicianrevolutionarylawyerwritersculptor
- Biography
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Álvaro Barreirinhas Cunhal was a Portuguese leftist revolutionary and politician. He was one of the major opponents of the corporatist revolution of the Estado Novo. He served as secretary-general of the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) from 1961 to 1992.
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Marta Temido
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- politician
- Biography
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Marta Alexandra Fartura Braga Temido de Almeida Simões is a Portuguese politician who served as Minister of Health under Prime Minister António Costa, between 15 October 2018 and 10 September 2022. She submitted her resignation from the post on 30 August 2022 and ended her functions on 10 September 2022.
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Carlos Moedas
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- bankerpoliticianpainterengineereconomist
- Biography
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Carlos Manuel Félix Moedas is a Portuguese politician, civil engineer, and economist who has served as the mayor of Lisbon since 2021. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD).
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Pepetela
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- university teacherwriterpolitician
- Biography
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Artur Carlos Maurício Pestana dos Santos is an Angolan writer of fiction. He writes under the name Pepetela.
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Diogo de Freitas do Amaral
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- writerdiplomatuniversity teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Diogo Pinto de Freitas do Amaral was a Portuguese politician and law professor. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 10 January 1980 to 12 January 1981 and from 12 March 2005 to 3 July 2006. He also served briefly as Prime Minister in an interim capacity in the early 1980s, after the death of Francisco de Sá Carneiro.
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Cesário Verde
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- poetwritermerchant
- Biography
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Cesário Verde was a 19th-century Portuguese poet. His work, while mostly ignored during his lifetime and not well known outside of the country's borders even today, is generally considered to be amongst the most important in Portuguese poetry and is widely taught in schools. This is partly due to his being championed by many other authors after his death, notably Fernando Pessoa.
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Ana Gomes
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- diplomatjuristpolitician
- Biography
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Ana Maria Rosa Martins Gomes GCC GOIH ComM, better known as Ana Gomes, is a Portuguese former diplomat and politician of the Socialist Party (PS).
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Luís Marques Mendes
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- punditlawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Luís Manuel Gonçalves Marques Mendes GCIH is a Portuguese lawyer and politician. He was the President of the Social Democratic Party from 2005 until 2007. He ran and lost the 2026 presidential election, being defeated after obtaining just 11.3% of the votes.
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Pedro Costa
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- screenwriterfilm directorcinematographerfilm editorlighting designer
- Biography
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Pedro Costa is a Portuguese film director. He is best known for his sequence of films set in Lisbon, which focuses on the lives of the impoverished residents of a slum in the Fontainhas neighbourhood.
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Pedro Nunes
- Enrolled in the University of Lisbon
- 1529-1532 studied medicine
- Occupations
- cartographermathematicianphilosopherastronomerphysician
- Biography
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Pedro Nunes was a Portuguese mathematician, cosmographer, and professor, probably from a New Christian (of Jewish origin) family.
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Adriano Moreira
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- statespersonlawyerteacherpolitician
- Biography
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Adriano José Alves Moreira, ComC GCC GOIH GCSE was a Portuguese lawyer, professor and a leading political figure in Portugal throughout the second half of the 20th century.
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Alice Vieira
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- children's writerwriterjournalist
- Biography
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Alice Vieira is a Portuguese children's and adult books author.
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Miguel Albuquerque
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- politician
- Biography
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Miguel Filipe Machado de Albuquerque is a Portuguese monarchist politician of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the current President of the Regional Government of Madeira. He took office as leader of the PSD of Madeira on 10 January 2015. He was a former mayor (presidente da Câmara in Portuguese) of Funchal, Madeira. Albuquerque likes gardening and used to grow many types of roses in his Rose Garden and the Quinta do Arco.
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Francisco Rodrigues dos Santos
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- politician
- Biography
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Francisco José Nina Martins Rodrigues dos Santos is a Portuguese conservative politician and a lawyer. He was elected President of the CDS – People's Party in the National Congress of the Party in Aveiro, with 46% of the votes. In 2018, he was selected as one of the Forbes 30 Under 30 in Europe for law and policy.
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Assunção Cristas
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- university teacherjuristpolitician
- Biography
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Maria de Assunção de Oliveira Cristas Machado da Graça is a Portuguese lawyer, professor and politician. She was the President of the CDS – People's Party from 2016 to 2020.
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Manuel José Macário do Nascimento Clemente
- Enrolled in the University of Lisbon
- Studied philosophy
- Occupations
- patriarchpriestCatholic priesthistorianuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Manuel José Macário do Nascimento Clemente, GCC, officially Manuel III, is a Portuguese prelate of the Catholic Church. He was the Metropolitan Patriarch of Lisbon from 2013 to 2023 and a cardinal since 14 February 2015. He has been a bishop since 1999 and was Bishop of Porto from 2007 to 2013.
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António Champalimaud
- Enrolled in the University of Lisbon
- In 1936 studied physics and chemistry
- Occupations
- industrialistbusinesspersonbanker
- Biography
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António de Sommer Champalimaud was a Portuguese banker and industrialist. He was the wealthiest man in Portugal, gaining his fortune through insurance, banking, iron ore mining and cement industries which were predominant both in mainland Portugal and throughout its colonial empire. His companies were nationalized after the Carnation Revolution of 1974. After living in exile in Brazil for seven years, he returned to Portugal and rebuilt his companies.
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Francisca Van Dunem
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- juristlawyerpolitician
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Francisca Eugénia da Silva Dias Van Dunem is an Angolan-born Portuguese lawyer and politician who served as the Portuguese Minister of Justice from 26 November 2015 to 30 March 2022, in António Costa's XXI and XXII Constitutional Governments, and Minister of Internal Administration from 4 December 2021 to 30 March 2022. Van Dunem was Portugal's first black government minister in history.
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Maria Antónia Palla
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- journalistwomen's rights activist
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Maria Antónia Palla is a Portuguese journalist, writer and feminist who was one of the first female journalists in Portugal. She played an important role in the legalization of abortion in the country, by promoting the practice in interviews and television programmes. In 2004 Palla was awarded the title of Commander of the Order of Liberty. She is the mother of António Costa, the former Prime Minister of Portugal.
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Ondjaki
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- writerpainterpoetplaywright
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Ndalu de Almeida is a writer born in Angola who uses the pen name Ondjaki. He has written poetry, children's books, short stories, novels, drama and film scripts.
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José Hermano Saraiva
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- juristlegal counselorpoliticiantelevision presenterhistorian
- Biography
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José Hermano Saraiva GCIH • GCIP was a Portuguese professor, historian and jurist. He was most known as a television personality in Portugal, having been the author and presenter of several documentary series of historical divulgation from 1971 to 2003 on the Portuguese television.
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Isaltino Morais
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- politician
- Biography
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Isaltino Afonso Morais is a Portuguese jurist, gastronomic critic and politician. He is the current mayor of Oeiras and former Minister of Cities, Territorial Planning and Environment, between 2002 and 2003.
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Lídia Jorge
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- novelistpoetjournalistnon-fiction writer
- Biography
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Lídia Jorge GCIH is a prominent Portuguese novelist and author whose work is representative of a recent style of Portuguese writing, the so-called "Post Revolution Generation".
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Pedro Pires
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- politician
- Biography
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Pedro de Verona Rodrigues Pires is a Cape Verdean politician who served as Prime Minister of Cape Verde from 1975 to 1991, and later as president from 2001 to 2011.
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Herberto Hélder
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- librarianjournalistpoetprose writertranslator
- Biography
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Herberto Helder de Oliveira was a Portuguese poet often considered the most important Portuguese poet of the second half of the 20th century.
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Fausto Bordalo Dias
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- songwritercomposerrecording artist
- Biography
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Carlos Fausto Bordalo Gomes Dias OL, known as Fausto Bordalo Dias or simply Fausto, was a Portuguese composer, guitarist and singer.
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Maria Barroso
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- stage actorteacherpoliticianpedagoguefilm actor
- Biography
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Maria de Jesus Simões Barroso Soares, was a Portuguese actress, teacher and political and social activist, having been one of the founders of the Socialist Party (PS), in Germany, in 1973. As the wife of the 17th President of Portugal, Mário Soares, she was the first-lady of the country between 1986 and 1996.
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Leonor Beleza
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- juristpolitician
- Biography
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Maria Leonor Couceiro Pizarro Beleza de Mendonça Tavares GCC GCIH is a Portuguese lawyer and politician.
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Katia Guerreiro
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- singer
- Biography
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Katia Guerreiro is a South African-born Portuguese fado singer, who has released eight albums and has received several awards, including Order of Arts and Letters, Chevalier rank, from the French government and the Order of Prince Henry from the President of Portugal.
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Pedro Siza Vieira
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- politician
- Biography
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Pedro Siza Vieira is a Portuguese lawyer and politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister since 21 October 2017 and Minister of Economy since 15 October 2018 in the government of Prime Minister António Costa.
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João Lobo Antunes
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- surgeonneurosurgeon
- Biography
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João Lobo Antunes was a Portuguese neurosurgeon.
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Adelino da Palma Carlos
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- writerlawyerjournalistpolitician
- Biography
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Adelino da Palma Carlos, GCC, GCIH, GOL, was a Portuguese lawyer, scholar, politician and a freemason who was the first Prime Minister of Portugal after the 25 April 1974 revolution.
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Isabel Moreira
- Enrolled in the University of Lisbon
- Graduated with licentiate degree in law
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Isabel de Lima Mayer Alves Moreira is a Portuguese jurist and politician of the Socialist Party (PS) who has been serving as a member of the Assembly of the Republic since 2011. She is known for her campaigns in favour of LGBT rights.
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Alexandra Leitão
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- civil servantjuristpolitician
- Biography
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Alexandra Ludomila Ribeiro Fernandes Leitão is a Portuguese politician, jurist and professor of law.
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Carlos César
- Occupations
- journalistpolitician
- Biography
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Carlos Manuel Martins do Vale César, GCC is a Portuguese politician and former President of the Regional Government of the Portuguese autonomous region of the Azores. He currently serves as member of the Assembly of the Republic, member of the Council of State and President of the Socialist Party.
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Mário Pinto de Andrade
- Occupations
- poetwriteractivistphilologisteditor
- Biography
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Mário Coelho Pinto de Andrade was an Angolan poet and politician.
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Adolfo Mesquita Nunes
- Enrolled in the University of Lisbon
- Graduated with master's degree
- Occupations
- juristpolitician
- Biography
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Adolfo Miguel Baptista Mesquita Nunes is a Portuguese jurist and politician. While part of CDS – People's Party, he served as Member of the Assembly of the Republic from 2011 to 2013, and as Secretary of State for Tourism in Pedro Passos Coelho's first and second governments from 2013 to 2015.
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António Vitorino
- Occupations
- politicianuniversity teacherlawyerjudgejurist
- Biography
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António Manuel de Carvalho Ferreira Vitorino is a Portuguese lawyer and politician of the Socialist Party (PS).
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Maria Teresa Horta
- Enrolled in the University of Lisbon
- Graduated with bachelor's degree
- Occupations
- novelistwriterjournalistpoetwomen's rights activist
- Biography
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Maria Teresa de Mascarenhas Horta Barros was a Portuguese feminist poet, journalist and activist. She is one of the authors of the book Novas Cartas Portuguesas (New Portuguese Letters), together with Maria Isabel Barreno and Maria Velho da Costa. The authors, known as the "Three Marias," were arrested, jailed and prosecuted under Portuguese censorship laws in 1972, during the last years of the Estado Novo dictatorship. The book and their trial inspired protests in Portugal and attracted international attention from European and American women's liberation groups in the years leading up to the Carnation Revolution.
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Helena Almeida
- Occupations
- painterphotographerartist
- Biography
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Helena Almeida GOIH was a Portuguese artist known for her work in photography, performance art, body art, painting and drawing.
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Miguel Poiares Maduro
- Occupations
- writerjournalistuniversity teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Luís Miguel Poiares Pessoa Maduro is a Portuguese academic and politician. He was the Portuguese Minister for Regional Development from April 2013 to October 2015 in the XIX Constitutional Government of Portugal, led by Pedro Passos Coelho. Previously, he was director of the School of Transnational Governance and professor of law at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. Poiares Maduro was also visiting professor at the faculty of law at Yale University in the United States of America.
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Maria do Céu Guerra
- Occupations
- actorfilm actor
- Biography
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Maria do Céu Guerra is a Portuguese actress. She appeared in more than fifty films since 1964.
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Afonso Cruz
- Occupations
- writerfilm directorillustratormusician
- Biography
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Afonso Cruz, born in Figueira da Foz, is a Portuguese multidisciplinary artist, author of more than 30 books, among novels, theatre plays, picture books, juvenile novellas, poetry, photo-text and essays.
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Isabel Alçada
- Occupations
- historianscreenwriterpoliticianwriter
- Biography
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Maria Isabel Girão de Melo Veiga Vilar GOIH GOIP, better known by her pen name, Isabel Alçada, is a Portuguese teacher, writer, and politician. As a writer, she is mainly dedicated to children's literature, being primarily known for writing the Uma aventura series of books with her writing partner Ana Maria Magalhães.
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Eduardo Cabrita
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Eduardo Arménio do Nascimento Cabrita is a Portuguese legal professional and politician who served as Minister Assistant and Minister of Internal Administration in the cabinet of Prime Minister António Costa from 2015 until 2021. He was a member of parliament from 2002 to 2015, before taking office as minister in the Government.
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António-Pedro Vasconcelos
- Occupations
- film producerscreenwriterfilm director
- Biography
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António-Pedro Saraiva de Barros e Vasconcelos GCIH was a Portuguese film director.
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Jaime Gama
- Occupations
- journalistpolitician
- Biography
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Jaime José de Matos da Gama GCC GCIH GCL is a Portuguese former politician. In the Portuguese government, he served as Minister of Internal Administration in 1978, Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1983 to 1985 and from 1995 to 2002, and Minister of National Defence in 1999. From 2005 to 2011 he was President of the Assembly of the Republic.
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João Magueijo
- Occupations
- physicistastronomer
- Biography
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João Magueijo is a Portuguese cosmologist and professor in theoretical physics at Imperial College London. He is a pioneer of the varying speed of light (VSL) theory.
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Maria Manuela Portugal Eanes
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Maria Manuela Duarte Neto Portugal Ramalho Eanes was the First Lady of Portugal from 1976 to 1986, as the wife of the President of Portugal, António Ramalho Eanes.
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Baltasar Lopes da Silva
- Occupations
- teacherwriterlinguistjuristpoet
- Biography
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Baltasar Lopes da Silva was a writer, poet and linguist from Cape Verde, who wrote in both Portuguese and Cape Verdean Creole. With Manuel Lopes and Jorge Barbosa, he was the founder of Claridade. In 1947 he published Chiquinho, considered the greatest Cape Verdean novel and O dialecto crioulo de Cabo Verde which describes different dialects of creoles of Cape Verde. He sometimes wrote under the pseudonym Osvaldo Alcântara.
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David Mourão-Ferreira
- Occupations
- poetwriter
- Biography
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David de Jesus Mourão-Ferreira, GCSE was a Portuguese writer and poet from Lisbon.
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Vasco Graça Moura
- Occupations
- poet lawyerpoliticianwritertranslatorpoet
- Biography
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Vasco Navarro da Graça Moura, GCSE GCIH OSE was a Portuguese lawyer, writer, translator and politician. He was the son of Francisco José da Graça Moura and Maria Teresa Amado da Cunha Seixas Navarro de Castro, of Northern Portugal bourgeoisie.
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Miguel Guilherme
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Miguel Guilherme is a Portuguese actor. He has appeared in more than seventy films since 1980.
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Nuno Júdice
- Occupations
- playwrightessayistpoetliterary critictranslator
- Biography
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Nuno Judice was a Portuguese essayist, poet, writer, novelist and academic.
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Basílio Horta
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Basílio Adolfo de Mendonça Horta da França is a Portuguese jurist and politician and a founder of CDS – People's Party. Currently, he serves as Mayor of Sintra, as a member of the Socialist Party. He was also a candidate in the 1991 presidential election, finishing in second place and losing to Mário Soares.
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Ana da Silva
- Occupations
- singerguitarist
- Biography
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Ana Paula de Lima Pita da Silva is a musician, best known as a founding member of post-punk rock band the Raincoats.
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Graça Fonseca
- Enrolled in the University of Lisbon
- Graduated with licentiate degree in law
- Occupations
- politiciansociologist
- Biography
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Graça Maria da Fonseca Caetano Gonçalves is a Portuguese politician who served as Minister of Culture in the government of Prime Minister António Costa since 15 October 2018.
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Fernando Rosas
- Occupations
- university teacherrevolutionarypoliticianhistorianjournalist
- Biography
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Fernando José Mendes Rosas ComL is a Portuguese historian, professor and politician, being one of the founders of the Left Bloc.
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Vitorino Nemésio
- Occupations
- poetwriterjournalist
- Biography
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Vitorino Nemésio Mendes Pinheiro da Silva was a Portuguese poet, author and intellectual from Terceira, Azores, best known for his novel Mau Tempo No Canal (literally, Bad Weather in the Channel but published in an English translation as Stormy Isles – An Azorean Tale), as well as a professor in the Faculty of Letters at the University of Lisbon and member of the Academy of Sciences of Lisbon.
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Maria Cavaco Silva
- Occupations
- teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Maria Alves da Silva Cavaco Silva GCIH is the wife of Aníbal Cavaco Silva, the 19th President of the Portuguese Republic and, as such, was the First Lady of Portugal from 2006 until 2016.
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Odete Santos
- Occupations
- actorlawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Odete Santos GOIH was a Portuguese lawyer, amateur actress, and politician who was a deputy in the Assembly of the Republic of Portugal for 27 years.
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José Sarto
- Occupations
- politicianphysician
- Biography
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José Sarto Nogueira Moreira is a physician and a Brazilian politician affiliated to the Democratic Labour Party (PDT). He has been the former mayor of Fortaleza, the capital city of Ceará since 2021.
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Raimundo Pereira
- Years
- 1956-.. (age 70)
- Occupations
- ministerlawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Raimundo Rodrigues Pereira is a Bissau-Guinean lawyer and politician who was interim President of Guinea-Bissau from 3 March 2009 to 8 September 2009 and again in 2012, following the departure of President Malam Bacai Sanhá for medical treatment abroad; he continued in that capacity after Sanha's death. Pereira was elected as President of the National People's Assembly on 22 December 2008. Pereira is a member of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC). He was ousted in a coup on 12 April 2012 and succeeded by Mamadu Ture Kuruma.
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Dulce Maria Cardoso
- Occupations
- writerjurist
- Biography
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Dulce Maria Cardoso is a Portuguese writer. She was born in Fonte Longa, Carrazeda de Ansiães, Trás-os-Montes but moved to Luanda, Angola as an infant. Her family came back to Portugal in 1975 along with half a million other retornados as Portugal's overseas colonies gained independence.
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Carlos Veiga
- Occupations
- legal counselorjuristjudgepolitician
- Biography
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Carlos Alberto Wahnon de Carvalho Veiga is a Cape Verdean politician. He was Prime Minister of Cape Verde from April 4, 1991, to July 29, 2000.
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Guilherme d'Oliveira Martins
- Occupations
- economistlawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Guilherme Valdemar Pereira de Oliveira Martins is a Portuguese lawyer and politician. His great-great-great uncle was Joaquim Pedro de Oliveira Martins.
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Miguel Trovoada
- Years
- 1936-.. (age 90)
- Occupations
- diplomatpolitician
- Biography
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Miguel dos Anjos da Cunha Lisboa Trovoada is a São Toméan politician who was the prime minister from 1975 to 1979 and second president of São Tomé and Príncipe from 1991 to 2001. On 16 July 2014, he was appointed the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNIOGBIS). Prior to this, he was the executive secretary of the Gulf of Guinea Commission.
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Adalberto Campos Fernandes
- Occupations
- physicianresearcherpolitician
- Biography
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Adalberto Campos Fernandes is a Portuguese politician who served as Minister of Health from 26 November 2015 to 15 October 2018. He graduated with a PhD in health administration from the University of Lisbon and is a professor at the New University of Lisbon.
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Medina Carreira
- Years
- 1931-2017 (aged 86)
- Occupations
- economistlawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Henrique Medina Carreira was a Portuguese jurist and financial expert who served as Minister of Finance from 1976 to 1978.
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Lucília Gago
- Occupations
- juristjudge
- Biography
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Lucília Maria das Neves Franco Morgadinho Gago is a Portuguese magistrate who served as the Attorney General of Portugal from 2018 to 2024.
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Maria Velho da Costa
- Enrolled in the University of Lisbon
- Studied Germanic philology
- Occupations
- novelistshort story writerwriterlecturerplaywright
- Biography
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Maria de Fátima de Bivar Velho da Costa was a Portuguese writer who was awarded the Camões Prize in 2002. She took part in the Portuguese Feminist Movement, and became one of the authors of the book Novas Cartas Portugesas (New Portuguese Letters), together with Maria Teresa Horta and Maria Isabel Barreno. The authors, known as the "Three Marias," were arrested, jailed and prosecuted under Portuguese censorship laws in 1972, during the last years of the Estado Novo dictatorship. The book and their trial inspired protests in Portugal and attracted international attention from European and American women's liberation groups in the years leading up to the Carnation Revolution.
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Maria Elisa
- Occupations
- journalistpolitician
- Biography
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Maria Elisa Rogado Contente Domingues Hartman, known as Maria Elisa is a Portuguese journalist and television presenter.
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João Soares
- Occupations
- writerpolitician
- Biography
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João Barroso Soares is a Portuguese editor and Socialist Party politician, who was President of the Municipality of Lisbon from 1995 to 2002. He was member of the European Parliament and of the Portuguese State Council.
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Maria João Rodrigues
- Occupations
- politicianeconomist
- Biography
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Maria João Fernandes Rodrigues GOIH is a Portuguese academic and politician who served as Minister of Employment in Portugal and was a Member of the European Parliament. She was Vice-President of the Group of the Socialists and Democrats (S&D) from 2014 until 2019. Since 2022 she is the Chair of the Board of Re-Imagine Europa, think-tank located in Brussels and working closely to the European institutions.
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Maria da Assunção Esteves
- Occupations
- politicianwriterjournalist
- Biography
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Maria da Assunção Andrade Esteves is a Portuguese politician who was President of the Assembly of the Republic of Portugal from 2011 to 2015. She was a Member of the European Parliament for the Social Democratic Party–People's Party coalition, part of the European People's Party–European Democrats group, from 2004 to 2009.
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António Leitão Amaro
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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António Egrejas Leitão Amaro is a Portuguese jurist and politician. He has been Minister of Presidency since 2024, in the XXIV Constitutional Government, led by Luís Montenegro.
