Jorge Sampaio
João Ferraz de Abreu | |
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Preceded by | Vítor Constâncio |
Succeeded by | António Guterres |
Leader of the Opposition | |
In office 6 November 1988 – 23 February 1992 | |
Prime Minister | Aníbal Cavaco Silva |
Preceded by | Vítor Constâncio |
Succeeded by | António Guterres |
Member of the Assembly of the Republic | |
In office 4 November 1991 – 26 October 1995 | |
Constituency | Lisbon |
In office 13 August 1987 – 3 November 1991 | |
Constituency | Santarém |
In office 4 November 1985 – 12 August 1987 | |
Constituency | Lisbon |
In office 3 June 1976 – 30 May 1983 | |
Constituency | Lisbon |
Personal details | |
Born | Jorge Fernando Branco de Sampaio 18 September 1939 Lisbon, Portugal |
Died | 10 September 2021 Lisbon, Portugal | (aged 81)
Political party | Socialist Party (1978-2021) |
Other political affiliations | Movement of Socialist Left (1974) |
Spouse(s) |
Karin Schmidt Dias
(m. 1967; div. 1971)Maria José Rodrigues Ritta
(m. 1974) |
Children | Vera Ritta de Sampaio André Ritta de Sampaio [1] |
Alma mater | University of Lisbon |
Profession | Lawyer |
Signature | |
Jorge Fernando Branco de Sampaio
Sampaio was an opponent to the dictatorship of Estado Novo. He participated in the student crisis in the 1960s and worked as a lawyer for political prisoners. During his presidency, Portugal relinquished its last colony Macau, which was handed over to China, and Sampaio played an important role in the 1999 East Timorese crisis.
Early life
Sampaio was born in
In an interview for the daily newspaper Público, Sampaio said he recalled his parents "putting tapes on the windows, because it was feared that Hitler would come down that way [to Portugal]".[2] His brother is psychiatrist and academic Daniel Sampaio (born 1946).[4][2]
Sampaio grew up in a manor house in Sintra,[2] where he attended Queen Elizabeth School. In the 1947–1948 school year, the Sampaio family—except Daniel—moved to the United States and settled in Baltimore, where his father taught at Johns Hopkins University. Sampaio enrolled at the YMCA, where he practiced boxing and swimming; he also attended piano lessons at the Peabody Institute and participated in its orchestra. At the end of the school year, Sampaio returned to his aunt's and uncle's house in Lisbon, and soon after to Sintra when his parents returned from the US. In 1949, Jorge Sampaio wanted to enter Colégio Militar, but failed, so he enrolled at Pedro Nunes High School. After finishing the fifth grade, Sampaio chose a set of subjects that gave access to the Law course at Liceo Passos Manuel.[3][7]
Political career
Jorge Sampaio started his political career as a student of the
Carnation Revolution and political beginnings
On 25 April 1974, during the Carnation Revolution, Sampaio was awakened by a friend's telephone call; he went to his office to gather information but returned home when the Armed Forces Movement ordered via radio no-one should leave their homes. Sampaio originated the slogan "25 de Abril, sempre!" ("Always the 25 of April!").[8][10]
In May 1974, Sampaio co-founded the
After the failed communist coup of 25 November 1975, Sampaio founded Intervenção Socialista (IS) (Socialist Intervention) in an attempt to unify the left but with little success.[10] In 1978, IS was absorbed by the Partido Socialista (PS) ("Socialist Party") and Sampaio joined that party, where he was associated with its left-most wing.[10][11]
Sampaio was first elected to the
Mayor of Lisbon
Also in 1989, Sampaio was
Sampaio's mandate as mayor of Lisbon saw the conclusion of the Plano Estratégico e do Plano Diretor Municipal (PDM) and of the Plano Especial de Realojamento (PER), the consolidation and inauguration of Lisbon as European Capital of Culture in 1994, the reconstruction of Chiado district that burned down in 1988, and the opening of the Chido and Music museums.[13][14]
Sampaio was re-elected for a second term as mayor in 1993.[10] In February 1995, he announced his intention to run for the following year's presidential election, which he confirmed in July. Due to his candidacy, Sampaio resigned from his mayoral post and was succeeded by João Soares on 15 November, the day he presented his candidacy before the Constitutional Court.[5][10][15]
Presidency
First term: 1996–2001
The electoral campaign began on 31 December 1995; throughout the campaign, polls favored Sampaio over the other candidate, former Prime Minister Aníbal Cavaco Silva.[16][17] Sampaio won the election with 3,035,056 votes (53.91%)[18] and was sworn in on 9 March 1996 in a ceremony at the Assembly of the Republic, succeeding Mário Soares.[19] There was also a historic coincidence: it was the first time the sitting president and prime minister were members of the same political party.[14]
On 13 April, Sampaio was admitted to Lisboan Hospital de Santa Cruz to undergo heart surgery and was discharged 12 days later. On 27 July, he was again admitted to the hospital for open heart surgery.
On 19 May 1996, during the
In 1998, Sampaio became the first president to call referenda: the first was held on 28 June about abortion and the second was held on 8 November about regionalization.[10]
East Timorese struggle
Upon becoming president in 1996, Sampaio and the government of
After the resignation of Indonesia's President Suharto in 1998 and the succession of B. J. Habibie, Portuguese and international diplomacy led to the holding in East Timor of an independence referendum for the province.[24] The plebescite was held on 30 August 1999[25] and was followed by a campaign of extreme violence and terror by pro-Indonesian militias, and Portugal put pressure on the international community, especially the administration of U.S. President Bill Clinton, to take a position.[25][22] A crisis cabinet was convened at Belém Palace.[24] Sampaio and the Portuguese government made contacts for an international peacekeeping force to enter the territory.[10] On 15 September 1999, the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1264 was adopted and the International Force East Timor was established.[26]
Former President of East Timor José Ramos-Horta said Sampaio "was a great defender of the East Timorese cause and played a crucial role in the political and diplomatic solution that led to independence".[3] Sampaio visited East Timor for the first time in February 2000; he was the first Portuguese head of state to do so but his visit was shortened when he learned of the death of his mother.[10][27] Sampaio returned to East Timor in 2002 following the country's Independence with Xanana Gusmão as president.[24] East Timor was also the destination for Sampaio's last official trip in 2006.[24]
End of Portuguese sovereignty over Macau
In 1999, negotiations for the transfer of sovereignty over Macau to China came to an end and on 19 December, the transfer was completed with the Chinese president Jiang Zemin. Shortly before midnight, Sampaio made a farewell speech, ending 442 years of Portuguese colonialism in Macau.[10][24][28] Sampaio's participation in the ceremony was doubtful in March of that year because Sampaio refused to take part without the resolution of questions about the territory's future.[29]
Second term: 2001–2006
On 19 October 2000, Sampaio announced his candidacy[10] in the 2001 presidential election. Sampaio won the election, defeating Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral with 2,401,015 votes (55.55%).[30][31]
In 2001, while the
The defeat of the Socialist Party in the municipal elections of 2001 ended the government of António Guterres, who resigned. Instead of appointing the new leader of the PS Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues as head of government, after a round of consultations with the parliamentary parties, Sampaio dissolved the Assembly and called elections for March 2002.[33][22] José Manuel Barroso won the legislative election and Sampaio nominated him as the new prime minister.[34]
In February 2002, in an interview for the BBC, Sampaio said Portugal would hold a new referendum to decriminalize abortion. In the same interview, he defended the government's decision to decriminalize the use of certain drugs, a proposal several European leaders criticized. Sampaio also stated Europe should commit itself more energetically to resolve the crisis in the Middle East, and that the Palestinians and Israelis should return to negotiations.[35]
On 4 April 2002, Sampaio said he welcomed the peace accords that ended the Angolan Civil War, saying it "opens the way to reconciliation among Angolans and general elections".[36]
In October 2003, Sampaio invited the presidents of Finland and Germany, and the soon-to-be EU members Hungary, Latvia, and Poland to Arraiolos to discuss the consequences of the 2004 enlargement of the European Union and plans for a Constitution for Europe.[37]
In 2004, Sampaio refused to hold an early election following the resignation of
Sampaio's successor was chosen in the
Post-presidential career
As a former President, Jorge Sampaio became a member of the Portuguese Council of State in 2006.
In May 2006,
In 2010, Sampaio participated in the jury for
Personal life
Jorge Sampaio married twice. In 1967, he married Karin Schmidt Dias, a physician and daughter of anthropologist António Jorge Dias and German-born pianist Margot Dias (née Schmidt), with whom he had no children. The couple divorced in 1971.[51][52]
On 6 April 1974, Sampaio married Maria José Rodrigues Ritta , with whom he had two children: Vera Ritta de Sampaio was born in April 1974 and André Ritta de Sampaio was born in 1981.[51][14][52]
Sampaio played piano from childhood and was a member of Sporting CP, in which his membership number was 3,109.[2] He supported bullfighting,[53] and collected records and paintings. He was shy, cried easily, was discreet, had a poor temper, and was altruistic.[52][54] He also had a British accent and red hair he inherited from a paternal great-grandfather.[2]
Death and funeral
In August 2021, while on vacation in
On Sunday 12, September, Sampaio's
Honours and awards
In 2004, Sampaio received the
National honours
- Grand Collar of the Military Order of the Tower and Sword (9 March 2006)[65]
- Grand Collar of the Order of Prince Henry (5 April 2018)[65]
- Grand Collar of the Order of Liberty (9 March 2006)[65]
- Grand Cross of the Sash of the Three Orders (9 March 2006)[66]
- Grand Officer of the Order of Prince Henry (3 August 1983)[65]
Foreign honours
Source:[67]
- Algeria: Collar of the National Order of Merit (1 December 2004)[67]
- Argentina: Collar of the Order of the Liberator General San Martín (12 December 2001)[67]
- Belgium: Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (9 October 2000)[68]
- Brazil:
- Grand Collar of the Order of the Southern Cross (9 December 1997)[67]
- Grand Cross of the Order of the Southern Cross (22 August 1991)[67]
- Grand Cross of the Order of Rio Branco (25 July 1996)[67]
- Cape Verde: First Class of the Amílcar Cabral Order (26 March 2001)[67]
- Chile:
- Collar of the Order of Merit (30 September 2001)[67]
- Grand Cross of the Order of Bernardo O'Higgins (5 March 1993)[67]
- Cyprus: Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Cyprus (30 September 2001)[67]
- East Timor: Grand Collar of the Order of Timor-Leste (30 August 2009)[67]
- Estonia:
- Collar of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana (27 June 2003)[67]
- First Class of the Order of the White Star (29 March 2006)[67]
- Finland:
- Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland (6 February 2003)[67]
- Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Lion of Finland (8 March 1991)[67]
- France: Grand Cross of the National Order of the Legion of Honour (29 November 1999)[67]
- Gabon: Grand Cross of the Order of the Equatorial Star (8 January 2002)[67]
- Germany:
- Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (17 May 1999)[67]
- Grand Cross 1st Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (15 October 1996)[67]
- Greece: Grand Cross of the Order of the Redeemer (10 December 1999)[67]
- Guinea-Bissau: Grand Cross of the National Order of the Boé Hills (2 July 1996)[67]
- Hungary:
- Grand Cross with Chain of the Hungarian Order of Merit (23 September 2003)[67]
- Grand Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit (22 April 1999)[67]
- Italy: Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (4 December 2001)[67]
- Latvia: Commander Grand Cross with Chain of the Order of the Three Stars (8 May 2003)[67]
- Lithuania: Grand Cross of the Order of Vytautas the Great (27 June 2003)[69]
- Luxembourg: Knight of the Order of the Gold Lion of the House of Nassau (15 June 2010)[67]
- Mexico: Collar of the Order of the Aztec Eagle (14 May 1999)[67]
- Morocco: Grand Cordon of the Order of Ouissam Alaouite (27 July 1995)[67]
- Mozambique: First Class of the Order of Friendship and Peace (12 May 1997)[67]
- Netherlands: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau (25 March 1992)[67]
- Order of St Olav (24 June 2004)[67]
- Paraguay: Collar of the National Order of Merit (4 January 2006)[67]
- Poland: Knight of the Order of the White Eagle (9 October 1997)[67]
- Romania: Collar of the Order of the Star of Romania (15 March 2000)[67]
- Slovakia: Grand Cross of the Order of the White Double Cross (30 June 2003)[70]
- Slovenia: Gold Medal of the Order of Freedom of the Republic of Slovenia (31 March 2000)[67]
- Spain:
- Collar of the Order of Charles III (11 September 2000)[71]
- Collar of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (3 March 1998)[72]
- Tunisia:
- Grand Cordon of the Order of the Republic (12 July 1994)[67]
- Grand Cordon of the Order of 7 November (10 May 2000)[67]
- Ukraine: First Class of the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise (13 April 1998)[67]
- United Kingdom:
- Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (23 September 2002)[67]
- Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (12 July 1994)[67]
- Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished
- Venezuela:
- Collar of the Order of the Liberator (24 February 1999)[67]
- Grand Cross of the Order of Francisco de Miranda (24 June 2002)[67]
Honoris causa
- Honoris causa from the University of Aveiro (2008)[73]
- Honoris causa from the University of Coimbra (2010)[74]
- Honoris causa from the University of Lisbon (2010)[75]
- Honoris causa from King's College London (2014)[75]
- Honoris causa from the University of Porto (2015)[76]
See also
Footnotes and references
- ^
- Jerusalem Post: I understand that you have Jewish ancestry in your family. What is your personal connection to the Jewish people? Do you consider yourself to be a Jew?.
- Jorge Sampaio: My grandmother belonged to a Jewish family that came from Morocco in the beginning of the 19th century. She married a non-Jewish naval officer who later was Foreign Affairs minister. I am naturally very proud of this ancestry and of all those that I call my "favorite Jewish cousins", one of whom is the president of the Lisbon Jewish Community, as I am proud of the ancestry on my non-Jewish father's side. Personally, I am agnostic, and I do not consider myself a Jew; but I am proud, as I said, of my ancestors.[6]
- ^ Jorge Sampaio (Presidency of the Portuguese Republic website, Previous Presidents)
- ^ a b c d e f g Antunes, Alexandra (11 September 2021). "Jorge Sampaio, o presidente que tocava piano e falava inglês". SAPO (in Portuguese).
- ^ a b c d e f g h Wise, Peter (10 September 2021). "Jorge Sampaio, president of Portugal, 1939–2021". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 10 December 2022.
- ^ a b c Valdemar, António (10 September 2021). "As raízes judaicas açorianas de Jorge Sampaio". Público.
- ^ a b c "Jorge Sampaio". Museum of the Presidency of the Republic. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
- ^ Portugal's President: 'I am proud of my Jewish ancestry', Michael Freund, retrieved from The Jerusalem Post of 7 November 2003 Archived 9 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Ferreira, João (11 September 2021). "Exclusivo Juventude. De menino a adolescente". Diário de Notícias.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Jorge Sampaio. Presidente, socialista, paciente e conciliador". Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 10 September 2021.
- ^ Lopes, Sónia Sapage e Maria (25 April 2022). "Cronologia dos Partidos". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 17 April 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Teixeira da Silva, Helena (10 September 2021). "Jorge Sampaio, uma vida em momentos e imagens". Jornal de Negócios.
- ^ Costa Lobo, Marina; Magalhães, Pedro C. (2001). "The Portuguese Socialists and the Third Way" (PDF). European Consortium for Political Research. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
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- ^ "Camino del segundo mandato". El Mundo (in Spanish). January 2001.
- ^ "Arranca la campaña presidencial en Portugal con clara ventaja de Sampio". La Vanguardia. 1 January 1996.
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- ^ Comissão Nacional de Eleições Archived 4 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine (1996)
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- ^ "Jorge Sampaio empenhou-se na causa de Timor-Leste". RTP. 10 September 2021.
- ^ a b c d e Martins, Andreia (10 September 2021). "Os temas que marcaram a passagem de Jorge Sampaio por Belém".
- ^ a b Lluis Maria de Puig, member of the Political Affairs Committee (20 September 1999). Situation in East Timor (Report). Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
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- ^ "Portugal unhappy at China's Macau moves". BBC. 22 March 1999.
- ^ Comissão Nacional de Eleições Archived 8 April 2005 at the Wayback Machine (2001)
- ^ "Sampaio re-elected president in Portugal". BBC. 14 January 2001.
- ^ a b Simões, Sónia; Cruz, Mário (7 May 2016). "Sampaio pensava que Cimeira era para evitar a guerra no Iraque". Observador.
- ^ "Portugal set for early elections". BBC. 28 December 2001.
- ^ "Portugal gets new prime minister". BBC. 21 March 2002.
- ^ "Abortion debate in Portugal reopened". BBC. 14 February 2002.
- ^ "Angolans celebrate peace deal". BBC. 4 April 2002.
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- ^ "Portugal faces general election". BBC. 10 December 2004.
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- ^ "Anibal Cavaco Silva presta juramento e toma posse como Presidente da República para um mandato de 5 anos". RTP.
- ^ Mendes, Inês (9 December 2015). "Sampaio foi quem mais usou o Conselho de Estado". Observador.
- ^ "O que é e o que faz o Conselho de Estado, órgão de consulta do Presidente". Público. 17 March 2020.
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- ^ World Health Organization (11 May 2006). "UN Secretary-General appoints former head of state as first Special Envoy to Stop TB".
- ^ "Ban Ki-moon nombra a Jorge Sampaio para dirigir la Alianza de Civilizaciones". ABC. 27 April 2007.
- ^ "Jorge Sampaio abandona cargo na Aliança das Civilizações". Público. 27 February 2013.
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- ^ Chacón, Francisco (10 September 2021). "Portugal pierde al histórico expresidente socialista Jorge Sampaio". ABC (in Spanish).
- ^ "Universidades e politécnicos portugueses disponíveis para acolher estudantes afegãos". Público (in Portuguese). 26 August 2021.
- ^ a b Carrasco, Tiago (15 September 2021). "Amores e mágoas de Sampaio". Sábado (in Portuguese).
- ^ a b c Teixeira da Silva, Helena (10 September 2021). "Morreu Jorge Sampaio, o "prisioneiro da ansiedade por um futuro melhor"". Jornal do Noticias (in Portuguese).
- ^ "Ex-Presidente da República, Jorge Sampaio, sai em defesa das touradas". O Mirante (in Portuguese). 28 March 2007.
- ^ "Jorge Sampaio. Um político de lágrima fácil mas de decisões duras". Jornal de Negócios (in Portuguese). 11 September 2021.
- ^ "Jorge Sampaio internado com dificuldades respiratórias". Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). 27 August 2021.
- ^ "Morreu Jorge Sampaio". Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (in Portuguese). 10 September 2021.
- ^ "Jorge Sampaio, who showed extent of Portuguese presidential powers, dies at 81". Reuters. 10 September 2021.
- ^ "Jorge Sampaio. Governo decreta luto nacional de três dias". RTP. 10 September 2021.
- ^ Porfírio, João; Silva, Tomás; Ventura, Diogo (11 September 2021). "Coroas de cravos vermelhos e aplausos. As imagens do velório de Jorge Sampaio". Observador.
- ^ Lopes, Miguel A. (12 September 2021). "Homenagem e funeral com Honras de Estado no último adeus a Jorge Sampaio". RTP.
- ^ "A última homenagem a Jorge Sampaio, o "homem bom" que não quis ser herói. "Mas foi" – como aconteceu". Observador.
- ^ "Queen Rania of Jordan and Jorge Sampaio to receive Council of Europe North-South Prize". Council of Europe. 10 March 2009. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
- ^ Kutesa announces the winners of the United Nations Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Prize
- ^ "United Nations News Centre". UN News Service Section. 22 June 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- ^ a b c d "ENTIDADES NACIONAIS AGRACIADAS COM ORDENS PORTUGUESAS". Presidency of Portugal. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
- ^ "Banda da Grã-Cruz das Três Ordens". Historic Archive of the Presidency of Portugal. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap "ENTIDADES NACIONAIS AGRACIADAS COM ORDENS ESTRANGEIRAS". Presidency of Portugal. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
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- ^ Slovak republic website, State honours : 1st Class in 2003 (click on "Holders of the Order of the 1st Class White Double Cross" to see the holders' table)
- ^ "Real Decreto 1558/2000, de 8 de septiembre, por el que se concede el Collar de la Real y Muy Distinguida Orden de Carlos III a su excelencia señor Jorge Fernando Branco de Sampaio, Presidente de la República Portuguesa". Boletín Oficial del Estado. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
- ^ "Real Decreto 1126/1996, de 17 de mayo, por el que se concede el Collar de la Orden de Isabel la Católica a su excelencia señor Jorge Fernando Branco de Sampaio Presidente de la República Portuguesa". Boletín Oficial del Estado. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
- ^ "Honoris Causa". University of Aveiro. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
- ^ "Jorge Sampaio recebe hoje grau de doutor "honoris causa" pela Universidade de Coimbra". Público. 24 January 2010.
- ^ a b "Jorge Sampaio distinguido com doutoramento 'honoris causa'". Sol. 12 November 2014.
- ^ "Doutores Honoris Causa pela Universidade do Porto". University of Porto. Retrieved 10 September 2021.