Jaime Gama took which position in Oct 1977?
Jaime Gama Jaime José de Matos da Gama , GCC , GCIH , GCL ( born 8 June 1947 ) is a Portuguese former politician . He was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Portugal from 1983 to 1985 and again from 1995 to 2002 , and he was President of the Assembly of the Republic from 2005 to 2011 . Since leaving politics , he has worked as Senior Strategic Counsel at the Albright Stonebridge Group , a global strategy and business advisory firm , and as Chairman of the bank Novo Banco dos Açores . Background . Born at Senhora da Rosa , Fajã de Baixo , Ponta Delgada , São Miguel , Azores in 1947 , he is a son of Jaime da Rosa Ferreira da Gama ( Matriz , Horta , Faial , Azores , January 1914 – Lisbon , 29 July 2004 ) and wife Lucília Vaz do Rego de Matos ( São Sebastião , Ponta Delgada , São Miguel , Azores , 12 September 1916 – Hospital Militar , Estrela , Lisbon , 21 September 1987 ) . Political life . He graduated as a Licentiate in Philosophy from the Faculty of Letters of the University of Lisbon . He was involved in the opposition to the fascist Estado Novo ( New State ) regime , since his youth , and was first arrested , aged only 18 , due to an article published in the local press . He was a member of the socialist CEUD in the campaign for the 1969 legislative elections , won by the National Union ( the regime party ) , due to massive fraud . He was a journalist of the opposition newspaper República , in the last years of the fascist regime . He was a founder of the Socialist Party , in the German exile of Bad-Munstereifel . He was elected for his party as a Deputy to the Assembly of the Republic for the Azores from 1975 and for Lisbon from 1983 . In the 1st Constitutional Government , he was Minister of Internal Affairs ( 1976–1978 ) , and Minister of Foreign Affairs in the 9th Constitutional Government , from 1983 to 1985 . He returned to the same ministry , in António Guterres governments , from 1995 to 2002 , and was also Minister of State and Minister of National Defence , in 1999 , and Minister of State from 1999 to 2002 . He was President of the United Nations Security Council during June 1998 . He was the chairman of the Presidency of the Council of Europe from 1 January 2002 until 6 April 2002 , when he lost his post as Foreign Minister when the new government of José Manuel Durão Barroso took office in Portugal . From 2005 to 2011 , he was President of the Assembly of the Republic . Foreign policy . As Minister of Foreign Affairs , Jaime Gama signed the Accession Treaty of Portugal to the European Communities , the Friendship , Cooperation and Consultation Treaty with Brazil , and initiated and concluded negotiations with China on the handover of Macau . He negotiated and signed the New York Agreements between the UN , Indonesia , and Portugal that led to the self-determination and independence of East Timor . On several occasions , he managed crisis and peace and reconciliation efforts in Angola , Mozambique , and Guinea-Bissau . Jaime Gama was the Portuguese Minister of Foreign Affairs in 2002 when Angola reached peace after a 27-year civil war . Jaime Gama proposed , negotiated and launched the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries ( CPLP ) . As Foreign Minister he proposed and organized , with Algeria and Egypt , the first Africa-EU Summit , paving the way for the Africa-EU Partnership . As Speaker of the Parliament he negotiated and implemented the Parliamentary Forum of the Ibero-American Community of Nations . Life after politics . Jaime Gama is Senior Strategic Counsel at the Albright Stonebridge Group , a global strategy and business advisory firm led by former U.S . Secretary of State in the Clinton administration Madeleine Albright and former Commerce Secretary and Kellogg Company CEO Carlos Gutierrez . Presently , he is a member of the General Council of the University of Lisbon , of the Supervisory Board and of the Strategy Board of the Political Studies Institute , both of the Lisbon Catholic University , of the European Council on Foreign Relations and of the Aspen Ministers Forum . In addition , he is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the bank Novo Banco dos Açores , Chairman of the Supervisory Board for the electronic newspaper “Observador and a member of the Board of Directors of the Francisco Manuel dos Santos Foundation . Honours . - Grand-Cross of the Order of Prince Henry , Portugal ( 19 April 1986 ) - Grand-Cross of the Order of Christ , Portugal ( 2 June 1987 ) - Grand-Cross with Star of the Order of Merit , Germany ( 9 May 1989 ) - Commander of the Legion of Honour , France ( 28 January 1991 ) - Grand-Cross of the Order of Ouissam Alaouite , Morocco ( 6 February 1992 ) - Medal of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( 12 August 1997 ) - Commanders Cross with Star of the Order of Merit , Poland ( 22 September 1997 ) - Grand-Cross of the Order of Civil Merit , Spain ( 17 June 1998 ) - Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour , France ( 29 November 1999 ) - Grand-Cross of the Order of Honour , Greece ( 17 March 2000 ) - Grand Officer of the Order of Leopold I , Belgium ( 9 October 2000 ) - Grand-Cross of the Order of Merit , Chile ( 30 September 2001 ) - Grand-Cross of the Order of Merit , Italy ( 1 April 2002 ) - First Class of the Order of the White Star , Estonia ( 29 March 2003 ) - Grand-Cross of the Order of the Star of Jordan , Jordan ( 28 May 2009 ) - Grand-Cross of Royal Norwegian Order of Merit , Norway ( 25 September 2009 ) - Grand-Cross of Order of St . Gregory the Great , Holy See ( 3 September 2010 ) - Grand-Cross of the Order of Liberty , Portugal ( 4 October 2014 ) Family . He married in Lisbon on 18 September 1971 to Alda Taborda and their son , João Taborda da Gama , born in 1977 , is a Tax Law Professor of the Law School of the Catholic University of Portugal . They have five grandchildren . References . - Os Presidentes do Parlamento ( Presidents of the Portuguese Parliament ) , Assembly of the Republic