Jorge Sampaio

Jorge Fernando Branco de Sampaio, GColTE, GCIH, GColL () (18 September 1939 – 10 September 2021) was 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. Between 1988 until 1992, he was the Leader of the Opposition.

In May 2006, Sampaio was appointed by the United Nations Secretary-General as his first Special Envoy for the Global Plan to Stop Tuberculosis. In April 2007, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon designated him as High Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations, a position he held till September 2012.

Sampaio died at a hospital in Carnaxide e Queijas, Portugal on 10 September 2021 from respiratory failure, aged 81.

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Other websites

Dr. Jorge Sampaio website 
Official website of the President of the Republic

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