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Also known as Mário Alberto Nobre Lopes Soares, Mario Soares, Mario Alberto Nobre Lopes Soares

President of Portugal (1924–2017)

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Mário Alberto Nobre Lopes Soares (1924–2017) was a Portuguese politician, lawyer, and writer. Born in Lisbon, he was a member of the Socialist Party and served as a lawyer. He was educated at the University of Lisbon and worked in Strasbourg and Brussels. Soares was also employed by the University of Rennes 2 – Upper Brittany. He was an atheist and spoke Portuguese.

His literary works include *Um erro de Afonso Costa*, *O homem que come, bebe e respira política*, *Os poemas da minha vida*, *Portugal's new foreign policy*, and *As ideias políticas e sociais de Teófilo Braga*. He was a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters and the Académie des sciences d'outre-mer. Soares was married to Maria Barroso. He died in Lisbon from a stroke.

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Person · Open Library

Works
39

Top works

  • Um erro de Afonso Costa
  • O homem que come, bebe e respira política
  • Os poemas da minha vida
  • Portugal's new foreign policy
  • As ideias políticas e sociais de Teófilo Braga

via Open Library + Wikidata

Film & TV

Acting · Lisbon, Portugal

Known for

  • Portugal: Carnations Against Dictatorship — Self (archive footage)2024
  • Mário2024
  • Matheus Schdmit, um caso de amor pelo Brasil — Arquivo2019
  • Owners of Portugal — Self - Prime Minister (archive footage)2012
  • Memória Cubana — Self (archive footage)2010
  • Oscar Niemeyer: Life is a Breath of Air — Self2007
  • Alvaro Cunhal — Self2005
  • Agostinho da Silva - A Living Thought — Self2003
  • Vasco Santana: O Bom Português — Self1998
  • Beijoqueiro: Portrait of a Serial Kisser — Self (archive footage)1992

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
Brazil
Active from
1930-06-23
Active to
2022-01-20
bossa novaexperimentalmúsica popular brasileirasamba

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
26
Total plays
134

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Encyclopedic overview

Mário Alberto Nobre Lopes Soares GColTE, GCC, GColL ( European Portuguese: [ˈmaɾju alˈβɛɾtu ˈnɔβɾɨ ˈlɔpɨʃ suˈaɾɨʃ]; 7 December 1924 – 7 January 2017) was a Portuguese statesman 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.

Family

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