Jorge Sampaio

His Excellency

Jorge Sampaio

GColTE GCIH GColL
His Excellency; Jorge Sampaio; GColTE GCIH GColL
	Sampaio in 2003
18th President of Portugal
	In office; 9 March 1996 – 9 March 2006
Prime Minister	António Guterres; José Manuel Barroso; Pedro Santana Lopes; José Sócrates
Preceded by	Mário Soares
Succeeded by	Aníbal Cavaco Silva
High-Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations
	In office; 1 April 2007 – 1 March 2013
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser
Mayor of Lisbon
	In office; 22 January 1990 – 15 November 1995
Preceded by	Nuno Krus Abecassis
Succeeded by	João Soares
Secretary-General of the Socialist Party
	In office; 15 January 1989 – 23 February 1992
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
Personal details
Born	Jorge Fernando Branco de Sampaio; 18 September 1939; Lisbon, Portugal
Died	10 September 2021 (aged 81); Carnaxide e Queijas, Portugal
Political party	Socialist Party
Spouse(s)	Maria José Rodrigues Ritta
Children	Vera Ritta de Sampaio; André Ritta de Sampaio
Alma mater	University of Lisbon
Profession	Lawyer
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Jorge Fernando Branco de Sampaio, GColTE, GCIH, GColL (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʒɔɾʒ(ɨ) sɐ̃ˈpaju] (listen)) (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.^[1]^[2]