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Marcelo Nuno Duarte Rebelo de Sousa is a Portuguese politician and academic who served as the president of Portugal from 2016 to 2026. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party, though he suspended his party membership for the duration of his presidency. Rebelo de Sousa has previously served as a government minister, parliamentarian in the Assembly of the Republic, legal scholar, journalist, p…
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culture · President of Portugal from 2016 to 2026 · politician · university teacher · journalist · political scientist · also Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, Marcelo de Sousa, Marcelo Nuno Duarte Rebelo de Sousa, Sousa
Born 12 December 1948 · Q6756617
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On 1 December 2025, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa was admitted to University Hospital of São João, in Porto, for urgent surgery due to an incarcerated hernia, after feeling unwell.
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Awarded Order of Honour (2023).
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Awarded Order of the Southern Cross (2023).
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President of Portugal Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa became embroiled in a controversy following a TVI program that suggested he had intervened to expedite treatment for Brazilian twins with Zolgensma, a rare and highly expensi
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In 2023, President of Portugal Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa became embroiled in a controversy following a TVI program that suggested he had intervened to expedite treatment for Brazilian twins with Zolgensma, a rare and highly expensive drug administered in a single dose costing two million euros.
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On 5 July 2023, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa collapsed during a visit to the NOVA University School of Science and Technology, in Almada.
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On 11 January 2021, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa tested positive for COVID-19, after a contact with a positive case in his staff.
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Awarded Decoration for Exceptional Merits (2020).
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On 8 March 2020, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa suspended all his public agenda and returned to his private home in Cascais, entering a voluntary quarantine period for 14 days after being revealed that a group of students from Felgueiras, who had visited Belém Palace some days before, had also been quarantined after a positive case of COVID-19 was detected in their school.
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Awarded Order of Stara Planina (2019).
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Awarded Grand Star of the Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria (2019).
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Awarded Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana (2019).
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Awarded Grand Cross, Special Class of the Order of the Sun of Peru (2019).
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Joined President Emmanuel Macron for the traditional Bastille Day military parade in Paris, which honoured European military cooperation and the European Intervention Initiative that year
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Won Golden Key of Madrid (2018).
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Awarded Collar of the Order of Charles III (2018).
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Awarded Grand Order of King Tomislav (2018).
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Awarded National Maltese Order of Merit (2018).
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In June 2018, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa was briefly hospitalized after he collapsed after a visit to Bom Jesus do Monte sanctuary in Braga; the incident was caused by a sudden drop in blood pressure alongside acute gastroenteritis.
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Awarded Order of Amilcar Cabral 1st Class (2017).
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Awarded Order of the Republic of Serbia (2017).
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Awarded Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (2017).
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Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of the Redeemer (2017).
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In December 2017, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa underwent emergency surgery at Curry Cabral Hospital in order to treat an incarcerated umbilical hernia.
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Awarded Collar of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (2016).
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Awarded Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour (2016).
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Awarded Collar of the Order of Pope Pius IX (2016).
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Career landmark: President of Portugal (2016–2026).
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Left RTP and returned to TVI to do the same program that he had before
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Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry (2005).
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Career landmark: President of the Social Democratic Party (1996–1999).
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Awarded Commander of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword (1994).
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Ran for President of the Municipal Chamber of Lisbon (Mayor of Lisbon) but lost to Jorge Sampaio, though he did win a seat as City Councilor (Vereador)
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Career landmark: Minister of Parliamentary Affairs (1982–1983).
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Who at the time was his fellow lecturer at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon
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And divorced in 1983, although Marcelo, citing his Roman Catholic faith, believes marriage lasts until death
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Career landmark: deputy of the Constituent Assembly (1975–1976).
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On 22 July 1972, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa married Ana Cristina da Gama Caeiro da Mota Veiga in the parish of São Miguel de Machede in Évora.
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Born 1948-12-12.
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