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Mário Soares
Mário Alberto Nobre Lopes Soares 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.
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culture · Portuguese statesman (1924–2017) · politician · lawyer · writer · also Mário Soares, Mário Alberto Nobre Lopes Soares, Mario Soares, Mario Alberto Nobre Lopes Soares, Soares
Born 7 December 1924 · Died 7 January 2017 · Q156781
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2024· 2 entries
Mongabay: ‘It is indeed our problem’: Interview with Mário Soares on Brazil’s mangroves
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2019· 1 entry
Observador rated the claim “Mário Soares será para sempre o maior corrupto da história de Portugal.” Errado.
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2017· 1 entry
Died 2017-01-07.
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2010· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctorate of the Bordeaux Montaigne University (2010).
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2000· 2 entries
Awarded North–South Prize (2000).
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Soares received the North-South Prize of the Council of Europe
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1999· 2 entries
Career landmark: Member of the European Parliament (1999–2004).
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Headed the Socialist ticket in elections to the European Parliament, where he served until the 2004 elections
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1998· 2 entries
Awarded International Simón Bolívar Prize (1998).
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Soares won the International Simón Bolívar Prize of UNESCO
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1996· 2 entries
Awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (1996).
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But in 1998 he headed the Independent World Commission on the Oceans
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1995· 2 entries
Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense (1995).
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Awarded Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation (1995).
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1994· 3 entries
Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (1994).
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Awarded Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (1994).
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Awarded National Order of Merit (1994).
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1993· 4 entries
Won Gold medal of Galicia (1993).
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Awarded Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the Falcon (1993).
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Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland (1993).
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Won Medal of Extremadura (1993).
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1992· 2 entries
Awarded Knight of the Order of the Elephant (1992).
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Awarded honorary doctorate of the University of Santiago de Compostela (1992).
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1991· 2 entries
Awarded Grand Collar of the Military Order of the Tower and Sword (1991).
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Awarded Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1991).
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1990· 2 entries
Awarded Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland (1990).
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Awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Pius IX (1990).
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1989· 3 entries
Awarded Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (1989).
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Awarded honorary doctor of the Sorbonne Nouvelle University (1989).
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Was the first foreign head of state to visit Czechoslovakia in the course of the Velvet Revolution, invited by Václav Havel, who was elected president of Czechoslovakia two days later
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1988· 1 entry
Awarded Order of the Gold Lion of the House of Nassau (1988).
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1987· 2 entries
Awarded honorary doctorate of the University of Salamanca (1987).
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Awarded Collar of the Order of Charles III (1987).
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1986· 1 entry
Career landmark: President of Portugal (1986–1996).
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1983· 1 entry
Career landmark: Prime Minister of Portugal (1983–1985).
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1977· 3 entries
Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (1977).
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Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Rennes 2 (1977).
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Career landmark: Minister of Foreign Affairs (1977–1978).
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1976· 1 entry
Career landmark: Prime Minister of Portugal (1976–1978).
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1975· 2 entries
Career landmark: deputy of the Constituent Assembly (1975–1976).
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Career landmark: Minister without Portfolio (1975–1975).
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1974· 1 entry
Career landmark: Minister of Foreign Affairs (1974–1975).
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1973· 2 entries
The 'Portuguese Socialist Action' became the Socialist Party, and Soares was elected Secretary-General
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Career landmark: General Secretary of the Socialist Party (Portugal) (1973–1985).
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1970· 1 entry
Soares was exiled to Rome, Italy, but eventually settled in France where he taught at the Universities of Vincennes, Paris and Rennes
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1965· 1 entry
In Spain, by agents of the dictatorship's secret police (PIDE)
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1958· 1 entry
Soares was very active in the presidential election supporting General Humberto Delgado
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1957· 1 entry
But his activities in opposition to the dictatorship of António de Oliveira Salazar led to repeated arrests
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1946· 1 entry
When he was a member of the Central Committee of the Movement of Democratic Unity (Portuguese: Movimento de Unidade Democrática), at the time chaired by Mário de Azevedo Gomes
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1924· 1 entry
Born 1924-12-07.
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