Jorge Sampaio

president of Portugal

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Jorge Sampaio served as the president of Portugal from 1996 to 2006. He was a member of the Socialist Party. Prior to his presidency, Sampaio was the mayor of Lisbon from 1990 to 1996. He succeeded Mário Soares as president and was succeeded by Aníbal Cavaco Silva.123

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…succeeded as president by Socialist Jorge Sampaio, the former mayor of Lisbon. In 1999 the government adopted the euro, the EU’s single currency—which fully replaced the escudo as Portugal’s sole currency in 2002—and also returned Macau, its last overseas territory, to Chinese rule. Sampaio was reelected in 2001, but in…
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…succeeded as president by Socialist Jorge Sampaio, the former mayor of Lisbon. In 1999 the government adopted the euro, the EU’s single currency—which fully replaced the escudo as Portugal’s sole currency in 2002—and also returned Macau, its last overseas territory, to Chinese rule. Sampaio was reelected in 2001, but in…
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