Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa

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Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa (2017)

Marcelo Nuno Duarte Rebelo de Sousa (born December 12, 1948 in São Sebastião da Pedreira , Lisbon ) is a Portuguese politician and has been the President of Portugal since March 9, 2016 . In Portugal he is regarded as a luminary in the fields of political science , constitutional law and administrative law . He is a member of the center-right Partido Social Democrata (PSD) with Party Book No. 3 and was temporarily chairman of this party.

biography

Origin, youth and career

Marcelo was the youngest of six children and grew up without a mother in the Graça district of Lisbon with his grandmother from the age of ten . The relationship with his mother, who grew up as an orphan in Covilhã , shaped him extraordinarily, not least his later relationships with women. His father, Baltasar Rebelo de Sousa, was a physician who initially held several higher positions in the civil service and later held various high offices during the reign of António de Oliveira Salazar and Marcelo Caetano , among others. a. that of a governor of Mozambique (1968 to 1970) as well as that of a minister in various posts.

In his youth, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa was a staunch Catholic leader of the Ação Católica Portuguesa , which now includes several charities. After attending school, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa studied law at the University of Lisbon and graduated with honors in 1971. He has had a master's degree in political science and economics since 1972 and received his doctorate in 1984. After completing his studies, he began working as a legal advisor at the State Financial Supervisory Authority ( Inspecção Geral de Finanças ). In addition, he held lectures as a lecturer at the university from 1973. In 1971 he began to work with the then opposition to the regime of the Estado Novo of Marcelo Caetano, which was possible within the framework of the SEDES ( Associação para o Desenvolvimento Económico e Social ), a group for socio-political food for thought and debates. In the 1980s he was President of the Parents Association of the Don Bosco School in Estoril and has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Casa de Bragança Foundation since 1994.

Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa is a professor in the Law Faculty of the University of Lisbon , where he also received his PhD. He is currently the chairman of the Scientific Council of the Instituto de Ciências Jurídico-Políticas (CIDP). He was also a professor at the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences at Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP), visiting professor at the law faculty of this university and a member of the Foundation Committee of the Scientific Council, as well as professor of law at the University of Porto , where he was a doctor honoris causa .

Political influence

Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa's great influence is considered undisputed in Portugal. He was President of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) (1996-1999), Vice-President of the European People's Party (1997-1999) and a member of the State Council of Portugal . He is a widely recognized intellectual who initially commented on various social positions as a commentator for the radio station TSF and for fifteen years at the television station TVI as a prominent figure. At the television station RTP1 he had his own program from 2005 to 2010 with the title As Escolhas de Marcelo ("The Selection of Marcelo").

Abroad, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa was negotiator in drafting the preliminary draft for the Faculty of Law in Bissau ( Guinea-Bissau ). He is the author of numerous academic papers and a member of several national and international legal associations. He was awarded the Order of St. Jacob of the Sword (1994) and the Grand Cross of the Order of Infante Dom Henrique (2005) for his legal teaching activities . He is an honorary member of the Portuguese Academy of History and a member of the Council of the Lisbon Literary Committee ( Grémio Literário de Lisboa ).

Co-founder of the Expresso

Before the Carnation Revolution on April 25, 1974, he founded the weekly Expresso in 1972 together with Francisco Pinto Balsemão, which is still highly respected today . At the same time he edited the Gente (People) column of this weekly newspaper. From 1983 he also founded the weekly Semanário , which was discontinued in 2009 . He was part of the committee that worked out the first press law in the fledgling Portuguese democracy, after he was deputy to the Constituent Assembly and prepared the integration of the first Portuguese delegation in the Council of Europe .

Among the numerous academic and non-academic publications, it should be mentioned that he co-authored various volumes on general administrative law and the introduction of lessons for the study of law.

2016 presidential candidacy

On October 9, 2015, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa announced his candidacy for the presidential election on January 24, 2016 in Portugal. In the surveys from September 2015 to January 2016, he was well ahead of the other candidates. Rebelo was supported by the parties on the right, but could also count on support on the left. In the run-up to the presidential election, he described himself as a “leftist among the right”, which means “he himself would be the center”. After all the votes were counted, it was clear that he had won the election as Portuguese President with 52% of the votes in the first ballot. He took office on March 9, 2016.

Private

Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa married Ana Cristina Caeiro da Motta Veiga on July 27, 1972. Both have a son, Nuno da Motta Veiga Rebelo de Sousa (* 1973), and a daughter, Sofia da Motta Veiga Rebelo de Sousa (* 1976). The couple later divorced. Since the 1980s he has had a long-term partner in the lawyer Rita Amaral Cabral.

literature

Web links

Commons : Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Munzinger Archive Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa , munzinger.de, accessed on December 11, 2015
  2. ↑ Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, o militante número três do PSD , sicnoticias.sapo.pt, accessed on December 11, 2015 (Portuguese)
  3. ↑ His mother, Maria das Neves Fernandes Duarte, died in another birth
  4. ↑ As mulheres de Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa , lifestyle.sapo.ptm, accessed on December 11, 2015 (Portuguese)
  5. ↑ Investigadores Principais , icjp.pt, accessed January 27, 2016 (pt)
  6. ↑ Doutores Honoris Causa pela Universidade do Porto , sigarra.up.pt, accessed on December 11, 2015 (Portuguese)
  7. ↑ Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa , urbi.ubi.pt, accessed on December 11, 2015 (Portuguese)
  8. ↑ AS ESCOLHAS DE MARCELO REBELO DE SOUSA , rtp.pt, accessed on December 11, 2015 (Portuguese)
  9. ^ New President for Portugal , ovb-online.de, from November 20, 2015
  10. ↑ Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa wants to become president , nzz.ch, from October 10, 2015
  11. ↑ Sondagem: Marcelo perde gás mas ainda ganha presidenciais à primeira volta , jornaldenegocios.pt, from December 9, 2015 (Portuguese)
  12. ↑ Pedro Magalhães - Political Scientist , pedro-magalhaes.org, published on December 11, 2015 (English)
  13. ↑ Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa nicht é de Direita, é da Esquerda da Direita, ou seja, é do Centro, dele mesmo , caoquefuma.com, accessed on January 26, 2016 (pt)
  14. ↑ Marcelo invade o centro: “Eu sou a esquerda da direita” , Portugal News Online, accessed on January 26, 2016 (pt)
  15. ↑ Sondagem aponta para vitória de Marcelo à primeira volta , publico.pt, from 24/01/2016 - 21:05
  16. ↑ Marcelo venceu em todos os distritos e em quase todos os concelhos , expresso.pt, accessed on January 25, 2016 (pt)
  17. ↑ Amaral Cabral & Associados , amaralcabraladvogados.pt, accessed on December 11, 2015 (Portuguese)
  18. ↑ Rita Amaral Cabral , caras.sapo.pt, accessed on December 11, 2015 (Portuguese)
predecessor Office successor
Aníbal Cavaco Silva President of Portugal
since 2016
personal data
SURNAME Rebelo de Sousa, Marcelo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Duarte Rebelo de Sousa, Marcelo Nuno (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portuguese politician and legal scholar
DATE OF BIRTH December 12, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Sao Sebastião da Pedreira , Lisbon