Francisco Pinto Balsemão
Francisco Pinto Balsemão | |
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Balsemão in 2012 | |
| Prime Minister of Portugal | |
| In office 9 January 1981 – 9 June 1983 | |
| President | António Ramalho Eanes |
| Deputy | Diogo Freitas do Amaral |
| Preceded by | Francisco Sá Carneiro |
| Succeeded by | Mário Soares |
| President of the Social Democratic Party | |
| In office 13 December 1980 – 27 February 1983 | |
| Secretary-General | António Capucho |
| Preceded by | Francisco Sá Carneiro |
| Succeeded by | Nuno Rodrigues dos Santos |
| Minister of Social Affairs | |
| In office 3 August 1981 – 4 September 1981 | |
| Prime Minister | Himself |
| Preceded by | João Morais Leitão |
| Succeeded by | Carlos Macedo |
| Minister in the Cabinet of the Prime Minister | |
| In office 3 January 1980 – 9 January 1981 | |
| Prime Minister | Francisco Sá Carneiro |
| Preceded by | Manuel da Costa Brás |
| Succeeded by | Basílio Horta |
| Member of the Assembly of the Republic | |
| In office 4 November 1985 – 12 August 1987 | |
| Constituency | Lisbon |
| In office 3 June 1976 – 12 November 1980 | |
| Constituency | Porto |
| In office 2 June 1975 – 2 April 1976 | |
| Constituency | Lisbon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 September 1937 Lisbon, Portugal |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party |
| Children | 5 |
| Relatives | Pedro IV of Portugal (great-great-grandfather) |
| Alma mater | University of Lisbon |
| Occupation | Journalist, newspaper editor, newspaper administrator, chief executive officer of Impresa media group, chair of the european publishers council |
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Francisco José Pereira Pinto Balsemão (Portuguese pronunciation: [fɾɐ̃ˈsiʃku ˈpĩtu βalsɨˈmɐ̃w]; born 1 September 1937) is a Portuguese businessman, former journalist and retired politician, who served as Prime Minister of Portugal, from 1981 to 1983.