Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa | |
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Portrait at Web Summit, 2017 | |
| 20th President of Portugal | |
| Assumed office 9 March 2016 | |
| Prime Minister | António Costa Luís Montenegro |
| Preceded by | Aníbal Cavaco Silva |
| Leader of the Opposition | |
| In office 31 March 1996 – 1 May 1999 | |
| Prime Minister | António Guterres |
| Preceded by | Fernando Nogueira |
| Succeeded by | José Manuel Barroso |
| President of the Social Democratic Party | |
| In office 31 March 1996 – 1 May 1999 | |
| Secretary-General | Rui Rio Carlos Horta e Costa António Capucho Artur Torres Pereira |
| Preceded by | Fernando Nogueira |
| Succeeded by | José Manuel Barroso |
| Minister of Parliamentary Affairs | |
| In office 12 June 1982 – 9 June 1983 | |
| Prime Minister | Francisco Pinto Balsemão |
| Preceded by | Fernando Amaral |
| Succeeded by | António de Almeida Santos |
| Secretary of State for the Presidency of the Council of Ministers | |
| In office 4 September 1981 – 10 June 1982 | |
| Prime Minister | Francisco Pinto Balsemão |
| Preceded by | José Luís da Cruz Vilaça |
| Succeeded by | Leonor Beleza |
| Member of the Assembly of the Republic | |
| In office 2 June 1975 – 2 April 1976 | |
| Constituency | Lisbon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Marcelo Nuno Duarte Rebelo de Sousa 12 December 1948 Lisbon, Portugal |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party (1975–2015) Independent (since 2015) |
| Spouse |
Ana Cristina da Mota Veiga
(m. 1972; div. 1983) |
| Domestic partner | Rita Amaral (1981–present) |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Baltasar Rebelo de Sousa (father) |
| Residence(s) | Belém Palace (official) Cascais (private) |
| Signature | |
Marcelo Nuno Duarte Rebelo de Sousa GColTE GCIH ComSE (European Portuguese: [mɐɾˈsɛlu ʁɨˈβelu ðɨ ˈsozɐ]; born 12 December 1948) is a Portuguese politician and academic who is the president of Portugal since 2016. 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 Portuguese Republic, legal scholar, journalist, political analyst, law professor, and pundit.
Born in Lisbon, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa is the eldest son of Baltasar Rebelo de Sousa (1921–2001) and his wife Maria das Neves Fernandes Duarte (1921–2003). He has claimed that his mother had Jewish ancestry. He is named after Marcelo Caetano, the last prime minister of the Estado Novo regime and a friend of his father.
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa became a professor and publicist specialized in constitutional law and administrative law, earning his doctorate at the University of Lisbon, where he taught law.