Tribute To Former Portuguese President Mário Soares On The 100th Anniversary Of His Birth

LISBON, PORTUGAL - DECEMBER 07: Secretary-General of Socialist Party and MP Pedro Nuno Santos (L) chats with Portuguese Minister of the Presidency António Leitão Amaro (R) at the tribute to Mário Soares, with the participation of the President of the European Council, António Costa, Cape Verde President José Maria Neves and Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa during the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Mário Soares, first secretary-general of the Socialist Party, from its foundation in 1973, Prime Minister of Portugal from 1976 to 1978 and from 1983 to 1985, and subsequently 17th Portuguese President from 1986 to 1996, at Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation on December 07, 2024, in Lisbon, Portugal. On this day, Mário Soares and Maria Barroso Foundation begins a program to commemorate the centenary of Mário Soares' birth, that will continue until the end of 2025, linking it to the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the 25th of April and the 100th anniversary of Maria Barroso's birth. (Photo by Horacio Villalobos#Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)