Francisco Pinto Balsemão
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His Excellency Francisco Pinto Balsemão GCC |
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| 111th Prime Minister of Portugal | |
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In office 9 January 1981 – 9 June 1983 (2 years and 5 months) |
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| President | António Ramalho Eanes |
| Deputy | Diogo Freitas do Amaral |
| Preceded by | Diogo Freitas do Amaral (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Mário Soares |
| Member of the Council of State | |
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Assumed office 12 January 2016 |
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| Appointed by | Assembly of the Republic |
| President |
Aníbal Cavaco Silva Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa |
| President of the Social Democratic Party | |
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In office 5 December 1981 – 25 February 1983 |
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| Preceded by | Francisco Sá Carneiro |
| Succeeded by | Nuno Rodrigues dos Santos |
| Minister of Social Affairs | |
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In office 3 August 1981 – 4 September 1981 |
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| Prime Minister | Himself |
| Preceded by | João Morais Leitão |
| Succeeded by | Carlos Macedo |
| Adjunct Minister of the Prime Minister | |
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In office 3 January 1980 – 9 January 1981 |
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| Prime Minister |
Francisco Sá Carneiro Diogo Freitas do Amaral |
| Preceded by | Manuel da Costa Brás |
| Succeeded by | Basílio Horta |
| Personal details | |
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1 September 1937 Lisbon, Portugal |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party |
| Spouse(s) | Maria Mercedes Aliu Presas Maria Isabel de Lacerda Pinto da Costa Lobo (divorced) |
| Alma mater | University of Lisbon |
| Occupation | Journalist, newspaper editor, newspaper administrator, Chief Executive Officer of Impresa media group, Chairman of the European Publishers Council |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
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Francisco José Pereira Pinto Balsemão, GCC (Portuguese pronunciation: [fɾɐ̃ˈsiʃku ˈpĩtu baɫsɨˈmɐ̃w̃]; born 1 September 1937 in Lisbon), is a Portuguese businessman, former journalist and retired politician, who served as Prime Minister of Portugal, from 1981 to 1983.
He is the son of Henrique Patrício de Balsemão (Guarda, Guarda, 9 September 1897 – ?) and wife (married Lisbon, 21 May 1922) Maria Adelaide van Zeller de Castro Pereira (Sintra, 11 August 1897 – ?).
Being a licentiate in Law from the University of Lisbon, Pinto Balsemão's pre-political career was in newspaper publishing. After working as a journalist and then as an administrator of Diário Popular (the People's Daily in English) from 1963 to 1971, he founded the Expresso magazine in 1973 and continued to direct it until 1980. He is one of top managers and owners of Impresa media group.
Pinto Balsemão was Member of parliament before the revolution (1969-1973), when, together with Francisco de Sá Carneiro, Joaquim Magalhães Mota, Carlos Mota Pinto, João Bosco Mota Amaral, Alberto João Jardim, António Barbosa de Melo and António Marques Mendes, he helped to found the right-wing conservative Social Democratic Party (PSD), of which he is currently member number 1. In 1975 he was elected to the Constituent Assembly, which was charged with drafting a new constitution and served as an interim legislature. Pinto Balsemão was chosen as a Vice-President of this body.
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