Jaime Gama | |
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President of the Assembly of the Republic | |
In office 16 March 2005 – 19 June 2011[1] | |
Preceded by | Mota Amaral |
Succeeded by | Maria da Assunção Esteves |
Chancellor of the Ancient Military Orders | |
Assumed office 14 March 2016 | |
President | Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa |
Preceded by | Vasco Rocha Vieira |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office 28 October 1995 – 6 April 2002 | |
Prime Minister | António Guterres |
Preceded by | José Manuel Barroso |
Succeeded by | Teresa Gouveia |
In office 9 June 1983 – 6 November 1985 | |
Prime Minister | Mário Soares |
Preceded by | Vasco Futscher Pereira |
Succeeded by | Pedro Pires de Miranda |
Minister of National Defence | |
In office 29 May 1999 – 25 October 1999 | |
Prime Minister | António Guterres |
Preceded by | José Veiga Simão |
Succeeded by | Júlio Castro Caldas |
Minister of the Internal Administration | |
In office 27 February 1978 – 29 August 1978 | |
Prime Minister | Mário Soares |
Preceded by | Alberto Oliveira e Silva |
Succeeded by | António Gonçalves Ribeiro |
Member of the Assembly of the Republic | |
In office 31 May 1983 – 19 June 2011 | |
Constituency | Lisbon |
In office 3 June 1976[2] – 30 May 1983 | |
Constituency | Azores |
Personal details | |
Born | Senhora da Rosa, Fajã de Baixo, Ponta Delgada, São Miguel, Azores, Portugal | 8 June 1947
Political party | Socialist Party |
Spouse | Alda Taborda |
Children | 1 |
Alma mater | University of Lisbon |
Profession | Philosopher, university professor, journalist |
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Website | Official website |
Jaime José de Matos da Gama GCC GCIH GCL (born 8 June 1947) is a Portuguese former politician. In the Portuguese government, he served as Minister of Internal Administration in 1978, Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1983 to 1985 and from 1995 to 2002, and Minister of National Defence in 1999. From 2005 to 2011 he was President of the Assembly of the Republic.
Since leaving politics, he has worked as Senior Strategic Counsel at the Albright Stonebridge Group, a global strategy and business advisory firm, and as Chairman of the bank Novo Banco dos Açores.