Jaime Gama

Jaime Gama
Gama in 2008
President of the Assembly of the Republic
In office
16 March 2005 – 19 June 2011[1]
Preceded byMota Amaral
Succeeded byMaria da Assunção Esteves
Chancellor of the Ancient Military Orders
Assumed office
14 March 2016
PresidentMarcelo Rebelo de Sousa
Preceded byVasco Rocha Vieira
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
28 October 1995 – 6 April 2002
Prime MinisterAntónio Guterres
Preceded byJosé Manuel Barroso
Succeeded byTeresa Gouveia
In office
9 June 1983 – 6 November 1985
Prime MinisterMário Soares
Preceded byVasco Futscher Pereira
Succeeded byPedro Pires de Miranda
Minister of National Defence
In office
29 May 1999 – 25 October 1999
Prime MinisterAntónio Guterres
Preceded byJosé Veiga Simão
Succeeded byJúlio Castro Caldas
Minister of the Internal Administration
In office
27 February 1978 – 29 August 1978
Prime MinisterMário Soares
Preceded byAlberto Oliveira e Silva
Succeeded byAntónio Gonçalves Ribeiro
Member of the Assembly of the Republic
In office
31 May 1983 – 19 June 2011
ConstituencyLisbon
In office
3 June 1976[2] – 30 May 1983
ConstituencyAzores
Personal details
Born (1947-06-08) 8 June 1947 (age 77)
Senhora da Rosa, Fajã de Baixo, Ponta Delgada, São Miguel, Azores, Portugal
Political partySocialist Party
SpouseAlda Taborda
Children1
Alma materUniversity of Lisbon
ProfessionPhilosopher, university professor, journalist
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WebsiteOfficial 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.

  1. ^ "Antigos Presidentes da Assembleia da República (Jaime Gama)". parlamento.pt. Assembleia da República. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  2. ^ "As legislaturas da Assembleia da República".