Jorge Sampaio

Jorge Sampaio started his political at the Law School of the University of Lisbon. From 1979 until 1984, he was a member of the European Commission for Human Rights. From 1989 to 1991, he was president of Socialist Party. He won the Portuguese presidential election in 1996 and in 2001; and served as until March 2006. In April 2007, he was appointed as the High Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations, a UN initiative aimed at crossing cultural and religion divides between communities.