Mário Soares

Mário Alberto Nobre Lopes Soares (born December 7, 1924), Portuguese politician, was born in Lisbon, and graduated in history, philosophy and law from the University of Lisbon. He became a university lecturer in 1957, but his activities in opposition to the dictatorship of António de Oliveira Salazar led to repeated arrests. He was active in resistance groups such as the Movement for Anti-Fascist National Unity and the Movement for Democratic Unity.

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December 7 - 1924 - Portuguese - Lisbon - University of Lisbon - 1957 - António de Oliveira Salazar

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Soares is the son of João Lopes Soares, a teacher and anti-fascist republican activist who had been a Roman Catholic priest for a while before marrying Elisa Nobre, Mário Soares's mother.

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