US EditionPinto Balsemão, Ex-Portugal Leader and Media Tycoon, Dies at 88
- Francisco Pinto Balsemão, a former Prime Minister of Portugal, died at the age of 88.
- His death was confirmed by the Portuguese president's office, which stated he passed away late Tuesday but did not provide a cause.
- Pinto Balsemão was a co-founder of the Social Democratic Party and recognized as a significant figure in Portugal's history over the last 60 years.
- Portugal has lost one of its most important figures of the past 60 years.
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Pinto Balsemão, ex-Portugal leader and media tycoon, dies at 88
Francisco Pinto Balsemão, a former prime minister of Portugal in a turbulent post-coup period who withdrew from front-line politics and created a national media empire, has died.
Francisco Pinto Balsemão, former Prime Minister of Portugal at the beginning of democracy and founder of the weekly Expresso before even the end of the dictatorship, died Tuesday at age 88. “I do not feel like dying, but I am aware that my train is about to arrive at the station. I am ready for that,” he said in the last episode of the Deixar or Mundo Melhor podcast, where he interviewed 49 protagonists of Portuguese life. In the last episode, w…
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Francisco Pinto Balsemão (1937-2025)
Prime Minister of Portugal. Portuguese journalist, lawyer, businessman, and statesman. Born in Lisbon into a traditional family, he studied Law at the University of Lisbon before embarking on a distinguished career in journalism and media. He began his professional path at Diário Popular, where he served as editor and later administrator, earning recognition for his integrity and editorial independence.In 1973, he founded Expresso, a weekly news…
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