Jorge Sampaio

Sampaio was born in Lisbon on 18 September 1939 into a middle-class family.{{cite journal|url=https://www.ft.com/content/64475b0f-54c5-482b-aa03-bea9689505f8 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/64475b0f-54c5-482b-aa03-bea9689505f8 |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-access=subscription|title=Jorge Sampaio, president of Portugal, 1939–2021|journal=Financial Times|date=10 September 2021|first=Peter|last=Wise}} The Sampaio family lived in the United States and the United Kingdom for some years due to the professional activity of his father Arnaldo Sampaio (1908–1984), a physician who was recognized for promoting the National Vaccination Program.{{cite web|title=Jorge Sampaio|url=https://www.museu.presidencia.pt/pt/conhecer/presidentes-da-republica-biografias/presidentes-da-democracia/jorge-sampaio/|access-date=11 August 2023|publisher=Museum of the Presidency of the Republic}} Jorge Sampaio's mother was Fernanda Bensaúde Branco (1908–2000), daughter of Sara Bensliman Bensaúde, who was a Sephardi Jew from Morocco and died in 1976. Sampaio's maternal grandfather {{ill|Fernando Augusto Branco|pt}} (1880–1940) was an officer of the Portuguese Navy and later served as Foreign Minister of Portugal, and his maternal great-granduncle was the businessman {{ill|José Bensaúde|pt}} (1835–1922).{{cite journal|url=https://www.publico.pt/2021/09/10/politica/opiniao/raizes-judaicas-acorianas-jorge-sampaio-1976984|title=As raízes judaicas açorianas de Jorge Sampaio|journal=Público|date=10 September 2021|first=António|last=Valdemar}} Sampaio did not consider himself a Jew and was agnostic.{{efn|

• Jerusalem Post: I understand that you have Jewish ancestry in your family. What is your personal connection to the Jewish people? Do you consider yourself to be a Jew?.
• Jorge Sampaio: My grandmother belonged to a Jewish family that came from Morocco in the beginning of the 19th century. She married a non-Jewish naval officer who later was Foreign Affairs minister. I am naturally very proud of this ancestry and of all those that I call my "favorite Jewish cousins", one of whom is the president of the Lisbon Jewish Community, as I am proud of the ancestry on my non-Jewish father's side. Personally, I am agnostic, and I do not consider myself a Jew; but I am proud, as I said, of my ancestors.[http://www.shavei.org/communities/bnei_anousim/articles-bnei_anousim/portugal%C2%B4s-president-%C2%B4i-am-proud-of-my-jewish-ancestry%C2%B4/?lang=en Portugal's President: 'I am proud of my Jewish ancestry'], Michael Freund, retrieved from [https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/443340731.html?dids=443340731:443340731&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Nov+7%2C+2003&author=MICHAEL+FREUND&pub=Jerusalem+Post&edition=&startpage=06&desc=Portugal%27s+president%3A+%27I+am+proud+of+my+Jewish+ancestry%27 The Jerusalem Post of 7 November 2003] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080209185024/https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/443340731.html?dids=443340731:443340731&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Nov+7%2C+2003&author=MICHAEL+FREUND&pub=Jerusalem+Post&edition=&startpage=06&desc=Portugal%27s+president%3A+%27I+am+proud+of+my+Jewish+ancestry%27 |date=9 February 2008}}}}

In an interview for the daily newspaper Público, Sampaio said he recalled his parents "putting tapes on the windows, because it was feared that Hitler would come down that way [to Portugal]". His brother is psychiatrist and academic {{interlanguage link|Daniel Sampaio|pt}} (born 1946).

Sampaio grew up in a manor house in Sintra. He attended Queen Elizabeth's School in São Bento, Lisbon.{{cite web|url=https://www.dn.pt/i/11310799.html/|title=Oito décadas na vida de Jorge Sampaio|last=Henriques|first=Graça|date=18 September 2019|website=Diário de Notícias}} In the 1947–1948 school year, the Sampaio family—except Daniel—moved to the United States and settled in Baltimore, where his father taught at Johns Hopkins University. Sampaio enrolled at the YMCA, where he practiced boxing and swimming; he also attended piano lessons at the Peabody Institute and participated in its orchestra. At the end of the school year, Sampaio returned to his aunt's and uncle's house in Lisbon, and soon after to Sintra when his parents returned from the US. In 1949, Jorge Sampaio attempted to enroll at Colégio Militar, but failed, so he enrolled at Liceu Pedro Nunes. After finishing the fifth grade, Sampaio chose a set of subjects that gave him access to the law course at Liceu Passos Manuel.{{cite journal|url=https://www.dn.pt/politica/juventude-de-menino-a-adolescente-14110958.html|title=Juventude. De menino a adolescente|journal=Diário de Notícias|date=10 September 2021|first= João|last=Ferreira}}

Jorge Sampaio started his political career as a student of the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon. Sampaio had a key role in student resistance and the 1960s academic crisis protesting against the fascist Estado Novo regime, and led the Lisbon students union between 1960 and 1961. Following his graduation in 1961, Sampaio started a career as a lawyer before entering politics following his father's advice, and often defended political prisoners. He was in charge of the defense of the accused in famous cases such as the assault on Beja Barracks and those arrested during the {{ill|Vigília da Capela do Rato|pt}} protest. The documents that opposed the exile of Mário Soares, who Sampaio would later succeed in the presidency of the Republic, were in his office. He also worked as a director for the Portuguese Bar Association.{{cite journal|url=https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/politica/jorge-sampaio-presidente-socialista-paciente-e-conciliador_n1347697|title=Jorge Sampaio. Presidente, socialista, paciente e conciliador|journal=Rádio e Televisão de Portugal|date=10 September 2021}} In the 1970s, he was a co-founder of Movimento de Esquerda Socialista (MES).{{Cite web |last=Lopes |first=Sónia Sapage e Maria |date=2022-04-25 |title=Cronologia dos Partidos |url=https://www.publico.pt/interactivo/partidos |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=PÚBLICO |language=pt}}

On 25 April 1974, during the Carnation Revolution, Sampaio was awakened by a friend's telephone call; he went to his office to gather information but returned home when the Armed Forces Movement ordered via radio no-one should leave their homes. Sampaio originated the slogan "25 de Abril, sempre!" ("Always the 25 of April!").{{cite journal|url=https://www.jn.pt/nacional/reportagens/as-imagens-e-datas-mais-importantes-da-vida-de-sampaio-14082250.html|title=Jorge Sampaio, uma vida em momentos e imagens|journal=Jornal de Negócios|date=10 September 2021|first=Helena|last=Teixeira da Silva }}

In May 1974, Sampaio co-founded the Movement of Socialist Left ("Movimento de Esquerda Socialista (MES)") but soon after abandoned the political project when, in the first MES congress in December, he strongly opposed its Marxist-Leninist ideology. On 28 September 1974, Sampaio participated in the barricades to prevent the arrival of citizens at a demonstration in support of General António de Spínola, then-president of the Republic, in an act known as the "demonstration of the silent majority".

After the failed communist coup of 25 November 1975, Sampaio founded Intervenção Socialista (IS) (Socialist Intervention) in an attempt to unify the left but with little success. In 1978, IS was absorbed by the Partido Socialista (PS) ("Socialist Party") and Sampaio joined that party, where he was associated with its left-most wing.{{cite web |last1=Costa Lobo |first1=Marina |last2=Magalhães |first2=Pedro C. |year=2001|title=The Portuguese Socialists and the Third Way |url=https://ecpr.eu/Filestore/PaperProposal/aff5acde-4dbc-4182-b92a-3365cafb1802.pdf |access-date=7 November 2016|publisher=European Consortium for Political Research}}

Sampaio was first elected to the Assembly of the Republic in the 1979 legislative election as a deputy for Lisbon, an office he successively held until 1991. Between 1979 and 1984, Sampaio was the first Portuguese member of the European Commission for Human Rights of the Council of Europe.{{cite web|title=Jorge Sampaio|url=https://www.presidencia.pt/presidente-da-republica/a-presidencia/antigos-presidentes/jorge-sampaio/|access-date=12 September 2021|publisher=Presidency of the Republic}} Between 1987 and 1988,{{cite web|url=https://www.presidencia.pt/presidente-da-republica/a-presidencia/antigos-presidentes/jorge-sampaio/|title=Jorge Sampaio, Presidência da República Portuguesa}} he was president of the parliamentary bench of the PS. On 18 November 1988, Jorge Sampaio became a candidate for Secretary-General of the PS, and on 16 January 1989, after defeating Jaime Gama, he succeeded Vítor Constâncio, who resigned. Sampaio led the PS until 1992, when António Guterres defeated him by winning the primaries, after being presented as an alternative following the party's poor results in the 1991 legislative election.

Also in 1989, Sampaio was elected the 62nd Mayor of Lisbon with a left-wing coalition the PS led after winning 49.1% of the vote against PSD candidate Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa. This alliance was the first between the PS and the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) after the Carnation Revolution, and was joined by the PEV, the UDP, the MDP/CDE and the PSR, and inaugurated a policy of municipal alliances with the PCP at Sampaio's initiative, which the PS did not support.{{Cite news|date=10 September 2021|title=Sampaio, o primeiro líder partidário candidato a Lisboa e precursor de acordos com o PCP|work=SAPO|url=https://24.sapo.pt/atualidade/artigos/sampaio-o-primeiro-lider-partidario-candidato-a-lisboa-e-precursor-de-acordos-com-o-pcp}}

Sampaio's mandate as mayor of Lisbon saw the conclusion of the Plano Estratégico e do Plano Diretor Municipal (PDM) and of the Plano Especial de Realojamento (PER), the consolidation and inauguration of Lisbon as European Capital of Culture in 1994, the reconstruction of Chiado district that burned down in 1988, and the opening of the Chiado and Music museums.

Sampaio was re-elected for a second term as mayor in 1993. In February 1995, he announced his intention to run for the following year's presidential election, which he confirmed in July. Due to his candidacy, Sampaio resigned from his mayoral post and was succeeded by João Soares on 15 November, the day he presented his candidacy before the Constitutional Court.{{Cite news|date=January 2001|title=Camino del segundo mandato|work=El Mundo|url=https://www.elmundo.es/especiales/2001/01/internacional/portugal/sampaio.html|language=es}}

The electoral campaign began on 31 December 1995; throughout the campaign, polls favored Sampaio over the other candidate, former Prime Minister Aníbal Cavaco Silva.{{cite journal|url=http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/1995/11/17/pagina-7/34509826/pdf.html?search=%22Jorge%20Sampaio%22|title=Arranca la campaña presidencial en Portugal con clara ventaja de Sampaio|journal=La Vanguardia|date=1 January 1996}}{{cite journal|url=http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/1996/01/14/pagina-4/33921492/pdf.html?search=%22Jorge%20Sampaio%22|title=El socialista Sampaio, claro favorito en las elecciones presidenciales de hoy en Portugal|journal=La Vanguardia|date=14 January 1996}} Sampaio won the election with 3,035,056 votes (52.66%)[http://eleicoes.cne.pt/vector/index.cfm?dia=14&mes=01&ano=1996&eleicao=pr Comissão Nacional de Eleições] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004055635/http://eleicoes.cne.pt/vector/index.cfm?dia=14&mes=01&ano=1996&eleicao=pr |date=4 October 2018 }} (1996) and was sworn in on 9 March 1996 in a ceremony at the Assembly of the Republic, succeeding Mário Soares.{{cite web|url=http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/PORTUGAL-LISBON-NEW-PRESIDENT-JORGE-SAMPAIO-SWORN-IN/892cee96e83a3c2a198dfb7dd8113390?query=Jorge+Sampaio¤t=1&orderBy=Relevance&hits=38&referrer=search&search=%2fsearch%3fstartd%3d%26endd%3d%26allFilters%3d%26query%3dJorge%2bSampaio%26advsearchStartDateFilter%3d%26advsearchEndDateFilter%3d%26searchFilterHdSDFormat%3dAll%26searchFilterDigitized%3dAll%26searchFiltercolorFormat%3dAll%26searchFilteraspectratioFormat%3dAll&allFilters=&productType=IncludedProducts&page=1&b=113390|title= PORTUGAL: LISBON: NEW PRESIDENT JORGE SAMPAIO SWORN IN|website=AP Press|date=9 March 1996}} There was also a historic coincidence: it was the first time the sitting president and prime minister were members of the same political party.

On 13 April, Sampaio was admitted to Lisboan Santa Cruz hospital to undergo heart surgery and was discharged 12 days later. On 27 July, he was again admitted to the hospital for open heart surgery. Due to this, Sampaio requested leave for a temporary impediment at the Constitutional Court; it was the first-such incident. Sampaio was replaced by the President of the Assembly Almeida Santos.

On 19 May 1996, during the 1996 Taça de Portugal Final at Estádio Nacional, a S. L. Benfica cheerleader launched a rocket that killed a Sporting CP fan. Sampaio called for an emergency meeting at halftime in which he tried to cancel the second half of the match.{{cite journal|url=https://www.publico.pt/2018/05/20/desporto/noticia/o-dia-em-que-o-presidente-da-republica-quis-cancelar-a-final-da-taca-1830711|title=O dia em que um Presidente da República quis cancelar a final da Taça|journal=Público|date=20 May 2018|first=Luciano|last=Alvarez}} In May 1998, Sampaio inaugurated Expo '98 in Lisbon.{{cite journal|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/98559.stm|title=Portugual [sic] opens huge exhibition|journal=BBC|date=22 May 1998}}

In 1998, Sampaio became the first president to call referendums: the first was held on 28 June about abortion and the second was held on 8 November about regionalization.

{{See also|1999 East Timorese crisis}}

Upon becoming president in 1996, Sampaio and the government of António Guterres began to work on the independence of East Timor, which was then a province of Indonesia. In Oslo in 1999, in a CNN debate on the situation in Timor with Nobel Peace Prize winners José Ramos-Horta and bishop Carlos Ximenes Belo, Sampaio's intervention had international repercussions due to his confrontation with the Indonesian ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Nugroho Wisnumurtio.{{cite news|url=https://visao.sapo.pt/atualidade/politica/2021-09-10-morreu-jorge-sampaio-um-lutador-pela-liberdade-oito-momentos-decisivos/|date=10 September 2021|title=Morreu Jorge Sampaio, um lutador pela liberdade. Nove momentos decisivos|first=Filipe|last=Luís|work=Visão}}{{cite news|url=https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/politica/jorge-sampaio-empenhou-se-na-causa-de-timor-leste_v1347961|date=10 September 2021|title=Jorge Sampaio empenhou-se na causa de Timor-Leste|work=RTP}} Sampaio supported the independence of East Timor.

After the resignation of Indonesia's President Suharto in 1998 and the succession of B. J. Habibie, Portuguese and international diplomacy led to the holding in East Timor of an independence referendum for the province.{{cite news|title=Os temas que marcaram a passagem de Jorge Sampaio por Belém|url=https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/politica/os-temas-que-marcaram-a-passagem-de-jorge-sampaio-por-belem_es1060892|date=10 September 2021|first=Andreia|last=Martins}} The plebescite was held on 30 August 1999{{cite report |author=Lluis Maria de Puig, member of the Political Affairs Committee |date=20 September 1999 |title=Situation in East Timor| url=https://assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/XRef/X2H-Xref-ViewHTML.asp?FileID=8740&lang=EN |publisher=Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe}} and was followed by a campaign of extreme violence and terror by pro-Indonesian militias, and Portugal put pressure on the international community, especially the administration of U.S. President Bill Clinton, to take a position. A crisis cabinet was convened at Belém Palace. Sampaio and the Portuguese government made contacts for an international peacekeeping force to enter the territory. On 15 September 1999, the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1264 was adopted and the International Force East Timor was established.{{cite news|title=Security Council authorises multinational force in East Timor|url=https://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/1999/19990915.sc6727.doc.html|publisher=United Nations|date=15 September 1999}}

Former President of East Timor José Ramos-Horta said Sampaio "was a great defender of the East Timorese cause and played a crucial role in the political and diplomatic solution that led to independence". Sampaio visited East Timor for the first time in February 2000; he was the first Portuguese head of state to do so but his visit was shortened when he learned of the death of his mother.{{cite news|title=Portuguese president meets Timorese leader|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/641297.stm|date=13 February 2000}} Sampaio returned to East Timor in 2002 following the country's Independence with Xanana Gusmão as president. East Timor was also the destination for Sampaio's last official trip in 2006.

{{See also|Transfer of sovereignty over Macau}}

In 1999, negotiations for the transfer of sovereignty over Macau to China came to an end and on 19 December, the transfer was completed with the Chinese president Jiang Zemin. Shortly before midnight, Sampaio made a farewell speech, ending 442 years of Portuguese colonialism in Macau.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/monitoring/media_reports/571918.stm|title=Portuguese president bids Macau farewell|date=19 December 1999|work=BBC}} Sampaio's participation in the ceremony was doubtful in March of that year because Sampaio refused to take part without the resolution of questions about the territory's future.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/301067.stm|title=Portugal unhappy at China's Macau moves|date=22 March 1999|work=BBC}}

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On 19 October 2000, Sampaio announced his candidacy in the 2001 presidential election. Sampaio won the election, defeating Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral with 2,401,015 votes (55.55%).[http://eleicoes.cne.pt/cne2005/sel_eleicoes.cfm?m=raster#assemb Comissão Nacional de Eleições] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050408212102/http://eleicoes.cne.pt/cne2005/sel_eleicoes.cfm?m=raster#assemb |date=8 April 2005 }} (2001){{cite journal|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1116642.stm|title=Sampaio re-elected president in Portugal|date=14 January 2001|journal=BBC}}

In 2001, while the September 11 attacks on the United States were underway, Sampaio was having lunch with a guest at Belém Palace and had to immediately cancel. In early September 2002, discussions about a possible invasion of Iraq began; from that moment, as Sampaio acknowledged in an interview in 2016, he did not agree with Durão Barroso's position Portugal should participate and was strongly opposed to sending troops to Iraq. Sampaio thought the Azores summit would have the objective of avoiding war, according to the prime minister, but as president, Sampaio was not competent to decide on foreign policy.{{cite journal|url=https://observador.pt/2016/05/07/jorge-sampaio-desmente-durao-barroso-cimeira-das-lajes-2003/|title=Sampaio pensava que Cimeira era para evitar a guerra no Iraque|journal=Observador|date=7 May 2016|first1=Sónia|last1=Simões|first2=Mário|last2=Cruz}}

The defeat of the Socialist Party in the municipal elections of 2001 ended the government of António Guterres, who resigned. Instead of appointing the new leader of the PS Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues as head of government, after a round of consultations with the parliamentary parties, Sampaio dissolved the Assembly and called elections for March 2002.{{cite journal|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1732720.stm|title=Portugal set for early elections|date=28 December 2001|journal=BBC}} José Manuel Barroso won the legislative election and Sampaio nominated him as the new prime minister.{{cite journal|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1885382.stm|title=Portugal gets new prime minister|date=21 March 2002|journal=BBC}}

In February 2002, in an interview for the BBC, Sampaio said Portugal would hold a new referendum to decriminalize abortion. In the same interview, he defended the government's decision to decriminalize the use of certain drugs, a proposal several European leaders criticized. Sampaio also stated Europe should commit itself more energetically to resolve the crisis in the Middle East, and that the Palestinians and Israelis should return to negotiations.{{cite journal|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1820538.stm|title=Abortion debate in Portugal reopened|date=14 February 2002|journal=BBC}}

On 4 April 2002, Sampaio said he welcomed the peace accords that ended the Angolan Civil War, saying it "opens the way to reconciliation among Angolans and general elections".{{cite journal|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/1912761.stm|title=Angolans celebrate peace deal|date=4 April 2002|journal=BBC}}

File:Jorge Sampaio e Lula.jpg Lula da Silva in a visit to Brazil in 2003]]

In October 2003, Sampaio invited the presidents of Finland and Germany, and the soon-to-be EU members Hungary, Latvia, and Poland to Arraiolos to discuss the consequences of the 2004 enlargement of the European Union and plans for a Constitution for Europe.{{cite web|title=Foreign Policy Events, 13–20 October 2003|url=http://www.mfa.gov.lv/en/news/Newsletters/CurrentLatvia/2003/okt/4116/|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs|access-date=5 October 2013}}

In 2004, Sampaio refused to hold an early election following the resignation of Social Democratic Party Prime Minister Durão Barroso. Sampaio's refusal was met with protests from all left-wing parties and the resignation of socialist leader Ferro Rodrigues.{{cite journal|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3888131.stm|title=Portugal names new prime minister|date=12 July 2004|journal=BBC}} Sampaio appointed Pedro Santana Lopes as Prime Minister on 9 July 2004. On 30 November, Sampaio said the new cabinet was not achieving the desired stability and he dissolved the Parliament and called another election for February 2005.{{cite journal|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4087241.stm|title=Portugal faces general election|date=10 December 2004|journal=BBC}} Following the PS's absolute majority in this election, Sampaio appointed José Sócrates Prime Minister.

Sampaio's successor was chosen in the presidential election on 22 January 2006.{{cite journal|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4636448.stm|title=Conservative wins Portugal race|date=22 January 2006|journal=BBC}} Aníbal Cavaco Silva, who Sampaio defeated in 1996, succeeded him on 9 March 2006.{{cite journal|url=https://www.rtp.pt/programa/tv/p20400|title=Anibal Cavaco Silva presta juramento e toma posse como Presidente da República para um mandato de 5 anos|journal=RTP}} During his ten years in office, Sampaio convened the Portuguese Council of State 22 times, mainly to manage the Macau issue. {{As of|2023}}, it is the highest number of conventions of any Portuguese president.{{cite journal|url=https://observador.pt/2015/12/09/sampaio-foi-quem-mais-consultou-conselho-de-estado/|title=Sampaio foi quem mais usou o Conselho de Estado|date=9 December 2015|journal=Observador|first=Inês|last=Mendes}}

File:Jorge Sampaio, Former President of Portugal, on Mandela's legacy (28239312008) (cropped).jpg

As a former President, Jorge Sampaio became a member of the Portuguese Council of State in 2006.{{cite journal|url=https://www.publico.pt/2020/03/17/politica/noticia/faz-conselho-estado-orgao-consulta-presidente-1908128|title=O que é e o que faz o Conselho de Estado, órgão de consulta do Presidente|journal=Público|date=17 March 2020}} He was also member of the Club de Madrid, an organization of more than 80 former democratic statespersons.{{cite web|url=http://www.clubmadrid.org/miembro/jorge-sampaio/|title=Jorge Sampaio – Club de Madrid|author=Club de Madrid|date=21 May 2014 }}

In May 2006, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan appointed Sampaio as his first Special Envoy for the Global Plan to Stop Tuberculosis.{{cite web|url=https://www.who.int/news/item/11-05-2006-un-secretary-general-appoints-former-head-of-state-as-first-special-envoy-to-stop-tb|title=UN Secretary-General appoints former head of state as first Special Envoy to Stop TB|author=World Health Organization|date=11 May 2006}} On 26 April 2007, new UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon designated Sampaio as High Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations,{{cite journal|url=https://www.abc.es/espana/abci-moon-nombra-jorge-sampaio-para-dirigir-alianza-civilizaciones-200704270300-1632776592678_noticia.html|title=Ban Ki-moon nombra a Jorge Sampaio para dirigir la Alianza de Civilizaciones|journal=ABC|date=27 April 2007}} a position he held until February 2013, when Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser succeeded him.{{cite journal|url=https://www.publico.pt/2013/02/27/politica/noticia/jorge-sampaio-abandona-o-cargo-na-alianca-das-civilizacoes-1585982|title=Jorge Sampaio abandona cargo na Aliança das Civilizações|journal=Público|date=27 February 2013}}

In 2010, Sampaio participated in the jury for Fondation Chirac's Conflict Prevention Prize.{{cite web|url=http://www.fondationchirac.eu/en/the-fondation-chirac-prize-for-conflict-prevention/the-jury/|title=The Jury|work=Fondation Chirac|access-date=21 December 2015}} From 2013, he led the Global Platform for Syrian Students to boost the academic training of young people in Syria after the outbreak of the country's civil war and refugee crisis.{{cite journal|url=https://www.abc.es/internacional/abci-portugal-pierde-historico-expresidente-socialista-jorge-sampaio-202109101418_noticia.html|title=Portugal pierde al histórico expresidente socialista Jorge Sampaio|journal=ABC|date=10 September 2021|first=Francisco|last=Chacón|language=Spanish}} On 26 August 2021, in an article in the newspaper Público, Sampaio announced the Global Platform for Syrian Students was creating academic training for female Afghan students amid the Taliban's seizure of power in Afghanistan.{{cite journal|url=https://www.publico.pt/2021/08/26/p3/noticia/universidades-politecnicos-portugueses-disponiveis-acolher-estudantes-afegaos-1975310|title=Universidades e politécnicos portugueses disponíveis para acolher estudantes afegãos|journal=Público|date=26 August 2021|language=Portuguese}}

Jorge Sampaio married twice. In 1967, he married Karin Schmidt Dias, a physician and daughter of anthropologist {{ill|Jorge Dias|}} and German-born pianist Margot Dias (née Schmidt), with whom he had no children. The couple divorced in 1971.{{Cite news|date=15 September 2021|title=Amores e mágoas de Sampaio|language=Portuguese|work=Sábado|first=Tiago|last=Carrasco|url=https://www.sabado.pt/portugal/detalhe/amores-e-magoas-de-sampaio}}

On 6 April 1974, Sampaio married Maria José Ritta, with whom he had two children: Vera Ritta de Sampaio was born in 1975{{cite web|url=https://www.museu.presidencia.pt/pt/conhecer/presidentes-da-republica-biografias/presidentes-da-democracia/jorge-sampaio/|title=Jorge Sampaio, Museu da Presidência da República}} and André Ritta de Sampaio was born in 1980.{{Cite news|date=11 September 2021|title=Jorge Sampaio: Democrata e humanista|language=Portuguese|work=Nascer do SOL|first=Maria|last=Moreira Rato|url=https://sol.sapo.pt/artigo/746050/jorge-sampaio-democrata-e-humanista}}{{Cite news|date=10 September 2021|title=Morreu Jorge Sampaio, o "prisioneiro da ansiedade por um futuro melhor"|language=Portuguese|work=Jornal do Noticias|first=Helena|last=Teixeira da Silva|url=https://www.jn.pt/nacional/morreu-jorge-sampaio-o-prisioneiro-da-ansiedade-por-um-futuro-melhor-14082235.html}}

Sampaio played piano from childhood and was a member of Sporting CP, in which his membership number was 3,109.{{Cite news|date=11 September 2021|title=Jorge Sampaio, o presidente que tocava piano e falava inglês|language=Portuguese|work=SAPO|first=Alexandra|last=Antunes|url=https://24.sapo.pt/atualidade/artigos/jorge-sampaio-o-presidente-que-tocava-piano-e-falava-ingles}} He supported bullfighting,{{Cite news|date=28 March 2007|title=Ex-Presidente da República, Jorge Sampaio, sai em defesa das touradas|language=Portuguese|work=O Mirante|url=https://omirante.pt/semanario/2007-03-28/cultura-e-lazer/2007-03-28-ex-presidente-da-republica-jorge-sampaio-sai-em-defesa-das-touradas-2}} and collected records and paintings. He was shy, cried easily, was discreet, had a poor temper, and was altruistic.{{Cite news|date=11 September 2021|title=Jorge Sampaio. Um político de lágrima fácil mas de decisões duras|language=Portuguese|work=Jornal de Negócios|url=https://www.jornaldenegocios.pt/economia/politica/detalhe/jorge-sampaio-um-politico-de-lagrima-facil-mas-de-decisoes-duras}} He also had a British accent and red hair he inherited from a paternal great-grandfather.

File:Velório Jorge Sampaio GMNTV 2.png in 2021]]

In August 2021, while on vacation in Algarve, Sampaio began to feel unwell and was transferred by helicopter to Lisbon. On 27 August, he was admitted to Santa Cruz hospital,{{Cite news|date=27 August 2021|title=Jorge Sampaio internado com dificuldades respiratórias|language=Portuguese|work=Jornal de Notícias|url=https://www.jn.pt/nacional/jorge-sampaio-internado-no-hospital-de-santa-cruz-14066708.html}} where he died of respiratory failure on 10 September 2021, eight days before his 82nd birthday.{{Cite news|date=10 September 2021|title=Morreu Jorge Sampaio|language=Portuguese|work=Rádio e Televisão de Portugal|url=https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/pais/morreu-jorge-sampaio_n1346113}}{{Cite news|date=10 September 2021|title=Jorge Sampaio, who showed extent of Portuguese presidential powers, dies at 81|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/jorge-sampaio-who-showed-teeth-portuguese-presidential-powers-dies-81-2021-09-10/}} On that day, the Council of Ministers decreed three days of national mourning would begin on 11 September.{{Cite news|date=10 September 2021|title=Jorge Sampaio. Governo decreta luto nacional de três dias|work=RTP|url=https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/politica/jorge-sampaio-governo-decreta-luto-nacional-de-tres-dias_v1347767}} The next day, the funeral procession transited Lisbon City Hall, where the mayor Fernando Medina received him. The final destination was the Royal Riding Arena of the National Coach Museum, where the mortuary chapel was installed and his coffin was flanked with wreaths of red carnations.{{Cite news|date=11 September 2021|title=Coroas de cravos vermelhos e aplausos. As imagens do velório de Jorge Sampaio|work=Observador|url=https://observador.pt/2021/09/11/coroas-de-cravos-vermelhos-e-aplausos-as-imagens-do-velorio-de-jorge-sampaio/|first1=João|last1=Porfírio|first2=Tomás|last2=Silva|first3=Diogo|last3=Ventura}}

On Sunday 12 September, Sampaio's state funeral was held at Jerónimos Monastery and was attended by the highest national institutions, including UN Secretary-General and former Prime Minister António Guterres. Also present were foreign leaders such as the King of Spain Felipe VI, the Prime Minister of Cape Verde Ulisses Correia e Silva, the President of the Parliament of East Timor Aniceto Guterres Lopes, and delegates of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries.{{Cite news|date=12 September 2021|title=Homenagem e funeral com Honras de Estado no último adeus a Jorge Sampaio|work=RTP|url=https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/pais/homenagem-a-jorge-sampaio-nos-jeronimos-antecede-funeral_e1348183|first=Miguel A.|last=Lopes}} Later, in a private ceremony, Sampaio was buried at Alto de São João Cemetery, Lisbon.{{Cite news|title= A última homenagem a Jorge Sampaio, o "homem bom" que não quis ser herói. "Mas foi" – como aconteceu|work=Observador|url=https://observador.pt/liveblogs/o-socialismo-de-sampaio-era-o-verdadeiro-socialismo-diz-ana-gomes-marcelo-e-cavaco-falam-esta-manha/}}

{{election table|title=Ballot: 15 January 1989}}

|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"

! align="center" colspan=2 style="width: 60px"|Candidate

! align="center" style="width: 50px"|Votes

! align="center" style="width: 50px"|%

|-

|bgcolor={{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}}|

| align=left | Jorge Sampaio

| align=center | WIN

| align=right |

|-

|bgcolor={{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}}|

| align=left | Jaime Gama

| align=right |

| align=right |

|-

|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"

| colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" | Turnout

| align=right |

| align=center |

|-

| colspan="4" align=left|Source: Results[https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/politica/jorge-sampaio-a-historia-de-duas-derrotas-que-fizeram-o-candidato-a-belem_es1061153 "Jorge Sampaio. A história de duas derrotas que fizeram o candidato a Belém "], RTP, 10 September 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2022.

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{{Main|1989 Lisbon local election}}

{{election table|title=Ballot: 17 December 1989}}

|-

! colspan="2" | Party

! Candidate

! align="center" style="width: 50px"| Votes

! align="center" style="width: 50px"|%

! align="center" style="width: 50px"|Seats

! align="center" style="width: 50px"|+/−

|-

| style="background:magenta;"|

| align="left"|PS/CDU/MDP/CDE

| align=left |Jorge Sampaio || 180,635 || 49.1 || 9 || style="color:green;"| +1

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Alliance (Portugal, 2024)}};"|

| align="left"|PSD/CDS/PPM

| align=left |Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa || 154,888 || 42.1 || 8 || style="color:red;"| –1

|-

| style="background:green;"|

| align="left"| PRD

| align=left |Hermínio Martinho || 11,453 || 3.1 || 0 || new

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of the Portuguese Workers / Reorganizative Movement of the Party of the Proletariat}};"|

| align="left"| PCTP/MRPP

| align=left |Garcia Pereira || 6,390 || 1.7 || 0 || ±0

|-

| style="background:red;"|

| align="left"| FER

| align=left |Gil Garcia || 1,326 || 0.4 || 0 || new

|-

| colspan="3" align="left"| Blank/Invalid ballots

| 13,433 || 3.7 || – || –

|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"

| colspan="3" align="left"| Turnout

| 368,125 || 54.76 || 17 || ±0

|-

| colspan="7" align=left|Source: Autárquicas 1989{{cite web |url=http://www.marktest.com/wap/a/p/el~19891217/id~d0/conc~11.aspx |title=Distrito de Lisboa : Autárquicas Resultados 1989 : Dossier : Grupo Marktest |work=Marktest |access-date=6 August 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://arquivos.rtp.pt/conteudos/entrevista-a-herminio-martinho-2/ |title=Entrevista a Hermínio Martinho |work=RTP |date=18 December 1989| access-date=6 August 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://arquivos.rtp.pt/conteudos/garcia-pereira-candidato-a-camara-de-lisboa/ |title=Garcia Pereira candidato à Câmara de Lisboa |work=RTP |date=18 December 1989| access-date=6 August 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://arquivos.rtp.pt/conteudos/garcia-pereira-candidato-a-camara-de-lisboa/ |title=Garcia Pereira candidato à Câmara de Lisboa |work=RTP |date=3 November 1989| access-date=6 August 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://arquivos.rtp.pt/conteudos/campanha-da-fer-para-as-autarquicas-de-lisboa/ |title=Campanha da FER para as autárquicas de Lisboa |work=RTP |date=12 December 1989| access-date=6 August 2024}}

|}

{{Main|1991 Portuguese legislative election}}

{{election table|title=Ballot: 6 October 1991}}

|-

! colspan="2" | Party

! Candidate

! Votes

! align="center" style="width: 50px"|%

! align="center" style="width: 50px"|Seats

! align="center" style="width: 50px"|+/−

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}};"|

| align="left"|PSD

| align=left |Aníbal Cavaco Silva || 2,902,351 || 50.6 || 135 || style="color:red;"| –13

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}};"|

| align="left"|PS

| align=left |Jorge Sampaio || 1,670,758 || 29.1 || 72 || style="color:green;"| +12

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Unitary Democratic Coalition}};"|

| align="left"| CDU

| align=left |Álvaro Cunhal || 504,583 || 8.8 || 17 || style="color:red;"| –14

|-

| style="background:{{party color|CDS – People's Party}};"|

| align="left"| CDS

| align=left |Diogo Freitas do Amaral || 254,317 || 4.4 || 5 || style="color:green;"| +1

|-

| style="background:#000080;"|

| align="left"| PSN

| align=left |Manuel Sérgio || 96,096 || 1.6 || 1 || new

|-

| style="background:red;"|

| align="left"| PSR

| align=left |Francisco Louçã || 64,159 || 1.1 || 0 || ±0

|-

| style="background:white;"|

| colspan="2" align="left"| Other parties

| 132,495 || 2.3 || 0 || style="color:red;"| –7

|-

| colspan="3" align="left"| Blank/Invalid ballots

| 110,672 || 1.9 || – || –

|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"

| colspan="3" align="left"| Turnout

| 5,735,431 || 67.78 || 230 || style="color:red;"| –20

|-

| colspan="7" align=left|Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições{{cite web |url=https://www.cne.pt/sites/default/files/dl/resultados_ar_1987.pdf |title=Resultados AR 1991 |work=Comissão Nacional de Eleições |access-date=5 August 2024}}

|}

{{Main|1993 Lisbon local election}}

{{election table|title=Ballot: 12 December 1993}}

|-

! colspan="2" | Party

! Candidate

! align="center" style="width: 50px"| Votes

! align="center" style="width: 50px"|%

! align="center" style="width: 50px"|Seats

! align="center" style="width: 50px"|+/−

|-

| style="background:magenta;"|

| align="left"|PS/CDU/UDP/PSR

| align=left |Jorge Sampaio || 200,816 || 56.6 || 11 || style="color:green;"| +2

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}};"|

| align="left"|PSD

| align=left |Macário Correia || 93,497 || 26.4 || 5 || style="color:red;"| –2

|-

| style="background:{{party color|CDS – People's Party}};"|

| align="left"| CDS–PP

| align=left |Pedro Feist || 27,420 || 7.7 || 1 || ±0

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Earth Party}};"|

| align="left"| MPT

| align=left |Gonçalo Ribeiro Telles || 13,010 || 3.7 || 0 || new

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of the Portuguese Workers / Reorganizative Movement of the Party of the Proletariat}};"|

| align="left"| PCTP/MRPP

| align=left |Carlos Paisana || 4,154 || 1.2 || 0 || ±0

|-

| style="background:#000080;"|

| align="left"| PSN

| align=left |João Santos || 3,166 || 0.9 || 0 || new

|-

| colspan="3" align="left"| Blank/Invalid ballots

| 12,463 || 3.5 || – || –

|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"

| colspan="3" align="left"| Turnout

| 354,526 || 53.49 || 17 || ±0

|-

| colspan="7" align=left|Source: Autárquicas 1993{{cite web |url=https://www.cne.pt/sites/default/files/dl/resultados_al_1993_cm_am.pdf |title=Resultados 1993 CM AM |work=CNE |access-date=6 August 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://arquivos.rtp.pt/conteudos/campanha-do-mpt-para-as-autarquicas-3/ |title=Campanha do MPT para as autárquicas |work=RTP |date=8 December 1993| access-date=6 August 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://arquivos.rtp.pt/conteudos/campanha-do-mrpp-para-as-autarquicas-2/ |title=Campanha do MRPP para as autárquicas |work=RTP |date=12 December 1993| access-date=6 August 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://arquivos.rtp.pt/conteudos/joao-santos-candidato-a-camara-de-lisboa/ |title=João Santos candidato à Câmara de Lisboa |work=RTP |date=1 March 1993| access-date=6 August 2024}}

|}

{{Main|1996 Portuguese presidential election}}

{{election table|title=Ballot: 14 January 1996}}

|-

! colspan="2" |Candidate

! Votes

! align="center" style="width: 50px"|%

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}};"|

| align=left |Jorge Sampaio || 3,035,056 || 53.9

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}};"|

| align=left |Aníbal Cavaco Silva|| 2,595,131 || 46.1

|-

| colspan="2" align="left"| Blank/Invalid ballots

| 132,791 || –

|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"

| colspan="2" align="left"| Turnout

| 5,762,978 || 66.29

|-

| colspan="4" align=left|Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições{{cite web |url=https://www.cne.pt/sites/default/files/dl/resultados_pr_1996.pdf |title=Resultados PR 1996 |work=Comissão Nacional de Eleições |access-date=5 August 2024}}

|}

{{Main|2001 Portuguese presidential election}}

{{election table|title=Ballot: 14 January 2001}}

|-

! colspan="2" |Candidate

! Votes

! align="center" style="width: 50px"|%

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}};"|

| align=left |Jorge Sampaio || 2,401,015 || 55.6

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}};"|

| align=left |Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral || 1,498,948 || 34.7

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Unitary Democratic Coalition}};"|

| align=left |António Abreu || 223,196 || 5.2

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Left Bloc (Portugal)}};"|

| align=left |Fernando Rosas || 129,840 || 3.0

|-

| style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of the Portuguese Workers / Reorganizative Movement of the Party of the Proletariat}};"|

| align=left |Garcia Pereira || 68,900 || 1.6

|-

| colspan="2" align="left"| Blank/Invalid ballots

| 127,901 || –

|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"

| colspan="2" align="left"| Turnout

| 4,449,800 || 49.71

|-

| colspan="4" align=left|Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições{{cite web |url=https://www.cne.pt/sites/default/files/dl/resultados_pr_2001.pdf |title=Resultados PR 2001 |work=Comissão Nacional de Eleições |access-date=6 August 2024}}

|}

File:Coat of Arms of Jorge Sampaio (Order of Charles III).svg

In 2004, Sampaio received the Charles V European Award. In 2009, Sampaio was awarded the North–South Prize of the Council of Europe.{{cite web|url=https://rm.coe.int/168072188e|title=Queen Rania of Jordan and Jorge Sampaio to receive Council of Europe North-South Prize|date=10 March 2009|work=Council of Europe|access-date=10 September 2021}} In 2015, he, along with Dr. Helena Ndume, was a recipient of the Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Prize in recognition of his role in the campaign for the restoration of democracy in Portugal, the pro bono defense of political prisoners, and for raising awareness of tuberculosis as the UN Secretary-General's first Special Envoy to Stop Tuberculosis.[https://www.un.org/en/events/mandeladay/laureates.shtml|President Kutesa announces the winners of the United Nations Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Prize]{{cite web|url=https://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=51221#.VYqQWShiEXE%7cGeneral|title=United Nations News Centre|date=22 June 2015|work=UN News Service Section|access-date=21 December 2015}}

• 55px Grand Collar of the Order of Prince Henry (5 April 2018)
• 55px Grand Collar of the Order of Liberty (9 March 2006)
• 55px Grand Collar of the Military Order of the Tower and Sword (9 March 2006){{cite web|url=https://www.ordens.presidencia.pt/?idc=153&list=1|title=ENTIDADES NACIONAIS AGRACIADAS COM ORDENS PORTUGUESAS|work=Presidency of Portugal|access-date=10 September 2021}}
• 55px Grand Cross of the Sash of the Three Orders (9 March 1996 - 9 March 2006){{cite web|url=https://www.arquivo.presidencia.pt/details?id=37496|title=Banda da Grã-Cruz das Três Ordens|work=Historic Archive of the Presidency of Portugal|access-date=10 September 2021}}
• 55px Grand Officer of the Order of Prince Henry (3 August 1983)

Source:{{cite web|url=https://www.ordens.presidencia.pt/?idc=155&list=1|title=ENTIDADES NACIONAIS AGRACIADAS COM ORDENS ESTRANGEIRAS|work=Presidency of Portugal|access-date=10 September 2021}}

• {{flag|Algeria}}: Collar of the National Order of Merit (1 December 2004)
• {{flag|Argentina}}: Collar of the Order of the Liberator General San Martín (12 December 2001)
• {{flag|Belgium}}: Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (9 October 2000)[http://www.monarchie.be/sites/default/files/imagecache/ImageDetail/images/fr_GalaPortugal05.jpg Royal website photo]
• {{flag|Brazil}}:
• Grand Collar of the Order of the Southern Cross (9 December 1997)
• Grand Cross of the Order of the Southern Cross (22 August 1991)
• Grand Cross of the Order of Rio Branco (25 July 1996)
• {{flag|Cape Verde}}: First Class of the {{ill|Amílcar Cabral Order|fr|Ordre d'Amilcar Cabral}} (26 March 2001)
• {{flag|Chile}}:
• Collar of the Order of Merit (30 September 2001)
• Grand Cross of the Order of Bernardo O'Higgins (5 March 1993)
• {{flag|Cyprus}}: Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Cyprus (30 September 2001)
• {{flag|East Timor}}: Grand Collar of the Order of Timor-Leste (30 August 2009)
• {{flag|Estonia}}:
• Collar of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana (27 June 2003)
• First Class of the Order of the White Star (29 March 2006)
• {{Flag|Finland}}:
• Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland (6 February 2003)
• Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Lion of Finland (8 March 1991)
• {{flag|France}}: Grand Cross of the National Order of the Legion of Honour (29 November 1999)
• {{flag|Gabon}}: Grand Cross of the Order of the Equatorial Star (8 January 2002)
• {{flag|Germany}}:
• Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (17 May 1999)
• Grand Cross 1st Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (15 October 1996)
• {{flag|Greece}}: Grand Cross of the Order of the Redeemer (10 December 1999)
• {{flag|Guinea-Bissau}}: Grand Cross of the {{ill|National Order of the Boé Hills|pt|Ordem Nacional das Colinas do Boé}} (2 July 1996)
• {{flag|Hungary}}:
• Grand Cross with Chain of the Hungarian Order of Merit (23 September 2003)
• Grand Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit (22 April 1999)
• {{flag|Italy}}: Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (4 December 2001)
• {{flag|Latvia}}: Commander Grand Cross with Chain of the Order of the Three Stars (8 May 2003)
• {{flag|Lithuania}}: Grand Cross of the Order of Vytautas the Great (27 June 2003){{Cite web |url=http://www.lrp.lt/lt/prezidento_veikla/apdovanojimai/apdovanojimai_256/p40.html |title=Lithuanian Presidency |access-date=15 May 2012 |archive-date=19 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419212238/http://www.lrp.lt/lt/prezidento_veikla/apdovanojimai/apdovanojimai_256/p40.html |url-status=dead }}
• {{flag|Luxembourg}}: Knight of the Order of the Gold Lion of the House of Nassau (15 June 2010)
• {{flag|Mexico}}: Collar of the Order of the Aztec Eagle (14 May 1999)
• {{flag|Morocco}}: Grand Cordon of the Order of Ouissam Alaouite (27 July 1995)
• {{flag|Mozambique}}: First Class of the Order of Friendship and Peace (12 May 1997)
• {{flag|Netherlands}}: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau (25 March 1992)
• {{flag|Norway}}: Grand Cross of the Order of St Olav (24 June 2004)
• {{flag|Paraguay}}: Collar of the National Order of Merit (4 January 2006)
• {{flag|Poland}}: Knight of the Order of the White Eagle (9 October 1997)
• {{flag|Romania}}: Collar of the Order of the Star of Romania (15 March 2000)
• {{flag|Slovakia}}: Grand Cross of the Order of the White Double Cross (30 June 2003)Slovak republic website, [http://www.slovak-republic.org/symbols/honours/ State honours] : 1st Class in 2003 (click on "Holders of the Order of the 1st Class White Double Cross" to see the holders' table)
• {{flag|Slovenia}}: Gold Medal of the Order of Freedom of the Republic of Slovenia (31 March 2000)
• {{flag|Spain}}:
• Collar of the Order of Charles III (11 September 2000){{cite web|url=https://www.boe.es/buscar/doc.php?id=BOE-A-2000-16491|title=Real Decreto 1558/2000, de 8 de septiembre, por el que se concede el Collar de la Real y Muy Distinguida Orden de Carlos III a su excelencia señor Jorge Fernando Branco de Sampaio, Presidente de la República Portuguesa.|work=Boletín Oficial del Estado|access-date=10 September 2021}}
• Collar of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (3 March 1998){{cite web|url=https://www.boe.es/buscar/doc.php?id=BOE-A-1996-11321|title=Real Decreto 1126/1996, de 17 de mayo, por el que se concede el Collar de la Orden de Isabel la Católica a su excelencia señor Jorge Fernando Branco de Sampaio Presidente de la República Portuguesa.|work=Boletín Oficial del Estado|access-date=10 September 2021}}
• {{flag|Tunisia}}:
• Grand Cordon of the Order of the Republic (12 July 1994)
• Grand Cordon of the Order of 7 November (10 May 2000)
• {{flag|Ukraine}}: First Class of the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise (13 April 1998)
• {{flag|United Kingdom}}:
• Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (23 September 2002)
• Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (12 July 1994)
• {{flag|Venezuela}}:
• Collar of the Order of the Liberator (24 February 1999)
• Grand Cross of the Order of Francisco de Miranda (24 June 2002)

• Honoris causa from the University of Aveiro (2008){{cite web|url=https://www.ua.pt/pt/honoris-causa|title=Honoris Causa|work=University of Aveiro|access-date=10 September 2021}}
• Honoris causa from the University of Coimbra (2010){{cite journal|url=https://www.publico.pt/2010/01/24/politica/noticia/jorge-sampaio-recebe-hoje-grau-de-doutor-honoris-causa-pela-universidade-de-coimbra-1419407|title=Jorge Sampaio recebe hoje grau de doutor "honoris causa" pela Universidade de Coimbra|journal=Público|date=24 January 2010}}
• Honoris causa from the University of Lisbon (2010){{cite journal|url=https://sol.sapo.pt/artigo/118329/jorge-sampaio-distinguido-com-doutoramento-honoris-causa|title=Jorge Sampaio distinguido com doutoramento 'honoris causa'|journal=Sol|date=12 November 2014}}
• Honoris causa from King's College London (2014)
• Honoris causa from the University of Porto (2015){{cite web|url=https://sigarra.up.pt/up/pt/web_base.gera_pagina?p_pagina=doutores%20honoris%20causa%20pela%20universidade%20do%20porto%20-%20jorge%20sampaio|title=Doutores Honoris Causa pela Universidade do Porto|work=University of Porto|access-date=10 September 2021}}

• History of Portugal
• Politics of Portugal

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20090523094347/http://jorgesampaio.pt/jorgesampaio/en/ Dr. Jorge Sampaio website] {{in lang|en}}
• [http://www.presidenciarepublica.pt Official website of the President of the Republic]

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