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Overview
- Grupo Impresa confirmed he died Tuesday of natural causes at age 88, with his family present.
- President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa praised him as one of the most remarkable figures of the past 60 years in politics, society and press freedom.
- Prime Minister Luís Montenegro said he will decree national mourning on the day of the funeral, whose date has not yet been announced.
- A founder of the PSD, he served as prime minister from 1981 to 1983, initiating talks toward EEC membership and guiding the 1982 constitutional revision.
- He built Grupo Impresa, founded Expresso in 1973, and launched SIC in 1992 and SIC Notícias in 2001, helping modernize Portugal’s private media.