Over the course of 100 years, only three times has a former journalist been Prime Minister of Portugal. It happened in 1881 with Rodrigues Sampaio, in 1925 with João Chagas and, in 1980, with Francisco Pinto Balsemão. He passed away on October 21, in Lisbon, at the age of 88, telling his journey is also going through the history of the country over the last 60 years, from the death throes of the Estado Novo to the dawn in April, from the consolidation of democracy to entry into the European Union.
Expresso, which he founded in 1973, in the last days of the dictatorship, is also full of symbolism. Its founding nucleus will include three future prime ministers (in addition to Balsemão himself, Sá Carneiro and António Guterres), a future president of the Republic (Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa), as well as the only Portuguese to have been appointed secretary-general of the UN (Guterres).
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