João Barroso Soares (born São Cristóvão e São Lourenço, Lisbon, 29 August 1949) is a Portuguese lawyer and politician, member of the Socialist Party, and was Parliamentary and President of The Municipality of Lisbon (1995-2002). Lisbon (Lisboa liʒˈboɐ is the Capital and largest city of Portugal. Events 708 - Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708) Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Partido Socialista redirects here For other parties with similar names see Socialist Party. This is a list of mayors of Lisbon (Presidente da Câmara Municipal de Lisboa, CML literally "President of the Municipal Chamber of Lisbon

He is the son of the former Portuguese Prime Minister and President, Mário Soares, and the actress Maria Barroso. Mário Alberto Nobre Lopes Soares GColTE, GCC, GColL, KE (ˈmaɾiu suˈaɾɨʃ born 7 December 1924 Portuguese politician Maria de Jesus Simões Barroso Soares, GCL (born Fuseta, Olhão, 2 May 1925) is a Portuguese Actress He was married to Maria Olímpia Soares, born in 1951, by whom he had three children: Maria Inês (b. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January 1976), Maria Mafalda (b. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 1981) and Mário Alberto (b. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 1987). Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Later divorced, he married Belgian Annick Burhenne, by whom he had a son Jonas (b. 2003), named after Jonas Savimbi, of whom João Soares is an admirer. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Jonas Malheiro Savimbi ( August 3, 1934 &ndash February 22, 2002) led UNITA, an anti-Communist rebel group that fought against

He was member of the European Parliament and of the Portuguese State Council. The European Parliament ( Europarl or EP) is the only directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union (EU

In 2004, he lost to José Sócrates a bid for the party leadership, and in October 2005 lost to Fernando Seara the election for President of the Municipality of Sintra. José Sócrates Carvalho Pinto de Sousa, GCIH (ʒuˈzɛ ˈsɔkɾɐtɨʃ; born in Vilar de Maçada degree as a civil Technical engineer PortalCurrent events News collections and sources See WikipediaNews collections and sources. Sintra ( pron 'sĩtɾɐ is both a town and a municipality in Portugal, located in the district of Lisbon.

In July 2006 he was elected Vice-President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly. The Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe is a body of parliamentarians from the OSCE's member states