| His Excellency Jaime Gama GCC |
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| President of the Assembly of the Republic | |
| In office 16 March 2005 – 21 June 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Mota Amaral |
| Succeeded by | Maria da Assunção Esteves |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 9 June 1983 – 6 November 1985 |
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| Preceded by | Vasco Futscher Pereira |
| Succeeded by | Pedro Pires de Miranda |
| In office 28 October 1995 – 6 April 2002 |
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| Preceded by | José Manuel Durão Barroso |
| Succeeded by | Teresa Gouveia |
| Member of Parliament for Lisbon | |
| In office 31 May 1983 – 20 June 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Title jointly held |
| Member of Parliament for Azores | |
| In office 3 January 1980 – 31 May 1983 |
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| Preceded by | Title jointly held |
| Succeeded by | Title jointly held |
| Member of Parliament for Ponta Delgada | |
| In office 3 June 1976 – 3 January 1980 |
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| Preceded by | none |
| Succeeded by | Title jointly held |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 June 1947 Senhora da Rosa, Fajã de Baixo, Ponta Delgada, São Miguel, Azores, Portugal |
| Political party | Socialist Party |
| Spouse(s) | Alda Taborda |
| Alma mater | Classic University of Lisbon |
| Profession | Philosopher, University Professor, Journalist |
| Website | Official website |
Jaime José de Matos da Gama, GCC, GCIH, GCL, GCMG (born Senhora da Rosa, Fajã de Baixo, Ponta Delgada, São Miguel, Azores, 8 June 1947), is a Portuguese politician.
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He is a son of Jaime da Rosa Ferreira da Gama (Matriz, Horta, Faial, Azores, January 1914 – Lisbon, 29 July 2003) and wife Lucília Vaz do Rego de Matos (São Sebastião, Ponta Delgada, São Miguel, Azores, 12 September 1916 – Hospital Militar, Estrela, Lisbon, 21 September 1987).[1]
He graduated as a Licentiate in Philosophy from the Faculty of Letters of the University of Lisbon. He was involved in the opposition to the fascist Estado Novo (New State) regime, since his youth, and was first arrested, aged only 18, due to an article published in the local press. He was a member of the socialist CEUD in the campaign for the 1969 legislative elections, won by the National Union (the regime party), due to massive fraud. He was a journalist of the opposition newspaper República, in the last years of the fascist regime.
He was a founder of the Socialist Party, in the German exile of Bad-Munstereifel. He was elected for his Party as a Deputy to the Assembly of the Republic for the Azores from 1975 and for Lisbon from 1983. In the 1st Constitutional Government, he was Minister of Internal Affairs (1976-1978), and Minister of Foreign Affairs in the 9th Constitutional Government, from 1983 to 1985. He returned to the same ministry, in António Guterres' governments, from 1995 to 2002, and was also Minister of State and Minister of National Defence, in 1999, and Minister of State from 1999 to 2002. He was President of the United Nations Security Council during June 1998. He was the chairman of the Presidency of the Council of Europe from 1 January 2002, until 6 April 2002, when he lost his post as Foreign Minister when the new government of José Manuel Durão Barroso took office in Portugal.
In 2005, he became the new and 12th President of the Assembly of the Republic (Assembleia da República), the Portuguese parliament. He is also a Member of the Portuguese Council of State as the President of the Assembly of the Republic.
He currently lives in Lisbon with his wife and son.
He was awarded with the Grand Crosses of the Order of Christ, the Order of Prince Henry (Ordem do Infante Dom Henrique), the Order of Liberty and the Order of St Michael and St George.
He married in Lisbon on 18 September 1971 Alda Taborda and has one son, João Taborda da Gama, Licentiate in Law, Lawyer and Assistant Professor of the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon specialized in Financial and Fiscal Law.[2]