# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/marcelo-rebelo-de-sousa
# Generated: 2026-09-01T19:08:17.391Z

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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born December 12, 1948, Marcelo Nuno Duarte Rebelo de Sousa moved through Portuguese public life in layers. He was a legal scholar and law professor, then a journalist and political analyst — the kind who explained the game on television. He served as a parliamentarian in the Assembly of the Republic and later as a government minister, always under the Social Democratic Party banner. In 2016 he became president of Portugal, suspending his party membership to do it. He held the role for ten years, until 2026, a stretch that made him both ceremonial head and lived-in presence.