Portugal holds funeral for former president [Photos]

LISBON: SEPT. 13 – Jorge Sampaio, a former two-term president of Portugal and one of the most prominent political figures of his generation, has died. He was 81.

Portuguese military personnel carry the flag-wrapped coffin of former Portuguese President Jorge Sampaio into the Jeronimos Monastery in Lisbon, Portugal.

Portuguese honour guard pay tribute during the funeral ceremony for former Portuguese President Jorge Sampaio at Jeronimos Monastery in Lisbon.

The current Portuguese president, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, announced Sampaio’s death on Friday. He did not give a cause of death, though Sampaio had been in delicate health for several years and had been in hospital for the past two weeks.

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