FFMS – He is an essayist, university professor and executive director of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. He was president of the National Centre for Culture, coordinated the European Year of Cultural Heritage in Portugal and chaired the drafting of the Faro Convention on the Value of Cultural Heritage in Contemporary Society. He was an independent member of parliament for seven terms, Minister of Education, of the Presidency and Finance and President of the Court of Auditors.

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