This is the first tribute I'm paying to someone in this blog.

This week a important magazine published and interview with Jorge Sampaio, former President of Portugal, and may I say so, a great one to.

The ten years in witch he was president, wore the ten years when almost every Portuguese when asked who was the role model of politicians answered Jorge Sampaio. He had huge approval rates and even in though times (when he had to dissolve the parliament and ask for new elections) he overcame them with very high approval rates… even from people that supported the party that had the majority in parliament at that time.

After his presidency was over he got away from national politics (unlike other former presidents) and in the last few months has been working with the UN in order to make himself useful… he is working closely with the UN trying to fight tuberculosis. He is making all the contacts he has (that he made during his presidency) useful to push Europe forward in this fight… and he is starting to get the first results.

I would like that more politicians wore more like him: Independent, Committed and Competent.

PS: Well there it is, the book and the film list are available.