Mário Soares

Mário Alberto Nobre Lopes Soares was a Portuguese politician, who served as prime minister of Portugal from 1976 to 1978 and from 1983 to 1985, and subsequently as the 17th president of Portugal from 1986 to 1996. He was the first secretary-general of the Socialist Party, from its foundation in 1973 to 1986. A major political figure in Portugal, he is considered the father of Portuguese democracy.

7 December 1924

Born on the same birth date (7 December 1924): Bent Fabric • John Love (racing driver) • Mary Ellen Rudin

Born on the same birth day (7 December): Alan Faneca • Anne Fine • Fabien Pelous • John Littlejohn (preacher) • John Terry • Kyle Hendricks • Luca Rigoni • Peter Laviolette • Stuart Davis (painter) • Tim Butler • Tony Yike Yang

Born in the same month (December 1924): Alexander Haig • Charlie Callas • Frank Broyles • Frank W. J. Olver • Gary Morton • John Love (racing driver) • Jonathan Frid • Lee Dorsey • Michael Manley • Robert Sobukwe