Career

Director-General of Higher Education. Minister of Education and Science, VI and VII Constitutional Governments. Portuguese Representative, United Nations General Assembly, 1974.

Deputy, Assembly of the Republic, since 1980. Minister of Education, 1980-1982. Portuguese Ambassador to UNESCO, 1984-1985.

Former President, Social Democratic Party Parliamentary Group. Former Member and President, Portuguese Delegation to Parliamentary Assembly, Council of Europe. Member, Social Democratic Party National Council, and National Political Committee.

Former Editor, Social Democratic Party newspaper Povo Livre. Former Member, European Economic Community Scientific and Technical Commission. Elected President, Assembly of the Republic, 1987.

Vice-President, Social Democratic Party National Political Committee. President, Franscisco Sá Cameiro Institute for Social Progress and Democracy, and editor of the Institute's journal. Member of the Council of State.

Former Rector, University of Lorenzo Marques, Mozambique. Former President, Institut, of Higher Culture, Lisbon. Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Coimbra University.