by Mário Soares · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789896441463
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«Um político assume-se» is the autobiographical essay by Mário Soares, published by Temas e Debates in paperback (542 pages, in Portuguese).
Mário Soares reviews his political and ideological trajectory and offers a personal view of the history of Portugal in the twentieth century. As one of its protagonists, he reflects on the exercise of power, government and the presidency, and combines individual memory with analysis of the events that defined the country.
The original subtitle is «ensaio autobiográfico político e ideológico»; the work, published in 2011, is categorised in history and political biography and corresponds to the 1st edition.
For readers of political memoirs and contemporary history interested in the figure of Mário Soares and twentieth-century Portugal.
Mário Alberto Nobre Lopes Soares was a Portuguese statesman who served as prime minister of Portugal from 1976 to 1978 and from 1983 to 1985 and subsequently as the 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.
