Jaime Gama

His Excellency Jaime Gama GCC GCIH GCL
Gama in 2008
President of the Assembly of the Republic
In office 16 March 2005 – 19 June 2011[1]
Preceded by	Mota Amaral
Succeeded by	Maria da Assunção Esteves
Chancellor of the Ancient Military Orders
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 March 2016
President	Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa
Preceded by	Vasco Rocha Vieira
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 28 October 1995 – 6 April 2002
Prime Minister	António Guterres
Preceded by	José Manuel Barroso
Succeeded by	Teresa Gouveia
In office 9 June 1983 – 6 November 1985
Prime Minister	Mário Soares
Preceded by	Vasco Futscher Pereira
Succeeded by	Pedro Pires de Miranda
Minister of National Defence
In office 29 May 1999 – 25 October 1999
Prime Minister	António Guterres
Preceded by	José Veiga Simão
Succeeded by	Júlio Castro Caldas
Minister of the Internal Administration
In office 27 February 1978 – 29 August 1978
Prime Minister	Mário Soares
Preceded by	Alberto Oliveira e Silva
Succeeded by	António Gonçalves Ribeiro
Member of the Assembly of the Republic
In office 31 May 1983 – 19 June 2011
Constituency	Lisbon
In office 3 June 1976[2] – 30 May 1983
Constituency	Azores
Personal details
Born	(1947-06-08) 8 June 1947 (age 77) Senhora da Rosa, Fajã de Baixo, Ponta Delgada, São Miguel, Azores, Portugal
Political party	Socialist Party
Spouse	Alda Taborda
Children	1
Alma mater	University of Lisbon
Profession	Philosopher, university professor, journalist
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Website	Official website

Jaime José de Matos da Gama GCC GCIH GCL (born 8 June 1947) is a Portuguese former politician. In the Portuguese government, he served as Minister of Internal Administration in 1978, Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1983 to 1985 and from 1995 to 2002, and Minister of National Defence in 1999. From 2005 to 2011 he was President of the Assembly of the Republic.

Since leaving politics, he has worked as Senior Strategic Counsel at the Albright Stonebridge Group, a global strategy and business advisory firm, and as Chairman of the bank Novo Banco dos Açores.