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Portuguese Presidential Elections Campaign - Gouveia E Melo In Faculty Of Medicine (FMUP)

Manuel Pizarro, former Minister of Health with the former government of the Socialists (Partido Socialista - PS, 2022-2024), welcomes Henrique Gouveia e Melo, a Portuguese Presidential Election Candidate, as he visits the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto - FMUP) in Porto, Portugal, on January 7, 2026, as the official campaign for the presidency is under way. Henrique Gouveia e Melo, 65, is the former Chief of Staff of the Portuguese Navy. He gains wide recognition after leading the successful Task Force for the national COVID-19 vaccination plan, which leads him to be awarded the Military Order of Christ by the current ruling president, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa. (Photo by David Oliveira/NurPhoto)

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Photo ID: #13165044
Date taken: 7 January 2026
Location: —
Photographer: David Oliveira/NurPhoto
Category: Politics

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