page_title: Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa
section_title: State visits
hierarchical_section_title: Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa / President of Portugal, 2016–present / State visits
caption_attribution_description: English: President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa kisses Pope Francis's ring during his State visit to the Vatican, 2016. Português: O Presidente Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa beija o anel do Papa Francisco durante a sua visita de Estado ao Vaticano, em 2016.
context_page_description: Marcelo Nuno Duarte Rebelo de Sousa, ComSE, GCIH is a Portuguese politician, academic and journalist serving as the 20th and current President of Portugal, since 9 March 2016. A member of the Social Democratic Party, Rebelo de Sousa has served as a government minister, parliamentarian in the Assembly of the Portuguese Republic, legal scholar, journalist, political analyst, law professor and pundit gaining him nationwide recognition prior to his election.
context_section_description: Rebelo de Sousa, as President of Portugal, has visited the Vatican, Spain, Mozambique, Morocco, Brazil, Switzerland, Cuba, United Kingdom, Greece, United States of America and Angola. The first visit was to the Vatican City to meet the Pope Francis and the Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin.  In 2019, he joined President Emmanuel Macron for the traditional Bastille Day military parade in Paris, which honoured European military cooperation and the European Intervention Initiative that year.
caption: First state visit as President of Portugal (Vatican, March 2016)
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