António Manuel Seixas Sampaio da Nóvoa GCIP ComRB (born 12 December 1954) is a Portuguese professor at the Faculty of

Psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Its subject matter includes the behavior of humans and nonhumans, both consciousness, conscious and Unconscious mind, unconscious phenomena, and mental processes such as thoughts, feel ...

and Education Sciences of the

University of Lisbon The University of Lisbon (ULisboa; ) is a public university, public research university in Lisbon, and Portugal's largest university. It was founded in 1911, but the university's present structure dates to the 2013 merger of the former Universit ...

, and former Rector of the same university. He was defeated as a candidate in the January 2016 Portuguese presidential election.

Distinctions

Orders

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Grand Cross of the

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, (4 October 2005) * BRA_Ordem_de_Rio_Branco_Comendador_BAR

Commander of the

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, (21 May 1999)

References

1954 births Living people People from Valença, Portugal University of Geneva alumni Paris-Sorbonne University alumni Academic staff of the University of Lisbon Candidates for President of Portugal Permanent delegates of Portugal to UNESCO {{Portugal-academic-bio-stub