Jorge Campinos was born on June 30, 1937, in
Lobito,
Angola. He completed his secondary education at the Lyceum of Sá da Bandeira, Angola, and attended the Faculty of Law at the
University of Lisbon. He was a leader of the
House of Students of the Empire (1959–1960). In 1960, he
exiled to
France for political reasons. He graduated from the Faculty of Law and Political Science of the
University of Poitiers in Public Law in 1967 and in Political Science in 1968. He taught at the Faculty of Law and Political Science at the University of Poitiers. During the political exile in France, which lasted 14 years during the
Salazarist dictatorship, he was the international secretary of the
Portuguese Socialist Action and clandestinely founded the
Socialist Party. After the
April 25th, besides holding various positions in
Portuguese Governments, he was elected as a deputy to the
Constituent Assembly, deputy to the
Assembly of the Republic in two
legislatures, judge of the
Constitutional Court, Member of the
European Parliament, and member of the
Human Rights Committee and High Official of the
European Community. He participated in the negotiations that led to Portugal's recognition of the independence of
Guinea-Bissau and
São Tomé and Príncipe. Jorge Campinos died prematurely in a tragic car accident in Mozambique in the year 1993. == Honors ==