Fernando Nobre
Fernando José de La Vieter Ribeiro Nobre (born 16 December 1951) is a Portuguese doctor and the President of the Portuguese NGO AMI (International Medical Assistance). He was voted as the 25th greatest Portuguese ever in the contest Os Grandes Portugueses.
Early life
He was born in Luanda, Angola (it was then a Portuguese territory), in 1951. He moved to Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville) by the age of 12. He spent 16 years in Africa. He studied in Belgium, where he lived for around 20 years.
He is married to Maria Luísa Ferreira da Silva Nemésio (born Coimbra, Santa Cruz, 21 February 1959), paternal granddaughter of Vitorino Nemésio, and has two daughters: Leonor Nemésio de La Vieter Nobre (born 9 January 1993) and Gabriela Nemésio de La Vieter Nobre (born 7 November 1996).
AMI
He was part of Médecins Sans Frontières from 1977 to 1983. In December 1984, he founded, in Portugal, the AMI (Assistência Médica Internacional). He has participated in humanitarian missions in around 100 countries.
Presidential Candidate
He announced in 2010 that he would be a independent presidential candidate to the 2011 Presidential Elections in Portugal.
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