Balsemao, Portuguese Ex-Premier and Media Mogul, Dies at 88

Francisco Pinto Balsemão in 2023.Photographer: Rita Franca/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images

Francisco Pinto Balsemão, one of Portugal’s most influential political figures and builder of a domestic media empire, has died. He was 88.

The former premier died of natural causes next to his family, according to an emailed statement from a family spokesman.