Jorge Jardim, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jorge Jardim

Portuguese politician

Date of Birth: 13-Nov-1919

Place of Birth: Lisbon, Lisbon District, Portugal

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1978

Profession: politician, entrepreneur, diplomat

Nationality: Portugal

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Jorge Pereira Jardim (13 November 1919 in Lisbon – 1 December 1982) was a Portuguese agronomist and an entrepreneur in Mozambique, who was Secretary of State in the government of António de Oliveira Salazar.
He was a personal friend of Ian Smith, Prime Minister of Rhodesia, and of President Hastings Kamuzu Banda of Malawi, who appointed Jardim as Malawi’s Honorary Consul in Mozambique.
During Marcelo Caetano's government, he tried to solve the problem of Mozambique through diplomatic negotiations, presenting his "Plan of Lusaka", which was replaced after the Carnation Revolution by the Lusaka Accord, that led to the independence of Mozambique.