He graduated in law from Lisbon University and later obtained numerous other academic qualifications.
But the fights that matter to Lisbon now will be in Athens, Brussels and Berlin.
It is not clear what would have happened had the Lisbon treaty been in force.
Notice how many times the two men mentioned the Lisbon Nato summit, held in November 2010.
Luckily, perhaps, the rotating presidency has lost much of its importance since the 2009 Lisbon treaty.
The highest Czech courted rejected an earlier legal challenge to Lisbon in November 2008.
After all, the Czech government secured safe passage for Lisbon through both houses of parliament.
Mr Mato Adrover accused the Council of a "corrupt application of the Lisbon Treaty".
Mr Klaus says he will get around to Lisbon only once everyone else has endorsed it.
Then it traced the Mediterranean coastline, with stops in Florence, Monaco, Barcelona and Lisbon.
And a Portuguese reporter is travelling back to Lisbon via Kuala Lumpur, Bahrain, Cairo and Casablanca.
As per Lisbon and the NATO agreement, that will be by the end of 2014.
Lisbon leaves the previous treaties in place, and offers changes by amending individual clauses in them.
Nor is there yet a Franco-German agreement on how to take the EU forward after Lisbon.
Something other than pure efficiency, then, must explain the enthusiasm of Lisbon supporters for the treaty.
But the framework that I discussed at the top was laid out at Lisbon.
Only Ireland was obliged to put Lisbon before the people because the Irish Constitution required it.
It is disingenuous to claim, as some do, that without Lisbon no further enlargement is possible.
The Czechs have parked Lisbon for consideration by their constitutional court until November or December.
Indeed, Lisbon was explicitly designed to be ratified by national parliaments, and to avoid referendums.
Even though the Euro debate seems dead for now, that and a revived Lisbon Treaty could strain this arrangement.
Col Gaddafi has also launched a diplomatic offensive, sending envoys to Cairo, Brussels, Lisbon and Malta.
As soon as Lisbon was passed, it was obviously only a matter of time.
Unexpected qualification for Celtic is dealt a blow though when they lose in Lisbon to Benfica.
The Lisbon government carries out 93% of public spending, leaving only 7% to local councils.
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He has long supported joining the single currency and backs the Lisbon Treaty.
Thank you to the people of Lisbon and Portugal for welcoming us to this beautiful, ancient city.
We can all be proud that in Lisbon we committed, and now in Chicago we are delivering.
Much to the relief of the Irish government, he offered no miracle solution to the Lisbon impasse.
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Under Dublin's and Lisbon's original bailout agreements, the average maximum maturity on their loans was 12.5 years.
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