Portugal held a funeral ceremony on Tuesday for the former Socialist president Mario Soares, hailed as the father of the country’s modern-day democracy. /CFP photo

Soares won Portugal’s first free elections after the 1974 Carnation Revolution and signed the 1985 treaty that saw his country join the European Economic Community. /CFP photo

During the ceremony, Prime Minister Antonio Costa gave a speech to pay his final respects to Soares, who died on Saturday afternoon aged 92. /CFP photo

Soares was buried in Lisbon, Portugal’s capital. /CFP photo