Augusto Santos Silva
Portuguese politician, school teacher and journalist
Augusto Ernesto dos Santos Silva (born 20 August 1956) is a Portuguese sociologist, university professor, and politician. He has been the Minister of Foreign Affairs during the António Costa cabinet since 2015.[1][2] He is a member of the Socialist Party.[3]
Augusto Santos Silva | |
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| Assumed office 26 November 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | António Costa |
| Preceded by | Rui Machete |
| Minister of National Defence | |
| In office 26 October 2009 – 21 June 2011 | |
| Prime Minister | José Sócrates |
| Preceded by | Nuno Severiano Teixeira |
| Succeeded by | José Pedro Aguiar Branco |
| Minister of Parliamentary Affairs | |
| In office 12 March 2005 – 26 October 2009 | |
| Prime Minister | José Sócrates |
| Preceded by | Rui Gomes da Silva |
| Succeeded by | Jorge Lacão |
| Minister of Culture | |
| In office 3 July 2001 – 6 April 2002 | |
| Prime Minister | António Guterres |
| Preceded by | José Sasportes |
| Succeeded by | Pedro Roseta |
| Minister of Education | |
| In office 14 September 2000 – 3 July 2001 | |
| Prime Minister | António Guterres |
| Preceded by | Guilherme d'Oliveira Martins |
| Succeeded by | Júlio Pedrosa |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 20, 1956 Porto, Portugal |
| Political party | Socialist Party |
| Alma mater | University of Porto (B.A.) (1978) ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon (Ph.D.) (1992) |
| Profession | University professor |
Silva was also the Minister of Education from 2000 until 2001, Minister of Culture from 2001 until 2002, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs from 2005 until 2009 and Minister of National Defence from 2009 until 2011.
References change
- ↑ Meireles, Luisa (24 November 2015). "Ministro dos Negócios Estrangeiros: Santos Silva, um homem polivalente". Expresso (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 27 August 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
- ↑ Borga, Marcos (11 November 2015). "PS, Bloco e PCP. A "geringonça" anda ou não anda?". Expresso (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
- ↑ Carvalho, Manuel (12 June 2015). "O "príncipe" que nenhum líder do PS ousou dispensar". Publico (in Portuguese). Retrieved 25 June 2016.
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