Augusto Santos Silva
| Augusto Santos Silva | |
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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Assumed office 26 November 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | António Costa |
| Preceded by | Rui Machete |
| Minister of National Defence | |
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In office 26 October 2009 – 21 June 2011 |
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| Prime Minister | José Sócrates |
| Preceded by | Nuno Severiano Teixeira |
| Succeeded by | José Pedro Aguiar Branco |
| Minister of Parliamentary Affairs | |
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In office 12 March 2005 – 26 October 2009 |
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| Prime Minister | José Sócrates |
| Preceded by | Rui Gomes da Silva |
| Succeeded by | Jorge Lacão |
| Minister of Culture | |
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In office 3 July 2001 – 6 April 2002 |
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| Prime Minister | António Guterres |
| Preceded by | José Sasportes |
| Succeeded by | Pedro Roseta |
| Minister of Education | |
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In office 14 September 2000 – 3 July 2001 |
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| Prime Minister | António Guterres |
| Preceded by | Guilherme d'Oliveira Martins |
| Succeeded by | Júlio Pedrosa |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
August 20, 1956 Porto |
| Political party | Socialist Party |
| Alma mater |
University of Porto (B.A.) (1978) ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon (Ph.D.) (1992) |
| Profession | University professor |
Augusto Ernesto dos Santos Silva (born 20 August 1956) is the Portuguese Minister of Foreign Affairs and a university professor.
Silva was born on August 20, 1956, in the port city of Porto. He graduated from the University of Porto with a degree in history in 1978 and later obtained a doctorate in sociology from ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon in 1992.
Silva started his career as an economics professor in Porto beginning in 1981. Eventually, he worked his way up to Chair of the Scientific Council and served as Dean of the University of Porto from 1998 to 1999.
Silva also served on the National Board of Education from 1996 to 1999, the Commission on Social Security from 1996 to 1998 and the Board of Directors of the José Fontana Foundation from 2002 to 2005, which is affiliated with the Socialist Party. He also represented Portugal in the Council of Europe's Education for Democratic Citizenship project from 1997 to 1999.
Silva started his political activity while at university, serving as a member of the Porto committee of the Workers' Revolutionary Union, a Trotskyist group aligned with the Internationalist Communist League. In the 1976 presidential election, he supported Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho, and in the 1980 election, he supported António Ramalho Eanes. Silva also joined the Movement of Socialist Left, aligning himself with politicians such as Alberto Martins, Arnaldo Fleming, and Jorge Ribeiro Strecht. In the 1986 election, he was a supporter of Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo in the first round, followed by Mário Soares in the second.
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