João de Deus Pinheiro
|
João de Deus Pinheiro GCC GCIH |
|
|---|---|
| Member of the European Parliament | |
|
In office 20 July 2004 – 13 July 2009 |
|
| European Commissioner for Relations with African, Caribbean, Pacific Countries, South Africa and the Lomé Convention | |
|
In office 23 January 1995 – 16 September 1999 |
|
| President |
Jacques Santer Manuel Marín |
| European Commissioner for Relations with Parliament, Culture and Audiovisual | |
|
In office 5 January 1993 – 23 January 1995 |
|
| President | Jacques Delors |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
|
In office 17 August 1987 – 12 November 1992 |
|
| Prime Minister | Aníbal Cavaco Silva |
| Preceded by | Pedro Pires de Miranda |
| Succeeded by | José Manuel Barroso |
| Minister of Education and Culture | |
|
In office 6 November 1985 – 17 August 1987 |
|
| Prime Minister | Aníbal Cavaco Silva |
| Preceded by | Himself (as Minister of Education) António Coimbra Martins (as Minister of Culture) |
| Succeeded by | Roberto Carneiro |
| Minister of Education | |
|
In office 16 February 1985 – 6 November 1985 |
|
| Prime Minister | Mário Soares |
| Preceded by | José Augusto Seabra |
| Succeeded by | Himself (as Minister of Education and Culture) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
João de Deus Rogado Salvador Pinheiro 11 July 1945 Lisbon, Portugal |
| Political party |
National: Social Democratic Party European: European People's Party |
| Spouse(s) | Maria Manuela Vieira Paisana |
| Children | 3 sons, 1 daughter |
| Alma mater |
Instituto Superior Técnico University of Birmingham |
| Occupation | Politician writer |
| Profession |
Chemical engineer professor |
João de Deus Rogado Salvador Pinheiro, GCC GCIH, born 11 July 1945 in Lisbon, is a semi-retired Portuguese politician and former Member of the European Parliament for the Social Democratic Party–People's Party coalition; part of the European People's Party–European Democrats group.
João de Deus Pinheiro has a licentiate degree in chemical-industrial engineering by the Instituto Superior Técnico (1970) and a doctorate degree in the same field by the University of Birmingham (1976). Professor at the University of Lourenço Marques (Mozambique) from 1970 to 1974, and in the University of Minho after the Carnation Revolution and his return to Portugal.
He was Minister for Education 1985–1987, Minister for Foreign Affairs 1987–1992; in that role he was one of the EU negotiators in Brioni Agreement that ended ten-day war in Slovenia in 1991; Member of the European Parliament and European Commissioner.
João de Deus Pinheiro was elected member of the Assembly of the Republic in 2009 elections for Braga District, but resigned shortly after for health reasons.
...
Wikipedia