Preceded by Assuncao Esteves Succeeded by Jose Socrates Name Eduardo Rodrigues | Preceded by Antonio Guterres Prime Minister Antonio Guterres Succeeded by Jose Socrates Role Portuguese Politician Children Rita Ferro Rodrigues | |
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Education Technical University of Lisbon | ||
Intervenção do deputado Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues
Eduardo Luis Barreto Ferro Rodrigues (born 3 November 1949) is a Portuguese politician and economist who has been President of the Assembly of the Republic since 2015. He was Minister for Social Security, and later Minister for Public Works, in the governments of Antonio Guterres.
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- Interveno do deputado Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues
- Interven o do presidente da assembleia da rep blica eduardo ferro rodrigues
- Early life and education
- Political career
- Family
- References
Interven o do presidente da assembleia da rep blica eduardo ferro rodrigues
Early life and education
Born in Lisbon, he obtained the degree of licenciado in economics at what today is the Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestao (ISEG) of Lisbon University, and is a lecturer in economics at ISCTE - University Institute of Lisbon.
Political career
In 2002, Ferro Rodrogues was elected Secretary-General of the Portuguese Socialist Party, a position he retained for two years. He resigned on 9 July 2004, immediately after President Jorge Sampaio announced a decision not to hold early elections when Prime Minister Jose Manuel Barroso stepped down from office in order to be appointed President of the European Commission. Shortly after, Rodrigues was appointed as Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Portugal to the OECD.
Following the October 2015 parliamentary election, he was elected as President of the Assembly of the Republic on 23 October 2015 with the support of the Socialists, the Communists and the Left Bloc. Ferro received 120 votes against 108 votes for the candidate of the centre-right government.
Family
Married to Maria Filomena Lopes Peixoto de Aguiar, he has two children, Joao Luis de Aguilar Ferro Rodrigues and a daughter, television presenter Rita Ferro Rodrigues.
