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José Manuel Barroso
Portuguese politician and teacher (born 1956) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the Portuguese footballer, see José Barroso (footballer). For the Portuguese modern pentathlete, see Manuel Barroso.
In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Durão and the second or paternal family name is Barroso.
José Manuel Durão Barroso (Portuguese: [ʒuˈzɛ mɐˈnwɛl duˈɾɐ̃w bɐˈʁozu]; born 23 March 1956) is a Portuguese politician and law professor. He previously served as the 114th prime minister of Portugal and from 2004–2014 as the 11th president of the European Commission.[2]
Quick Facts President of the European Commission, Vice President ...
José Manuel Barroso | |
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![]() Barroso in 2013 | |
President of the European Commission | |
In office 22 November 2004 – 31 October 2014 | |
Vice President | Günter Verheugen Franco Frattini Antonio Tajani Jacques Barrot Siim Kallas Viviane Reding Joaquín Almunia |
First Vice-President | Margot Wallström Catherine Ashton |
Preceded by | Romano Prodi |
Succeeded by | Jean-Claude Juncker |
Prime Minister of Portugal | |
In office 6 April 2002 – 17 July 2004 | |
President | Jorge Sampaio |
Preceded by | António Guterres |
Succeeded by | Pedro Santana Lopes |
President of the Social Democratic Party | |
In office 2 May 1999 – 30 June 2004 | |
Secretary-General | José Luís Arnaut |
Preceded by | Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa |
Succeeded by | Pedro Santana Lopes |
Leader of the Opposition | |
In office 2 May 1999 – 6 April 2002 | |
Prime Minister | António Guterres |
Preceded by | Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa |
Succeeded by | Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office 12 November 1992 – 28 October 1995 | |
Prime Minister | Aníbal Cavaco Silva |
Preceded by | João de Deus Pinheiro |
Succeeded by | Jaime Gama |
Member of the Assembly of the Republic | |
In office 27 October 1995 – 22 November 2004 | |
Constituency | Lisbon |
In office 13 August 1987 – 26 October 1995 | |
Constituency | Viseu |
In office 4 November 1985 – 12 August 1987 | |
Constituency | Lisbon |
Personal details | |
Born | José Manuel Durão Barroso (1956-03-23) 23 March 1956 (age 68) Lisbon, Portugal |
Political party | Social Democratic Party (1980–present) |
Other political affiliations | Workers' Communist Party (1974–1977)[1] |
Spouses | Maria Margarida Uva
(m. 1980; died 2016)Joana Gonçalves (m. 2023) |
Children | 3 |
Alma mater | University of Lisbon University of Geneva Georgetown University |
Signature | ![]() |
Website | Official website Official Media Gallery |
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He has been one of the revolving door cases at the EU, which received the most media attention because only two months after the cooling off period, Barroso accepted a position as "senior adviser " and "non-executive chairman" of Goldman Sachs International.[3] and became subject of an ethics inquiry.