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Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues

Portuguese politician (born 1949)

Field	Value
honorific-prefix	His Excellency
name	Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues
honorific-suffix	GCC GCL
image	JCF 5089.jpg
office6	Minister of Solidarity and Social Security
term_start6	28 October 1995
term_end6	25 November 1997
primeminister6	António Guterres
predecessor6	José Falcão e Cunha
(Employment and Social Security)
successor6	Office abolished
office5	Minister of Labour and Solidarity
term_start5	25 November 1997
term_end5	10 March 2001
primeminister5	António Guterres
predecessor5	Maria João Rodrigues
(Training and Employment)
successor5	Paulo Pedroso
office4	Minister of Social Infrastructure
term_start4	10 March 2001
term_end4	23 January 2002
primeminister4	António Guterres
predecessor4	Jorge Coelho
successor4	José Sócrates
office3
term_start3	6 April 2002
term_end3	27 September 2004
primeminister3	José Manuel Barroso
predecessor3	José Manuel Barroso
successor3	José Sócrates --
office2	Secretary-General of the Socialist Party
term_start2	21 January 2002
term_end2	27 September 2004
president2	António de Almeida Santos
predecessor2	António Guterres
successor2	José Sócrates
office1	President of the Parliamentary Group of the Socialist Party
term_start1	3 October 2014
term_end1	22 October 2015
predecessor1	Alberto Martins
successor1	Carlos César
office	President of the Assembly of the Republic
term_start	23 October 2015
term_end	29 March 2022
predecessor	Assunção Esteves
successor	Augusto Santos Silva
birth_name	Eduardo Luís Barreto Ferro Rodrigues
birth_date
birth_place	Lisbon, Portugal
party	Socialist Party (since 1986)
otherparty	Movement of Socialist Left (formerly)
GDUP (formerly)
spouse	Maria Filomena Lopes Peixoto de Aguilar
children	2, including Rita Ferro Rodrigues
alma_mater	School of Economics and Finance, Technical University of Lisbon
office7
term_start7	4 November 1985
term_end7	28 March 2022
constituency7	Lisbon (1985–1987)
Aveiro (1987–1991)
Lisbon (1991–1999)
Leiria (1999–2002)
Lisbon (2002–2022)

| honorific-prefix = His Excellency | honorific-suffix = GCC GCL (Employment and Social Security) (Training and Employment) GDUP (formerly) Aveiro (1987–1991) Lisbon (1991–1999) Leiria (1999–2002) Lisbon (2002–2022) Eduardo Luís Barreto Ferro Rodrigues (born 3 November 1949) is a Portuguese politician and economist who had been President of the Assembly of the Republic since 2015 until 29 March 2022, in the 13th (2015–2019) and 14th Legislatures (2019–2022). He was Minister for Social Security, and later Minister for Public Works, in the governments of António Guterres.

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 Gestão (ISEG) of Lisbon University, and is a lecturer in economics at ISCTE - University Institute of Lisbon.

Political career

In the 1970s, he was a co-founder of Movimento de Esquerda Socialista (MES).

In 2002, Ferro Rodrigues 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 José 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.

After the 2019 parliamentary election, Ferro Rodrigues was re-elected as President of the Assembly of the Republic, receiving 178 votes in favor.

Family

Married to Maria Filomena Lopes Peixoto de Aguilar, he has two children, João Luís de Aguilar Ferro Rodrigues and a daughter, television presenter Rita Ferro Rodrigues.

Honours

Portuguese honours

[[File:PRT Order of Christ - Grand Cross BAR.svg|55px]] Grand Cross of the Order of Christ (21 April 2022)
[[File:PRT Order of Liberty - Grand Cross BAR.svg|55px]] Grand Cross of the Order of Liberty (5 October 2016)

Electoral history

PS leadership election, 2002

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-
-
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}

Legislative election, 2002

Main article: 2002 Portuguese legislative election

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-
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88,542
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107,774
- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
5,473,655
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}

President of the Assembly of the Republic election, 2015

|- ! colspan="2" | Candidate ! Votes ! align="center" style="width: 50px"|%

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2
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230
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President of the Assembly of the Republic election, 2019

|- ! colspan="2" | Candidate ! Votes ! align="center" style="width: 50px"|%

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52
- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
230
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}

Foreign honours

Argentina: Grand Cross of the Order of May (18 June 2003)
Greece: Grand Cross of the Order of Honour (21 April 2017)
Spain: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III (25 November 2016)

References

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References

Lopes, Sónia Sapage e Maria. (2022-04-25). "Cronologia dos Partidos".
(2007). "Portugal at the polls: in 2002". Lexington Books.
Stuart, Paul. (21 July 2004). "Portugal's Prime Minister Barroso nominated as European Commission president". World Socialist Web Site.
"Portugal: Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the OECD". Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
[https://news.yahoo.com/portugal-parliament-elects-socialist-speaker-support-left-151402733.html "Portugal parliament elects Socialist speaker with support of left"], Reuters, 23 October 2015.
"Ferro Rodrigues reeleito para presidência da Assembleia promete mobilização contra "ameaça climática"". Diário de Notícias.
"Cidadãos Nacionais Agraciados com Ordens Portuguesas".
"Cidadãos Nacionais Agraciados com Ordens Portuguesas".
"Acção Socialista 1138". Socialist Party.
"Resultados AR 2002". Comissão Nacional de Eleições.
(24 October 2015). "Ferro Rodrigues eleito presidente da Assembleia da República". RTP.
(25 October 2019). "Ferro Rodrigues reeleito com 178 votos a favor e 44 em branco".
"Cidadãos Nacionais Agraciados com Ordens Estrangeiras".

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