JOSÉ MANUEL DURÃO BARROSO

Born in Lisbon on the 23rd of March l956.
Married. Three children.

ACADEMIC

Honours in Law by the Law School (1978), Lisbon University (“Licenciatura”, 5 years graduate studies).

Master in Political Science with honours (1981) by the Department of Political Science of the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences, Geneva University, Switzerland.

Diploma with honours (1982) in European Studies by the European University Institute, Geneva University.

Lecturer at the Law School of the Lisbon University, Lecturer at the Political Science Department of the Geneva University and "Visiting Researcher" at Georgetown University (Washington D.C.). 

Head of the Department of International Relations, Universidade Lusíada, Lisbon (1995-1999).

Visiting Professor at Georgetown University (Washington D.C.), Department of Government, School for Foreign Service, from1996 to 1998.

Guest Lecturer of Political Science, Law School, Lisbon University.

Professor of International Relations, Universidade Lusíada, Lisbon.

Editor of the Revista de Ciência Política.

Published  two  books (Sistema de Governo e Sistema Partidário, co-author, Lisbon, 1980 and Le système politique portugais face à l’intégration européenne, Lausanne 1983)  and several articles on Political Science and International Relations on different Portuguese and international academic journals, collective books and encyclopedia (among them: Análise Social, Il Politico, Pólis - Enciclopédia Verbo da Sociedade e do Estado, Dictionnaire International du Fédéralisme).

POLITICAL

Prime Minister since April 6th 2002.
Minister for Foreign Affairs (November 1992 until October 1995).
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (1987-1992). 
Secretary of State for Home Affairs (1985-1987).

Member of Parliament, Lisbon constituency in l985 and Viseu constituency in July l987 and October l991. Member of Parliament, Lisbon constituency in October 1995,  October 1999 and March 2002.

Chairman of the Commission for Foreign Affairs of the Portuguese Parliament from November 1995 to November 1996.

Member of the National Council of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and Chairman of its Department for International Relations.

Elected President of PSD at the XXII Congress, May 1999. Re-elected President of PSD at the XXIII Congress, February 2000.

Elected President of the Municipal Assembly of Valpaços, January 2002.

Elected Vice-President of EPP (European People’s Party), July 1999.

Co-Chairman of Pan-European Forum (the EPP/EDU body for relations with the Republics of the former Soviet Union), January 2001.

Elected Vice-President of CDI (Christian/Center Democratic International), Mexico City, November 2001. 

Published Política de Cooperação, Lisbon, 1990, A Política Externa Portuguesa 1992-1993, Lisbon, 1994, A Política Externa Portuguesa 1994-1995, Lisbon, 1995, Uma Certa Ideia de Europa, Lisbon, 1999 and Uma Ideia para Portugal, Lisbon, 2000, Mudar de Modelo, Lisbon, 2002.

Leader of International IDEA (Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance) mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, September 1996.

Advisor to the UN Project for Peace Process in Africa (Tanzania), October 1997.

Member of the Secretary-General’s Resource Group on the Democratic Republic of Congo, 1998.

Among several other prizes and honours was elected "Personality of the year" in l990 by the Foreign Press Association.

Holds decorations from Portugal, Spain, Brazil, Germany, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Morocco, Japan, Finland, Côte d’Ivoire, Tunisia, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Malta and Peru.