Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues

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Template:Short description Template:BLP sources Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox officeholder Eduardo Luís Barreto Ferro Rodrigues Template:Post-nominals (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.<ref name="OECD" />

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).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In 2002, Ferro Rodrigues was elected Secretary-General of the Portuguese Socialist Party, a position he retained for two years.<ref name="FreireLobo2007">Template:Cite book</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Shortly after, Rodrigues was appointed as Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Portugal to the OECD.<ref name="OECD">Template:Cite web</ref>

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.<ref>"Portugal parliament elects Socialist speaker with support of left", Reuters, 23 October 2015.</ref>

After the 2019 parliamentary election, Ferro Rodrigues was re-elected as President of the Assembly of the Republic, receiving 178 votes in favor.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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

Electoral history

PS leadership election, 2002

Template:Election table |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! align="center" colspan=2 style="width: 60px"|Candidate ! align="center" style="width: 50px"|Votes ! align="center" style="width: 50px"|% |- |bgcolor=Template:Party color| | align=left | Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues | align=right | | align=right | 96.5 |- |bgcolor=Template:Party color| | align=left | Paulo Penedos | align=right | | align=right | 2.7 |- | colspan=2 align=left | Blank/Invalid ballots | align=right | | align=right | 0.8 |- |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" | Turnout | align=right | | align=center | |- | colspan="4" align=left|Source: Acção Socialista<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |}

Legislative election, 2002

Template:Main Template:Election table |- ! colspan="2" | Party ! Candidate ! Votes ! align="center" style="width: 50px"|% ! align="center" style="width: 50px"|Seats ! align="center" style="width: 50px"|+/− |- | style="background:Template:Party color;"| | align="left"|PSD | align=left |José Manuel Durão Barroso || 2,200,765 || 40.2 || 105 || style="color:green;"| +24 |- | style="background:Template:Party color;"| | align="left"|PS | align=left |Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues || 2,068,584 || 37.8 || 96 || style="color:red;"| –19 |- | style="background:Template:Party color;"| | align="left"| CDS–PP | align=left |Paulo Portas || 477,350 || 8.7 || 14 || style="color:red;"| –1 |- | style="background:Template:Party color;"| | align="left"| CDU | align=left |Carlos Carvalhas || 379,870 || 6.9 || 12 || style="color:red;"| –5 |- | style="background:Template:Party color;"| | align="left"| BE | align=left |Francisco Louçã || 153,877 || 2.8 || 3 || style="color:green;"| +1 |- | style="background:white;"| | colspan="2" align="left"| Other parties | 88,542 || 1.6 || 0 || ±0 |- | colspan="3" align="left"| Blank/Invalid ballots | 107,774 || 2.0 || – || – |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | colspan="3" align="left"| Turnout | 5,473,655 || 61.48 || 230 || ±0 |- | colspan="7" align=left|Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |}

President of the Assembly of the Republic election, 2015

Template:Election table |- ! colspan="2" | Candidate ! Votes ! align="center" style="width: 50px"|% |- | style="background:Template:Party color;"| | align=left |Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues || 120 || 52.2 |- | style="background:Template:Party color;"| | align=left |Fernando Negrão || 108 || 47.0 |- | colspan="2" align="left"| Blank/Invalid ballots | 2 || 0.9 |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | colspan="2" align="left"| Turnout | 230 || |- | colspan="7" align=left|Source: Results<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |}

President of the Assembly of the Republic election, 2019

Template:Election table |- ! colspan="2" | Candidate ! Votes ! align="center" style="width: 50px"|% |- | style="background:Template:Party color;"| | align=left |Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues || 178 || 77.4 |- | colspan="2" align="left"| Blank/Invalid ballots | 52 || 22.6 |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | colspan="2" align="left"| Turnout | 230 || |- | colspan="7" align=left|Source: Results<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |}

Foreign honours

References

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