Former President of the Assembly of the Republic (Portugal)
Augusto Ernesto dos Santos Silva
GCL
GCC
(born 20 August 1956) is a Portuguese
sociologist
, university professor, and
politician
who served as the President of the
Assembly of the Republic
between 2022 and 2024, in the
15th Legislature
. From November 2015 to March 2022, he was the Portuguese
Minister of Foreign Affairs
, in the
XXI
and
XXII Constitutional Governments
led by
Prime Minister
Antonio Costa
.
Santos Silva had previously served in a number of ministerial roles, namely
Minister of Education
(2000?2001),
Minister of Culture
(2001?2002),
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
(2005?2009), and
Minister of National Defence
(2009?2011), having joined the
Socialist Party
in 1989.
Early life and education
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Silva was born on 20 August 1956, in the port city of
Porto
. He graduated from the
University of Porto
with a degree in history in 1978 and later obtained a doctorate in sociology from
ISCTE ? University Institute of Lisbon
in 1992.
Academic career
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Silva started his career as an economics professor in Porto beginning in 1981. Eventually, he worked his way up to Chair of the Scientific Council and served as Dean of the University of Porto from 1998 to 1999.
Silva also served on the National Board of Education from 1996 to 1999, the Commission on Social Security from 1996 to 1998 and the Board of Directors of the
Jose Fontana
Foundation from 2002 to 2005, which is affiliated with the
Socialist Party
. He also represented Portugal in the
Council of Europe
's Education for Democratic Citizenship project from 1997 to 1999.
Political career
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Silva started his political activity while at university, serving as a member of the Porto committee of the Workers' Revolutionary Union, a
Trotskyist
group aligned with the
Internationalist Communist League
. In the
1976 presidential election
, he supported
Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho
, and in the
1980 election
, he supported
Antonio Ramalho Eanes
. Silva also joined the
Movement of Socialist Left
, aligning himself with politicians such as
Alberto Martins
, Arnaldo Fleming, and Jorge Ribeiro Strecht. In the
1986 election
, he was a supporter of
Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo
in the first round, followed by
Mario Soares
in the second.
[1]
Five years later, Silva officially joined the Socialist Party. He was first elected to the
Assembly of the Republic
in the
1995 elections
, where he has served continually ever since.
Silva has served in a number of ministerial roles, beginning in 2000 when he was appointed
Minister of Education
in the government of Prime Minister
Antonio Guterres
, which he served as until 2001. At that time, he was appointed
Minister of Culture
, serving for a year in that role.
From 2005 to 2009, Silva was the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and the
Minister of Defense
from 2009 to 2011, both in the governments of Prime Minister
Jose Socrates
.
Minister of Foreign Affairs, 2015?2022
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From the beginning of 2015, Silva served as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the government of Prime Minister Antonio Costa.
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In domestic and international deal-making, Santos Silva and Costa are widely seen as astute negotiators, having been building close ties with other Southern European governments during their time in office.
[4]
In a diplomatic row over Venezuela's jailing of Portuguese supermarket managers on charges of gouging
food prices
, Silva summoned the Venezuelan ambassador to Lisbon in September 2018 and demanded that the problem be resolved swiftly.
[5]
In 2020, Santos Silva categorically ruled out joining the so-called
17+1 group
of eastern and south-eastern European countries that co-operate on China’s
Belt and Road Initiative
(BRI), saying this was “not Portugal’s geopolitical space”.
[6]
President of the Assembly of the Republic, 2022?March 2024
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After the
2022 parliamentary election
, Santos Silva was elected as President of the
Assembly of the Republic
, receiving 156 votes in favor, out of the 230 members of Parliament.
[7]
Other activities
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Silva is also an author, his two most recent works being
Os valores da esquerda democratica: vinte teses oferecidas ao escrutinio publico
("
The values of the democratic Left: twenty propositions for public scrutiny
" ? 2010), and
A sociologia e o debate publico: estudos sobre a relacao entre conhecer e agir
("
Sociology and public debate: studies on the relation between knowing and acting
" ? 2006). Additionally, he has served as a columnist for the
Jornal de Noticias
,
Publico
, and
TVI 24
.
Silva has also been documented attending a
Bilderberg Group
meeting in Ottawa Canada.
Honours
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National honours
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Foreign honours
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Works
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- Oliveira Martins e o socialismo : ensaio de leitura critica
. Porto : Afrontamento, 1979.
- Teoria e metodologia das ciencias sociais : uma analise critica das contribuicoes de Durkheim e Max Weber
. Porto, 1984.
- Metodologia das ciencias sociais
. Com Jose Madureira Pinto. Porto : Afrontamento, 1986.
[13]
- Formar a nacao : vias culturais do progresso segundo intelectuais portugueses do seculo XIX
. Porto : BEC, 1987.
- Consumos de artesanato : resultados de um inquerito
. Com Helena Santos. Porto : Centro Regional de Artes Tradicionais, 1988.
- Projecto para a promocao sociocultural : Centro Regional de Artes Tradicionais
. Porto : Centro Regional de Artes Tradicionais, 1988.
- Entre a razao e o sentido : Durkheim, Weber e a teoria das ciencias sociais
. Porto : Afrontamento, 1988.
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- Novos artesaos portugueses : quem sao, o que fazem?
. Porto : Centro Regional de Artes Tradicionais, 1989.
- Educacao de adultos : educacao para o desenvolvimento
. Porto : Asa, 1990.
[15]
- Tempos cruzados : um estudo interpretativo da cultura popular
. Porto : Afrontamento, 1994.
[16]
- Pratica e representacao das culturas : um inquerito na area metropolitana do Porto
. Com Helena Santos. Porto : Centro Regional de Artes Tradicionais, 1995.
- Avaliacao do sistema das escolas profissionais
. Coordenacao de Julio Montalvao e Silva. Colaboracao de Augusto Santos Silva e Jose Manuel Prostes da Fonseca. Lisboa : Ministerio da Educacao, 1996.
- Palavras para um pais : estudos incompletos sobre o seculo XIX portugues
. Oeiras : Celta, 1997.
- Educacao para a cidadania democratica : algumas iniciativas em curso na area de Lisboa : projecto
. Coordenacao e projecto de Augusto Santos Silva. Lisboa : Ministerio da Educacao, Gabinete de Assuntos Europeus e Relacoes Internacionais, 1998.
- Parte devida : intervencoes publicas, 1992?1998
. Porto : Afrontamento, 1999.
- A educacao artistica e a promocao das artes, na perspectiva das politicas publicas : relatorio do Grupo de Contacto entre os Ministerios da Educacao e da Cultura
. Coordenador. Lisboa : Ministerio da Educacao, 2000.
- A educacao para a cidadania no sistema educativo portugues : 1974?1999
. Com Carla Cibele Figueiredo. Lisboa : Ministerio da Educacao, 2000.
- Cultura e desenvolvimento : estudos sobre a Relacao entre Ser e Agir
. Oeiras : Celta, 2000.
- Por uma politica de ideias em educacao
. Porto : Asa, 2002.
- Projecto e circunstancia : culturas urbanas em Portugal
. Organizacao de Carlos Fortuna e Augusto Santos Silva. Direcao de Boaventura de Sousa Santos. Porto : Afrontamento, 2002.
- A sociologia e o debate publico : estudos sobre a relacao entre conhecer e agir
. Porto : Afrontamento, 2006.
- Os valores da esquerda democratica : vinte teses oferecidas ao escrutinio critico
. Coimbra : Almedina e Fundacao Res Publica, 2010.
- Os porques da esperanca : ideias a favor do futuro em Portugal
. Com Paulo Magalhaes. Lisboa : Materia-Prima, 2015.
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References
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Carvalho, Manuel (12 June 2015).
"O "principe" que nenhum lider do PS ousou dispensar"
.
Publico
(in Portuguese)
. Retrieved
25 June
2016
.
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Meireles, Luisa (24 November 2015).
"Ministro dos Negocios Estrangeiros: Santos Silva, um homem polivalente"
.
Expresso
(in Portuguese). Archived from
the original
on 27 August 2016
. Retrieved
25 June
2016
.
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Borga, Marcos (11 November 2015).
"PS, Bloco e PCP. A "geringonca" anda ou nao anda?"
.
Expresso
(in Portuguese). Archived from
the original
on 11 March 2016
. Retrieved
25 June
2016
.
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Charlie Cooper (March 29, 2017),
What the EU27 wants from Brexit
Politico Europe
.
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Andrei Khalip (September 25, 2018),
Portugal warns Venezuela ties may suffer over jailed supermarket managers
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dead link
]
Reuters
.
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Peter Wise (January 20, 2020),
Lisbon rebuffs claims Portugal is China’s ‘special friend’ in EU
Financial Times
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"Augusto Santos Silva e o novo presidente da Assembleia da Republica"
.
www.dn.pt
(in European Portuguese)
. Retrieved
29 March
2022
.
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"Presidente da Republica condecorou Augusto Santos Silva"
[President of the Republic decorated Augusto Santos Silva].
Publico
(in Portuguese). 9 April 2024. Archived from
the original
on 10 April 2024
. Retrieved
10 April
2024
.
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"Presidente da Republica condecorou o Presidente da Assembleia da Republica"
.
Pagina Oficial das Ordens Honorificas Portuguesas
. Retrieved
2 June
2022
.
- ^
a
b
"Cidadaos Nacionais Agraciados com Ordens Estrangeiras"
.
Pagina Oficial das Ordens Honorificas Portuguesas
. Retrieved
31 July
2017
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"CIDADAOS NACIONAIS AGRACIADOS COM ORDENS ESTRANGEIRAS"
.
Ordens Honorificas Portuguesas
(in Portuguese)
. Retrieved
25 June
2016
.
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"Real Decreto 225/2018, de 13 de abri"
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Spanish Official Journal
. Retrieved
16 April
2018
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Diversas edicoes.
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Varias edicoes.
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Tem 2.ª edicao.
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Tese de doutoramento em Sociologia apresentada ao Instituto Superior de Ciencias do Trabalho e Empresa.
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A fonte das obras publicadas e a
PORBASE
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Minister of Education
2000?2001
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Minister of Culture
2001?2002
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Title last held by
Rui Gomes da Silva
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Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
2005?2009
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Minister of National Defense
2009?2011
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Minister of Foreign Affairs
2015?2022
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President of the Assembly of the Republic
2022?2024
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