Biography
2004/ -
Vice-President of Lusomundo Media.
2003/ -
President of the Golf Industry National Council (Conselho Nacional da Indústria de Golfe).
2003/ -
Head of Mission for the Reform of Public Administration.
2002/-
Member of the Consulting Council of Banco Privado Português.
2001/ -
Member of the Fiscal Council of SPAS.
2001/ -
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Lusotur Golfes.
2001/ -
Member of the Higher Council of the Ilídio Pinho Foundation.
2000/ -
President of the General Assembly of World Movement Fund Portugal.
1993-2000
European Commissioner.
1993
D. Sc. Hon. University of Birmingham.
1987-1992
Minister of Foreign Affairs.
1985-1987
Minister of Education and Culture.
1984-1985
Rector of the University of Minho
1982-1983
Secretary of State of Education and School Administration.
1979
Full Professor of Engineering Sciences, University of Minho.
1979
Admission as a tenured professor in Engineering Sciences, University of Minho.
1976
He has a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Birmingham.
1970
He graduated in Chemical Engineering from Técnico Lisboa.
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He was awarded 14 Grand Crosses, including the Grand Cross of the Order of Christ.
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Fellow da Royal Academy of Engineering (U.K.).
1945
He was born in 1945.
