José Manuel Barroso
José Manuel Barroso | |
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Official portrait, 2008 | |
| President of the European Commission | |
| In office 22 November 2004 – 31 October 2014 | |
| First Vice-President | Margot Wallström Catherine Ashton |
| Preceded by | Romano Prodi |
| Succeeded by | Jean-Claude Juncker |
| Prime Minister of Portugal | |
| In office 6 April 2002 – 17 July 2004 | |
| President | Jorge Sampaio |
| Preceded by | António Guterres |
| Succeeded by | Pedro Santana Lopes |
| President of the Social Democratic Party | |
| In office 2 May 1999 – 30 June 2004 | |
| Secretary-General | José Luís Arnaut |
| Preceded by | Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa |
| Succeeded by | Pedro Santana Lopes |
| Leader of the Opposition | |
| In office 2 May 1999 – 6 April 2002 | |
| Prime Minister | António Guterres |
| Preceded by | Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa |
| Succeeded by | Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 12 November 1992 – 28 October 1995 | |
| Prime Minister | Aníbal Cavaco Silva |
| Preceded by | João de Deus Pinheiro |
| Succeeded by | Jaime Gama |
| Member of the Assembly of the Republic | |
| In office 27 October 1995 – 22 November 2004 | |
| Constituency | Lisbon |
| In office 13 August 1987 – 26 October 1995 | |
| Constituency | Viseu |
| In office 4 November 1985 – 12 August 1987 | |
| Constituency | Lisbon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | José Manuel Durão Barroso 23 March 1956 Lisbon, Portugal |
| Political party | Workers' Communist Party (1974–1977) Social Democratic Party (1980–present) |
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| Children | 3 |
| Education | University of Lisbon University of Geneva Georgetown University |
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José Manuel Durão Barroso (European Portuguese: [ʒuˈzɛ mɐˈnwɛl duˈɾɐ̃w bɐˈʁozu]; born 23 March 1956) is a Portuguese politician and law professor. He served as the prime minister of Portugal from 2002 to 2004 and as the president of the European Commission from 2004 to 2014.[1]
He has been one of the revolving door cases at the EU, which received the most media attention because only two months after the cooling off period, Barroso accepted a position as "senior adviser" and "non-executive chairman" of Goldman Sachs International[2] and became subject of an ethics inquiry.
- ^ "Ex-European Commission head Barroso under fire over Goldman Sachs job". BBC News. 13 July 2016.
- ^ "Goldman lures former Bank of England chief Fried as next international chair". Sky News. Retrieved 18 August 2023.