Miguel Poiares Maduro (born 3 January 1967) is a Portuguese academic and politician. He was the Portuguese Minister for Regional Development from April 2013 to October 2015 in the

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. Formerly, he was director of the School of Transnational Governance and professor of law at the

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, Italy. Poiares Maduro was also visiting professor at the faculty of

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in the United States of America.

Career

Poiares Maduro was an Advocate General at the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg from 7 October 2003 to 6 October 2009. He has been a Fulbright Visiting Research Scholar of Law at

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of high ...

, He is Doctor in law at the European University Institute and won the Purpose Prize Europe for the best PhD thesis at the institute that year. He has worked as a lecturer at numerous institutions, including:

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, Catholic University of Lisbon, the

New University of Lisbon NOVA University Lisbon ( pt, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, ), or just NOVA, is a Portuguese public university whose rectorate is located in Campolide, Lisbon. Founded in 1973, it is the newest of the public universities in the Portuguese capital ...

, School of Economics London, School of Chicago Law School, Centre for Political and Constitutional Studies in Spain, Instituto Ortega y Gasset in Madrid and Institute of European Studies of Macau. Maduro belonged to the Political Committee of candidate Aníbal Cavaco Silva in the 2011 presidential elections. Between 2012 and 2013, Poiares Maduro served as member of the

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’s High Level Group on Media Freedom and Pluralism, an advisory panel set up by European Commissioner Neelie Kroes and chaired by

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. From 13 April 2013 to 30 October 2015, Maduro was Minister for Regional Development in the centre-right Portuguese government of

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. In 2016, Poiraes Maduro was elected as chairman of the FIFA Governance Committee and its independent Review Committee; his co-chairman is Mukul Mudgal.FIFA Congress drives football forward, first female secretary general appointed
FIFA, media release of 13 May 2016.

Recognition

In 2010 Poiraes Maduro was awarded the

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for science. He was made a Commander of the Order of St. James of the Sword by the president of the Portuguese Republic for literary, scientific and artistic merit in 2006 and was the first recipient of the Rowe and Maw Prize at the

Bibliography

*''We the Court – The European Court of Justice and the European Economic Constitution'' *''The Plural Constitution – Constitutionalism and the European Union'' *(with L Azoulai) ''The Past and Future of EU law - The Classics of EU law revisited on the 50th Anniversary of the Rome Treaty'' (2010)

List of case opinions

*'' Commission v Netherlands'' (2006
C‑282/04
(opinion that golden shares in KPN NV and TPG NV contravened free movement of capital: adopted) *'' Ahokainen and Leppik'' (2006
C-434/04
*'' FENIN v Commission'' (2006
C-205/03 P
*'' Del Cerro Alonso v Osakidetza-Servicio Vasco de Salud'' (2007
C-307/05
(opinion against fixed term workers being able to claim equal pay: rejected by ECJ) *''

The Rosella ''The Rosella'' or ''International Transport Workers Federation v Viking Line ABP'' (2007C-438/05is an EU law case, relevant to all labour law within the European Union, including UK labour law, which held that there is a positive right to strik ...

'' or ''

ITWF v Viking Line ABP ''The Rosella'' or ''International Transport Workers Federation v Viking Line ABP'' (2007C-438/05is an EU law case, relevant to all labour law within the European Union, including UK labour law, which held that there is a positive right to strike ...

'' (2007
C-438/05
(opinion against the trade union's right to strike: adopted) *''

Coleman v Attridge Law ''Coleman v Attridge Law'' (2008) C-303/06 (and AG Opinion) is an employment law case heard by the European Court of Justice. The question is whether the European Union's discrimination policy covers not just people who are disabled (or have a ...

'' (2008) C-303/06 (opinion in favour of a right to claim discrimination, associated to disabled child: adopted) *'' Cartesio Oktató és Szolgáltató bt'' (2008
C-210/06
(opinion in favour of corporations being able to shift member states to evade social regulation: rejected) *'' CGKR v Firma Feryn NV'' (2008) C-54/07 (opinion in favour of public statement that a business would not hire Moroccan immigrants was direct discrimination: adopted) *'' Kadi and Al Barakaat International Foundation v Council and Commission'' (2008
C-402
(opinion in favour of EU law principles overriding a UN Security Council resolution: adopted)

References

External links

List of opinions by AG Maduro between 2003 and 2009 at the CJEU
{{DEFAULTSORT:Maduro, Miguel Poiares 1967 births Advocates General of the European Court of Justice Living people Catholic University of Portugal faculty Portuguese officials of the European Union NOVA University Lisbon faculty