Eduardo Luís Barreto Ferro Rodrigues (born 3 November 1949) is a Portuguese

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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

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Early life and education

Born in

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, 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). In 2002, Ferro Rodrigues was elected Secretary-General of the Portuguese

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, a position he retained for two years. He resigned on 9 July 2004, immediately after

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announced a decision not to hold early elections when

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stepped down from office in order to be appointed

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. Shortly after, Rodrigues was appointed as Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Portugal to the

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. 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. After the 2019 parliamentary election, Ferro Rodrigues was re-elected as President of the Assembly of the Republic, receiving 178 votes in favor.

Family

Married to Maria Filomena Lopes Peixoto de Aguilar, he has two children, João Luís de Aguilar Ferro Rodrigues and a daughter, television presenter

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Honours

Portuguese honours

Grand Cross of the Order of Christ (21 April 2022) * PRT Order of Liberty - Grand Cross BAR

Grand Cross of the

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(5 October 2016)

Electoral history

PS leadership election, 2002

, - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! align="center" colspan=2 style="width: 60px", Candidate ! align="center" style="width: 50px", Votes ! align="center" style="width: 50px", % , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues , align=right , , align=right , 96.5 , - , bgcolor=, , 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

Legislative election, 2002

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, , 477,350 , , 8.7 , , 14 , , style="color:red;", –1 , - , style="background:;", , align="left", CDU , align=left , Carlos Carvalhas , , 379,870 , , 6.9 , , 12 , , style="color:red;", –5 , - , style="background:;", , 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

President of the Assembly of the Republic election, 2015

, - ! colspan="2" , Candidate ! Votes ! align="center" style="width: 50px", % , - , style="background:;", , align=left , Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues , , 120 , , 52.2 , - , style="background:;", , 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

President of the Assembly of the Republic election, 2019

, - ! colspan="2" , Candidate ! Votes ! align="center" style="width: 50px", % , - , style="background:;", , 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

Foreign honours

*: Grand Cross of the Order of May (18 June 2003) *: Grand Cross of the Order of Honour (21 April 2017) *: Knight Grand Cross of the

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(25 November 2016)

References

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