António José da Costa Silva (; born 23 November 1952) is a Portuguese professor, businessman and politician serving as the current Minister of the Economy and Maritime Affairs since 30 March 2022, part of the third Costa cabinet. Costa Silva studied Mining Engineering at

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's Higher Technical Institute, going on to earn a master’s in Petroleum Engineering from Imperial College and a PhD in Petrol Reserve Engineering from both his previous colleges. He started working in Angola at

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in 1980 and from 1984 to 1997 he worked at Companhia Portuguesa de Serviços. He was Director of Reservoir Engineering and Production at Beicip-Franlab, the corporate branch of the French Petroleum Institute, in Paris from 2001 to 2003, Executive Director of the Compagnie Géneral de Geophysique in Portugal from 1998 to 2001 and CEO of

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from 2004 to 2021. He is professor emeritus at the Higher Technical Institute, where he taught Planning and Integrated Management of Energy Resources. In 2020 he was invited by

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António Costa to draw up Portugal's

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economic recovery programme for the use of the European Union funds.

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External links

Biography in the Portuguese Government site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Costa Silva, Antonio 1952 births Government ministers of Portugal Living people