Elisa Maria da Costa Guimarães Ferreira, GCC (born 17 October 1955) is a Portuguese politician and economist who has been serving as

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in the

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since 2019. She previously served as vice-governor of the

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from 2016 until 2019. She was as

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(MEP) for the

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; part of the

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between 2004 and 2016. In 2019, she was selected by Portugal to serve as a

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er.

Political career

Member of the Portuguese Government, 1995–2002

Ferreira served as Minister of Environment (1995–1999) and as Minister for Planning (1999–2001) in the

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of António Guterres.

Member of the European Parliament, 2004–2016

Ferreira was a

from the 2004 European election until her resignation in 2016. Throughout her time in parliament, she served as a member of the

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. In this capacity, she drafted the committee's own-initiative report on closer coordination of economic policies, which calls for the

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(ECB) to be granted powers to monitor “financial stability in the euro-area” and to be involved “in EU-wide macroprudential supervision of systematically important financial institutions.” She was also in charge of the parliament's report on the Macroeconomic Imbalance Procedure in 2011 and led the parliament's work on the

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(SRM) in 2013. From 2004 to 2014, Ferreira was a member of the parliament's delegation to the

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. In 2015, she joined the Special Committee on Tax Rulings and Other Measures Similar in Nature or Effect. In 2012, Ferreira was part of the

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(S&D) expert “alternative troika” sent to Greece to assess what measures can be taken to spur job growth. In addition to her committee assignments, Ferreira was a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Long Term Investment and Reindustrialisation. She also represented the Parliament at the

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in Bali and the 2008 United Nations Climate Change Conference in

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Banco de Portugal, 2016–2019

In June 2016, Elisa Ferreira resigned from the European Parliament after she was nominated by the Portuguese Government to join the board of directors of the Bank of Portugal. She was replaced by Manuel dos Santos.

European Commissioner, 2019–present

On August 27, 2019, Prime-Minister António Costa announced that Ferreira had been proposed as the Portuguese commissioner in Ursula von der Leyen's European Commission due to take office on 1 November 2019, taking the portfolio of Cohesion and Reforms. She became the first Portuguese woman to be put forward as commissioner.Meet the commissioners
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'', September 9, 2019.

Other activities

* Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Member of the Administrative Board (1989–1992) * Associação Industrial Portuense, Executive Vice-President (1992–1994) * Comissão de Coordenação da Região Norte, Vice-President (1988–1992)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ferreira, Elisa 1955 births Living people MEPs for Portugal 2004–2009 MEPs for Portugal 2009–2014 MEPs for Portugal 2014–2019 21st-century women MEPs for Portugal People from Porto Socialist Party (Portugal) MEPs University of Porto alumni Portuguese European Commissioners Women European Commissioners European Commissioners 2019–2024