Manuel Frederico Tojal de Valsassina Heitor (born 1958) is a Portuguese politician who served as Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education until 30 March 2022 when he was succeeded by

Elvira Fortunato Elvira Maria Correia Fortunato (born 22 July 1964) is a Portuguese scientist and minister of science and technology. She is a professor in the Department of Materials Science at the NOVA School of Science and Technology and vice-rector of the ...

. Heitor graduated with a PhD in mechanical engineering from

Imperial College London Imperial College London (legally Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine) is a public research university in London, United Kingdom. Its history began with Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria, who developed his vision for a cu ...

, and did a post-doctoral at the

University of California, San Diego The University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego or colloquially, UCSD) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in San Diego, California. Established in 1960 near the pre-existing Scripps Insti ...

. From March 2005 to June 2011, Heitor served as the Secretary of State for Science, Technology and Higher Education.

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1958 births 21st-century Portuguese politicians {{Portugal-politician-stub Government ministers of Portugal Living people Politicians from Lisbon Portuguese people of Italian descent