Pedro Manuel Dias de Jesus Marques (born 1976) is a Portuguese politician of the

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(PS) who has been serving as

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since 2019. He is currently the Vice-President for the Group of the

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in the European Parliament. He previously served as Secretary of State for Social Security, between 2005 and 2011, and as Minister of Planning and Infrastructure in the government of

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António Costa António Luís Santos da Costa GCIH (; born 17 July 1961) is a Portuguese lawyer and politician serving as the 119th and current prime minister of Portugal since 26 November 2015, presiding over the XXI (2015–2019), XXII (2019–2022) and ...

, between 2015 and 2019.

Education and early professional career

After completing a Bachelor's degree in Economics at th
Lisbon School of Economics and Management
(ISEG) in 1997, he joined the Technical Support Structure for the Operational Intervention of Urban Renovation. In 1999, he completed a Master's degree in International Economics, while working as a Senior Consultant at CISED Consultores.

Work in national politics

In 2002, as a result of political intervention in his municipality, Montijo, he was elected councilor of the Municipality of Montijo, with the responsibilities of Social Action and Health, Social Housing, Planning and Economic Development. He was invited by the Minister of Labor and Social Solidarity,

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, to integrate the XVII Constitutional Government, in 2005. He performed the duties of Secretary of State for Social Security until 2011. During this time he was deeply linked to the Social Security reform of 2007, widely praised by the

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and the

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, and the implementation of the PARES Program, which led to the duplication of social facilities throughout the country. After being elected deputy to the Assembly of the Republic in the XI Legislature for the constituency of

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, he repeated the election in the XII Legislature, this time for the constituency of Portalegre. He served as vice-president of the Parliamentary Group of the Socialist Party until 2014, when he returned to the private sector to join Capgemini Portugal. Following his involvement, as coordinator of the Agenda for the Decade, he was invited by the Prime Minister

to integrate the XXI Constitutional Government. In November 2015, he took office as Minister of Planning and Infrastructure, having had responsibilities in areas such as Structural Funds, the repurchase of the majority of the public position in TAP or the preparation of the investment plan for the modernization of the national railway, Ferrovia 2020 program. In his capacity as Minister of Planning and Infrastructure, he renegotiated Portugal's structural and cohesion funds as part of an multiannual program — called Portugal 2020 — and started discussions on the following period between 2021 and 2027.Ivo Oliveira (May 20, 2019)
Portugal eyes big EU cash prize
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Work at the European level, 2019–present

In 2019, the Socialist Party put Marques at the head of its list for the

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. The party won the elections by a wide margin and elected 9 deputies to the European Parliament. In the European Parliament, Marques integrates the committees AFET (External Affairs), ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs), FISC (Subcommittee on Fiscal Affairs), the Delegation for Relations with the Maghreb Countries and the Arab Maghreb Union, including the Parliamentary Committees Joint EU-Morocco, EU-Tunisia and EU-Algeria and the Delegation for Relations with India. He worked directly on the creation of the Just Transition Fund, on the creation of the European Anti-Money Laundering Authority, among others. In 2020, Marques succeeded

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was elected vice-chair of the S&D Group, under the leadership of chairwoman

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,Octávio Lousada Oliveira (November 27, 2020)
Ex-ministro Pedro Marques candidata-se a vice-presidente do grupo dos socialistas europeus
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''. having been re-elected in December 2021. Currently, his areas of responsibility include Social Affairs, Foreign Affairs and Communication .

References

1976 births Government ministers of Portugal Living people MEPs for Portugal 2019–2024 People from Lisbon Socialist Party (Portugal) politicians {{Portugal-politician-stub