Antonio Vitorino
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António Vitorino [ ɐnˈtɔni̯u vituˈrinu ] (born January 12, 1957 in Lisbon ) is a socialist Portuguese politician . From 1999 to 2004 he was EU Commissioner for Justice and Home Affairs .
António Vitorino received his Masters in Law and Political Science from the Law Faculty of the University of Lisbon .
In 1980 he became a member of parliament and was a member of the committee for European integration until 1984 . From 1984 to 1985 he was State Secretary for Parliamentary Affairs, from 1985 to 1986 Chairman of the Constitutional Committee of the Portuguese Parliament. In 1986 he moved to Macau as State Secretary and representative of the Portuguese President until he returned in 1989. From 1989 to 1994 he was the Portuguese constitutional judge. In 1994 he became a member of the European Parliament , but returned to Portugal in 1995 to become Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister (until 1997) .
In September 1999 he was appointed European Commissioner for Home Affairs and Justice . He resigned from office in November 2004. From June 11th to 14th, 2015 he took part in the 63rd Bilderberg Conference in Telfs-Buchen , Austria .
In 2017 he was on the advisory boards of the International Migration Initiative (part of the Open Society Foundations ) and the Transatlantic Council on Migration (part of the Migration Policy Institute ).
On June 29, 2018, Vitorino was elected as the new Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM). He thus succeeded William L. Swing , whose term of office ended in September 2018. With Vitorino, a person who is not American has been elected to head the organization for only the second time since it was founded in 1951. The US candidate, Ken Isaacs , was eliminated before the last ballot.
António Vitorino is married and has two children. He has written several political science books.
Awards
- 1997: Grand Officer of the Order of the Republic of Egypt
- 2002: Large gold medal on ribbon for services to the Republic of Austria
- 2002: Grand Cross of the Order of San Raimundo de Penafort
Web links
- Entry on António Vitorino in the European Parliament 's database of deputies
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Portugal enters race for IOM leadership" xinhuanet.com December 12, 2017
- ↑ IOM elects Portuguese António Vitorino to the top position. Handelsblatt , June 29, 2018, accessed on the same day.
- ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)
Michel Barnier (until April 2004) | Frits Bolkestein | Philippe Busquin | David Byrne | Anna Diamantopoulou (until March 2004) | Franz Fischler | Neil Kinnock | Pascal Lamy | Erkki Liikanen (until July 2004) | Mario Monti | Poul Nielson | Loyola de Palacio | Chris Patten | Romano Prodi | Viviane Reding | Michaele Schreyer | Pedro Solbes (until April 2004) | Günter Verheugen | António Vitorino | Margot Wallström
Additions:
Joaquín Almunia (from April 2004) |
Péter Balázs (from May 2004) |
Jacques Barrot (from April 2004) |
Joseph Borġ (from May 2004) |
Stavros Dimas (from March 2004) |
Ján Figeľ (from May 2004) |
Dalia Grybauskaitė (from May 2004) |
Danuta Hübner (from May 2004) |
Siim Kallas (from May 2004) |
Sandra Kalniete (from May 2004) |
Márkos Kyprianoú (from May 2004) |
Janez Potočnik (from May 2004) |
Olli Rehn (from July 2004) |
Pavel Telička (from May 2004)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vitorino, António |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Portuguese politician, MEP, Commissioner for Justice, Freedom and Security |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 12, 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lisbon , Portugal |