On 20 July 2004 he was elected as one of the 14 vice-presidents of the European Parliament. Ĭosta was a member of the European Parliament for the Socialist Party ( PES), heading the list for the 2004 European elections after the dramatic death of top candidate António de Sousa Franco. He was Minister of Justice from 1999 to 2002. Political career Ĭosta's first role in a Socialist government was as minister of parliamentary affairs under Prime Minister António Guterres between 19.
He completed the mandatory military service in 1987 and later practiced law briefly from 1988, before entering politics full-time. Ĭosta graduated from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon in the 1980s, when he first entered politics and was elected as a Socialist deputy to the municipal council. In Goa, Costa is affectionately known as Babush, a word in Konkani meaning a young loved one. Orlando da Costa was half Portuguese and half Goan Portuguese his father was born in Maputo, Mozambique, to a Goan family. Early life and education Ĭosta was born in 1961 in São Sebastião da Pedreira, Lisbon, the son of writer Orlando da Costa and journalist Maria Antónia Palla.
He was elected secretary-general of the Socialist Party in 2014. Previously, he was secretary of state for parliamentary affairs from 1995 to 1997, minister of parliamentary affairs from 1997 to 1999, minister of justice from 1999 to 2002, minister of internal administration from 2005 to 2007, as well as mayor of Lisbon from 2007 to 2015. António Luís Santos da Costa GCIH ( Portuguese pronunciation: born 17 July 1961) is a Portuguese lawyer and politician who has served as the 119th and current prime minister of Portugal since 26 November 2015, presiding over the XXI (2015–2019), XXII (2019–2022) and XXIII Constitutional Governments (2022–present).
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