Born in Porto de Mós, graduated in Economics, auditor at the Portuguese Court of Accounts. He was a member of the Madeira Regional Parliament and a member of the Portuguese Parliament. He was the Secretary of State for Internal Affairs and for Foreign Affairs and the Minister of National Defence, State and Foreign Affairs. At present, he is an international consultant and the non-executive chairman of the board of directors of BANIF and a non-executive member of the board of directors of SDM. He is a guest professor at the Higher Institute for Political and Social Sciences and at the Business School of Lisbon Nova University and a correspondent academician at the International Academy of Culture. He is a Trustee for the Fundação Oriente and a member of the European Council on Foreign Relations. He was awarded with the Portuguese decoration Grã Cruz da Ordem de Cristo and with several other decorations conferred by foreign governments.

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