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Elisa Ferreira
Elisa Ferreira
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Professor at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Porto.
She was vice-governor of the Bank of Portugal between 2017 e 2019. Later that year, she became European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms until 2024.
SHe served as minister for Planning and for the Environment in the two governments led by António Guterres.
She was a Member of the European Parliament between 2004 and 2016. She was the coordinator for the Group of Socialists and Democrats in the EP’s Economic and Monetary (ECON) Committee. Before that, she was a member of the Portuguese National Parliament.
With a degree in Economics from the University of Porto and a Masters (1981) and a PhD (1985) from the University of Reading, in the UK, she was a member of the board of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística.

Last update: september 2026
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