ManuelAntonioDosSantos

General Data

 * Born on 05 December 1943, Mirandela
 * Country: Portugal
 * Political Group: Socialist Group in the European Parliament (PSE) Party: Partido Socialista

Functions in European Parliament

 * 03/07/2001 - 19/07/2004 : Group of the Party of European Socialists (Member)
 * 03/09/2001 - 14/01/2002 : Committee on Budgets (Substitute)
 * 06/09/2001 - 14/01/2002 : Committee on Constitutional Affairs (Member)
 * 27/09/2001 - 14/01/2002 : Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (Member)
 * 17/01/2002 - 29/01/2002 : Committee on Budgets (Substitute)
 * 17/01/2002 - 05/02/2002 : Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (Member)
 * 30/01/2002 - 19/07/2004 : Committee on Budgetary Control (Substitute)
 * 30/01/2002 - 19/07/2004 : Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (Substitute)
 * 06/02/2002 - 19/07/2004 : Committee on Budgets (Member)
 * 07/02/2002 - 19/07/2004 : Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (Member)
 * 21/07/2004 - 19/06/2005 : Committee on Budgetary Control (Substitute)
 * 21/07/2004 - 13/07/2009 : Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (Member)
 * 21/07/2004 - 13/07/2009 : Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (Substitute)
 * 15/09/2004 - 13/07/2009 : Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (Substitute)
 * 28/10/2004 - 13/07/2009 : Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (including Libya) (Member)
 * 12/04/2005 - 13/07/2009 : European Parliament (Vice-President)
 * 12/04/2005 - 13/07/2009 : Parliament's Bureau (Vice-President)
 * 23/05/2007 - 13/07/2009 : Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (Member)

Curriculum Vitae

 * Graduate in economics(Oporto, 1968)
 * Marketing diploma (1973)
 * Postgraduate diploma in financial management (1980) and in general management (1983)
 * Company director (1968 and 1974)
 * Private-sector business administrator (1978 to 1988)
 * President of the Bureau of the General Assembly of the CTOC (national audit chamber) (since 1999)
 * University lecturer (since 1997)
 * Member of the PS national leadership (since 1975)
 * Municipal assembly member (1976-1981)
 * Municipal councillor (1987-1991 and 1997)
 * Member of the Assembly of the Republic (1980-2001), chairing several parliamentary committees
 * State Secretary for Trade (1995-1996)
 * Member of the Portuguese delegation to COSAC (1999-2001)
 * Chairman of COSAC for the first half of 2000
 * Member of the Conference of Chairmen of Committees on Economic and Financial Affairs of the EU
 * Delegate to the EFTA Parliamentary Assembly (1980-1983)
 * Member of the Portuguese delegation to the IPU (1987-1995)
 * Member of the European Parliament (since 2001)
 * Has played a leading role in various associations in the fields of film, theatre, and sport
 * Regular newspaper contributor
 * Author of a number of studies on economic and financial subjects and in the field of political sociology

Votes

 * 06/05/2009 - Directives reforming the EU's regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (telecoms package), 2nd reading 22.2/100
 * 26/03/2009 - Rapport Lambrinidis on strengthening security and fundamental freedoms on the Internet 100.0/100
 * 24/09/2008 - Directives reforming the EU's regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (telecoms package), 1st reading 50.3/100
 * 10/04/2008 - Rapport Bono on cultural industries in Europe 100.0/100
 * 25/04/2007 - Criminal measures aimed at ensuring the enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPRED 2), 1st reading 15.8/100
 * 12/10/2006 - Resolutions on European Patent Litigation Agreement (EPLA) 18.1/100
 * 24/09/2003 - Directive on patentability of "computer-implemented inventions" (software patents), 1st reading 34.8/100

Positions
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