VascoGracaMoura

General Data

 * Born on 03 January 1942, Porto
 * Country: Portugal
 * Political Group: Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats (PPE-DE) Party: Partido Social Democrata

Functions in European Parliament

 * 21/07/1999 - 14/01/2002 : Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (Vice-Chairman)
 * 21/07/1999 - 14/01/2002 : Committee on Petitions (Member)
 * 21/07/1999 - 14/01/2002 : Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (Substitute)
 * 11/10/1999 - 14/01/2002 : Delegation to the EU-Lithuania Joint Parliamentary Committee (Member)
 * 17/01/2002 - 21/01/2002 : Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (Member)
 * 17/01/2002 - 19/07/2004 : Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (Substitute)
 * 22/01/2002 - 19/07/2004 : Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (Vice-Chairman)
 * 07/02/2002 - 15/05/2002 : Delegation to the EU-Lithuania Joint Parliamentary Committee (Member)
 * 21/07/2004 - 13/07/2009 : Committee on Culture and Education (Member)
 * 22/07/2004 - 30/01/2007 : Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (Substitute)
 * 15/09/2004 - 13/07/2009 : Delegation for relations with the United States (Member)
 * 15/09/2004 - 13/07/2009 : Delegation for relations with Mercosur (Substitute)
 * 15/09/2004 - 13/07/2009 : Delegation for relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (Substitute)
 * 06/03/2007 - 13/07/2009 : Committee on International Trade (Substitute)

Curriculum Vitae

 * Graduate in law (Lisbon, 1966)
 * Writer (since 1963)
 * Lawyer (1966 -1983)
 * Director of Channel 2 of Radiotelevisão Portuguesa (1978)
 * Administrator of the Casa da Moeda National Publishing House (1979-1989)
 * Portuguese Commissioner for Expo 92 in Seville (1988-1993)
 * Commissioner-General for the Commemorations of the Portuguese Discoveries (1988-1995)
 * Director of services with the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (1996)
 * Member of Oporto city council's first administrative committee (1974-1975)
 * Member of the Santarém Municipal Assembly
 * Elected to the Constituent Assembly in 1975, but never took office
 * Secretary of State for Social Security in the Fourth Provisional Government (1975)
 * Secretary of State in the Sixth Provisional Government (1975) for Portuguese citizens formerly resident in the African colonies
 * Member of the European Parliament (since 1999)
 * Member of the executive council of the Luso-American Foundation (1983-1999)
 * Member of the board of the Casa de Mateus Foundation
 * Officer of the Order of St James of the Sword (1983)
 * Officer of the Order of the Rio Branco (Brazil, 1989)
 * Medal of the Brazilian Navy (1990)
 * Gold Medal of the City of Florence (1998)

Votes

 * 06/05/2009 - Directives reforming the EU's regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (telecoms package), 2nd reading 19.4/100
 * 26/03/2009 - Rapport Lambrinidis on strengthening security and fundamental freedoms on the Internet 50.0/100
 * 24/09/2008 - Directives reforming the EU's regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (telecoms package), 1st reading 41.9/100
 * 10/04/2008 - Rapport Bono on cultural industries in Europe 33.3/100
 * 25/04/2007 - Criminal measures aimed at ensuring the enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPRED 2), 1st reading 15.8/100
 * 24/09/2003 - Directive on patentability of "computer-implemented inventions" (software patents), 1st reading 72.7/100

Positions
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