Jorge Moreira da Silva | |
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 Moreira da Silva in 2023 | |
| Executive Director of the United Nations Office for Project Services | |
| Assumed office 17 April 2023 | |
| Secretary-General | António Guterres |
| Preceded by | Grete Faremo |
| Director of the Development Co-operation Directorate | |
| In office 1 November 2016 –14 April 2022 | |
| Secretary-General | JoséÁngel Gurría |
| Preceded by | Jon Lomay |
| Succeeded by | Pilar Garrido Gonzalo |
| Minister of the Environment,Territorial Planning and Energy | |
| In office 24 July 2013 –26 November 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | Pedro Passos Coelho |
| Preceded by | Assunção Cristas |
| Succeeded by | João Pedro Matos Fernandes |
| Secretary of State Assistant to the Minister of the Environment and Spatial Planning | |
| In office 21 July 2004 –12 March 2005 | |
| Prime Minister | Pedro Santana Lopes |
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| Succeeded by |
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| Secretary of State Assistant to the Minister of Science and Higher Education | |
| In office 6 October 2003 –17 July 2004 | |
| Prime Minister | JoséManuel Barroso |
| Preceded by | JoséPinto Paixão |
| Succeeded by | Pedro Sampaio Nunes |
| President of the Social Democratic Youth | |
| In office December 1995 –September 1998 | |
| Preceded by | Pedro Passos Coelho |
| Succeeded by | Pedro Duarte |
| Member of the Assembly of the Republic | |
| In office 23 October 2015 –31 October 2016 | |
| Constituency | Braga |
| In office 10 March 2005 –14 October 2009 | |
| Constituency | Lisbon |
| In office 27 October 1995 –19 July 1999 | |
| Constituency | Braga |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| In office 20 July 1999 –5 October 2003 | |
| Constituency | Portugal |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jorge Manuel Lopes Moreira da Silva 24 April 1971 Vila Nova de Famalicão,Portugal |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party |
| Alma mater | University of Porto University of Navarra |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Engineer Consultant |
Jorge Manuel Lopes Moreira da Silva GOIH (born 24 April 1971) is a Portuguese engineer and politician of the Social Democratic Party serving as the Executive Director of the United Nations Office for Project Services,UNOPS,since 2023.
Contents
- Political career
- Early beginnings
- Member of the European Parliament,1999–2003
- Secretary of State on Science and Higher Education,2003–2004
- Secretary of State on Environment and Spatial Planning,2004–2005
- Career within the PSD
- Minister on Environment,Spatial Planning and Energy,2013–2015
- Career in international organizations
- United Nations Development Programme,UNDP,2009-2012
- OECD,2016–2022
- United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS),2023–present
- Honours
- References
- External links
During his political career as an elected official,Moreira da Silva was member of the Portuguese Parliament and member of the European Parliament. Between 2003 and 2005 he was secretary of State for Science and Higher Education under Prime Minister JoséManuel Durão Barroso and Secretary of State for the Environment and Territorial Planning under Prime Minister Pedro Santana Lopes. He went on to become minister of the Environment,Territorial Planning and Energy from 2013 to 2015 in the governments led by Pedro Passos Coelho. From 2016 to 2022 he was director of the Development Co-operation Directorate at OECD. [1]
An international expert on development,climate change,carbon finance,energy,environment and humanitarian aid,Moreira da Silva has been a visiting professor on development,climate change,energy,environment,humanitarian aid,conflict and fragility and carbon markets at several Portuguese and international universities and institutions,namely Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto,Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas and Sciences Po. He was member of the European Commission's High-Level Group on Research,Innovation,and Science Policy (RISE) and was also a member of the advisory committee of CIRCLE (Climate Impact Research Coordination for a Larger Europe). He served as senior advisor to the President of the Portuguese Republic,consultant to the European Commission and to the European Investment Bank and Vice-President of GLOBE-Europe. [2]
