Duarte Cordeiro

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Duarte Cordeiro
Cordeiro in 2022
Minister of the Environment and Climate Action
In office
30 March 2022 – 2 April 2024
Prime MinisterAntónio Costa
Preceded byJoão Pedro Matos Fernandes
Succeeded byMaria da Graça Carvalho
Secretary of State for Parliamentary Affairs
In office
18 October 2019 – 30 March 2022
Prime MinisterAntónio Costa
Preceded byPedro Nuno Santos
Succeeded byAna Catarina Mendes
Deputy Mayor of Lisbon
In office
8 April 2015 – 18 February 2019
MayorFernando Medina
Preceded byFernando Medina
Succeeded byJoão Paulo Saraiva
Secretary-General of the Socialist Youth
In office
20 July 2008 – 18 July 2010
Preceded byPedro Nuno Santos
Succeeded byPedro Delgado Alves
Member of the Assembly of the Republic
In office
20 June 2011 – 23 October 2015
ConstituencySetúbal
In office
15 October 2009 – 20 June 2011
ConstituencyLisbon
Personal details
Born
José Duarte Piteira Rica Silvestre Cordeiro

(1979-02-23) 23 February 1979 (age 45)
Political partySocialist Party
Alma materUniversity of Lisbon

José Duarte Piteira Rica Silvestre Cordeiro (born 23 February 1979) is a Portuguese economist and politician of the Socialist Party (PS) who has been serving as a Minister of the Environment and Climate Action in the XXIII Constitutional Government of Portugal of Prime Minister António Costa since March 2022.[1]

Political career[edit]

From 2019 to 2022, Cordeiro served as State Secretary of Parliamentary Affairs. In the negotiations to form a coalition government unter Costa following the 2019 elections, he was part of his party’s delegation.[2]

In September 2022, Cordeiro put a capacity of 10 gigawatts (GW) on offer for Portugal’s debut offshore wind power auction in 2023, doubling the government’s original target at the start of the year.[3] Under his leadership, the government invested 3 billion euros ($2.91 billion) in its electricity and natural gas systems in 2023 to lower energy prices paid by companies.[4] In 2023, he announced plans to launch a pioneering auction for rights to sell hydrogen for injection into the national gas grid.[5]

Personal life[edit]

Cordeiro is married to Susana Ramos, a public servant.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Novidades e mudanças de pasta. Conheça os nomes de todos os ministros do novo Governo". TSF Rádio Notícias (in European Portuguese). 2022-03-23. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
  2. ^ Catarina Demony and Sergio Goncalves (15 October 2019), Portugal's new cabinet list approved; Centeno keeps finance job Reuters.
  3. ^ Sergio Goncalves (21 September 2022), Portugal ups debut offshore wind auction target to 10 GW Reuters.
  4. ^ Sergio Goncalves (12 October 2022), Portugal to inject 3 bln euros into energy systems to lower prices Reuters.
  5. ^ Sergio Goncalves and Charlie Devereux (27 March 2023), Portugal to launch Europe's first auction for piped hydrogen Reuters.
  6. ^ Ivo Oliveira (28 March 2019), Family affair rocks Portuguese government Politico Europe.