Decorations:
- Order of the Congress of Colombia in the degree of "Gran Cruz com Placa de Oro", awarded by the Senate of the Republic of Colombia, May 24, 2022;
- Certificate of Merit awarded by the Verkhovna Rada, Supreme Council of Ukraine, 7 March 2023;
- Equestrian Order of Saint Agatha in the degree of "Cavaliere di Gran Croce", awarded by the Consiglio Grande e Generale of the Republic of San Marino, 30 August 2023.
Professional experience:
- Honorary President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union;
- Chairman of the Council of Leaders and Notables of the Universidad Austral (Buenos Aires).
- Councillor at the Municipality of Torres Vedras;
- Member of the Supervisory Board of the Order of Statutory Auditors;
- Regular commentator on the Casa Comum program on Rádio Renascença;
- Member of the Assembly of the Republic from the VI legislature to the XV legislature, with different responsibilities;
- Member of the Bureau of the Assembly of the Republic between the VII and the XV legislature, with delegation of powers by the President of the Assembly of the Republic;
- Member of the Budget and Finance Committee;
- Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Portuguese Communities;
- Business consultant, in a liberal capacity, exercising commercial and technical activity, in the areas of strategic planning, organization of services and definition of procedures, with different private institutions;
- Business consultant in different consulting services companies, namely Leadership Business Consulting, Deloitte, DHV MC;
- Millennium BCP staff, with technical functions in the central financial analysis office;
- Member of several Parliamentary Inquiry Committees, namely into the financial system;
- Participation in the work of the Conference of Leaders and the Conference of Chairs of Parliamentary Committees;
- President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union between November 2020 and October 2023;
- President of the Geopolitical Group 12+ (Western group) of the Inter-Parliamentary Union between 2016 and 2020;
- President of the Assembly of the Republic's delegation to the Inter-Parliamentary Union in different legislatures;
- Member of the Assembly of the Republic's delegation to the Inter-Parliamentary Union between 2002 and 2024;
- Member of the Municipal Assembly of Sobral de Monte Agraço between 1997 and 2021;
- Councilor in the Municipality of Sobral de Monte Agraço between 1989 and 1997;
- Visiting Professor at Lusíada, Atlântica and Moderna Universities.
He holds a master’s degree in European studies from the Catholic University of Portugal (1998) and a degree in Economics from the same university (1989).
Mastery of English, French and Spanish.
