Duarte Cordeiro
Portuguese economist and politician (born 1979)
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José Duarte Piteira Rica Silvestre Cordeiro (born 23 February 1979) is a Portuguese economist and politician of the Socialist Party (PS) who served as a Minister of the Environment and Climate Action in the XXIII Constitutional Government of Portugal of Prime Minister António Costa from 2022 to 2024.[1]
Duarte Cordeiro | |
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.png) Cordeiro in 2022 | |
| Minister of the Environment and Climate Action | |
| In office 30 March 2022 – 2 April 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | António Costa |
| Preceded by | João Pedro Matos Fernandes |
| Succeeded by | Maria da Graça Carvalho |
| Secretary of State for Parliamentary Affairs | |
| In office 18 October 2019 – 30 March 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | António Costa |
| Preceded by | Pedro Nuno Santos |
| Succeeded by | Ana Catarina Mendes |
| Deputy Mayor of Lisbon | |
| In office 8 April 2015 – 18 February 2019 | |
| Mayor | Fernando Medina |
| Preceded by | Fernando Medina |
| Succeeded by | João Paulo Saraiva |
| Secretary-General of the Socialist Youth | |
| In office 20 July 2008 – 18 July 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Pedro Nuno Santos |
| Succeeded by | Pedro Delgado Alves |
| Member of the Assembly of the Republic | |
| In office 20 June 2011 – 23 October 2015 | |
| Constituency | Setúbal |
| In office 15 October 2009 – 20 June 2011 | |
| Constituency | Lisbon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | José Duarte Piteira Rica Silvestre Cordeiro 23 February 1979 |
| Party | Socialist Party |
| Alma mater | University of Lisbon |
Political career
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]
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