Fernando Medina
Fernando Medina | |
|---|---|
 Fernando Medina in 2016 | |
| 77th Mayor of Lisbon | |
| In office 6 April 2015 – 18 October 2021 | |
| Duarte Cordeiro (2015-2019) João Paulo Saraiva (2019-2021) | |
| Preceded by | António Costa |
| Succeeded by | Carlos Moedas |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Fernando Medina Maciel Almeida Correia 10 March 1973 Porto, Portugal |
| Political party | Socialist Party |
Fernando Medina Maciel Almeida Correia (born 10 March 1973) is a Portuguese economist and politician Socialist Party (PS) who served as Mayor of Lisbon from 2015, succeeding António Costa,[1][2] to 2021.
Medina lost his re-election bid in the 2021 local elections, and was succeeded as Mayor by Carlos Moedas.[3]
Early life and education[]
Medina was born in Porto to Edgar Marciel Almeida Correia and Maria Helena Guimarães Medina. He has a degree in Economics from the Faculty of Economics of the University of Porto. He also holds a master's degree in Economic Sociology from the Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão.[1]
Political career[]
During his time at university, Medina was the President of the Faculty's Students' Union and then the President of the Students' Unions' Federation of Porto.
From 2000 to 2002, Medina served as adviser to Prime Minister António Guterres, first on education and science and later on economic policy.
Following the 2005 national elections, incoming Prime Minister José Sócrates appointed Medina as Secretary of State for Employment and Professional Training, serving under Minister of Labor José António Vieira da Silva.
In June 2021, Medina faced calls for his resignation as a result of his government's decision of January 2021 to share the personal information of at least three Lisbon-based Russian dissidents with Russian authorities.[4] In response, he ruled out stepping down and instead apologized for what he initially described as a "bureaucratic error".[5] Afterwards, municipal authorities admitted that since 2011 Lisbon’s city hall had regularly disclosed the personal information of human rights activists, including "names, identification numbers, home addresses and telephone numbers", with several repressive regimes, including Angola, China and Venezuela. Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa described the situation as "deeply regrettable" and declared that everyone deserved to have their fundamental rights respected in a democratic country.[6]
References[]
- ^ a b Avillez, Maria João. "Fernando Medina: quem é o novo presidente da Câmara de Lisboa". Observador. Retrieved 2016-11-08.
- ^ "Fernando Medina toma posse como presidente da Câmara de Lisboa a 6 de Abril" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2016-11-08.
- ^ Moreira, Cristiana Faria; Martins, Ruben (27 September 2021). "Carlos Moedas eleito presidente da Câmara de Lisboa. "Ganhámos contra tudo e contra todos!"". Público. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
- ^ Aitor Hernández-Morales (June 10, 2021), Lisbon admits sharing Russian dissidents’ personal data with Moscow Politico Europe.
- ^ Catarina Demony and Andrei Khalip (June 10, 2021), Lisbon mayor apologises over exposure of pro-Navalny activists to Moscow Reuters.
- ^ "Lisbon has shared dissident info with repressive regimes for years". Politico. 2021-06-11. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
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