Maria da Graça Carvalho

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Maria da Graça Carvalho
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Maria da Graça Carvalho
Member of the European Parliament
Assumed office
2019
In office
2009–2014
ConstituencyPortugal
Personal details
Born (1955-04-09) 9 April 1955 (age 66)
Beja, Portugal
Political partyPSD

Maria da Graça Carvalho (born April 9, 1955) is a Portuguese academic, engineer and politician who has served as a Member of the European Parliament from 2009 until 2014 and again since the 2019 elections.

Career[]

Early career[]

Earlier in her career, Carvalho worked as a professor at the University of Lisbon.[1][2]

Career in national politics[]

From 2003 to 2005, Carvalho was a member of Portugal's government, first as Minister of Science and Higher Education and later as the Minister of Science, Innovation and Higher Education in the cabinets of successive prime ministers José Manuel Barroso (2003-2004) and Pedro Santana Lopes (2004-2005).

Career in European politics[]

Carvalho acted as adviser to Barroso in his capacity as President of the European Commission from 2006 to 2009.

Carvalho first served as a Member of the European Parliament from 2009 to 2014 as a representative of Portugal's Social Democratic Party (PSD). She was a member of the Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE). In this capacity, she was also the Parliament's rapporteur on the Horizon 2020 research framework programme (2014-2020). In addition to her committee assignments, she was a member of the Parliament's delegation to the ACP–EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly.

From 2014 until 2015, Carvalho served as an adviser to European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science Carlos Moedas. She later moved as a staff member to the Commission's Directorate-General for Research and Innovation.

Carvalho again joined the European Parliament in the 2019 elections. She has been serving on the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (since 2020), Committee on Fisheries (since 2021)[3] and the Special Committee on Artificial Intelligence in a Digital Age (since 2021).[4]

In addition to her committee assignments, Carvalho is a member of the delegation for relations with the United States. She is also a member of the European Internet Forum[5] and the MEPs Against Cancer group.[6]

Other activities[]

  • Instituto Francisco Sá Carneiro, Chair of the Board of Directors (since 2020)[7]

Recognition[]

Carvalho is the recipient of a number of awards and honors:[2]

  • 2016 - Prize Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo, a career prize to honour outstanding women scientists and engineers
  • 2016 - IUMRS International Union of Materials Research Societies Global Leadership and Service Award
  • 2012 - Medal of Merit of the City of Beja
  • 2011 - Prize for the best Member of the European Parliament in the area of Research and Innovation
  • 2008 - CIRCE Prize, CIRCE Foundation, Saragossa
  • 2005 - Portuguese Great Cross-Chancellery of the International Order of Merit of the Discoverer of Brazil
  • 2002 - “Great Official of the Order of Public Instruction” by the President of Portugal

References[]

  1. ^ "7th parliamentary term - Maria Da Graça CARVALHO - MEPs - European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Maria da Graça Carvalho". The Academy of Europe. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  3. ^ Mia Bartoloni (March 26, 2021), Movers & Shakers The Parliament Magazine.
  4. ^ Members of the Special Committee on Artificial Intelligence in a Digital Age European Parliament, press release of July 9, 2020.
  5. ^ Members Archived 2019-11-07 at the Wayback Machine European Internet Forum.
  6. ^ MAC MEPs in the 2019-24 legislature MEPs Against Cancer.
  7. ^ Governance Instituto Francisco Sá Carneiro.


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