Submitted by christian on Wed, 03/18/2015 - 15:08
António Vitorino, a Portuguese lawyer by profession since 1982, has been an associate at the law firm Cuatrecasas,Gonçalves Pereira & Associados since 2005. Elected to parliament in 1980, he was Minister for Parliamentary Affairs in the government of Mario Soares (1983-85), then Deputy Secretary in the government of Macau (1986-87). He was a judge on Portugal's constitutional court (1989-94) before being elected MEP in 1994. In 1995 he became Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister of Portugal.
