Eduardo Luís Barreto Ferro Rodrigues GCC GCL (nacido el 3 de noviembre de 1949) es un político y economista portugués que fue presidente de la Asamblea de la República desde 2015 hasta el 29 de marzo de 2022, en las legislaturas 13 (2015-2019) y 14 (2019- 2022). Fue Ministro de Seguridad Social, y posteriormente Ministro de Obras Públicas, en los gobiernos de António Guterres . [1]
Nacido en Lisboa , obtuvo la licenciatura en economía en lo que hoy es el Instituto Superior de Economía e Gestão (ISEG) de la Universidad de Lisboa, y es profesor de economía en el ISCTE - Instituto Universitario de Lisboa .
In 2002, Ferro Rodrigues was elected Secretary-General of the Portuguese Socialist Party, a position he retained for two years.[2] He resigned on 9 July 2004, immediately after President Jorge Sampaio announced a decision not to hold early elections when Prime Minister José Manuel Barroso stepped down from office in order to be appointed President of the European Commission.[3] Shortly after, Rodrigues was appointed as Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Portugal to the OECD.[1]
Following the October 2015 parliamentary election, he was elected as President of the Assembly of the Republic on 23 October 2015 with the support of the Socialists, the Communists and the Left Bloc. Ferro received 120 votes against 108 votes for the candidate of the centre-right government.[4]
After the 2019 parliamentary election, Ferro Rodrigues was re-elected as President of the Assembly of the Republic, receiving 178 votes in favor.[5]
Married to Maria Filomena Lopes Peixoto de Aguilar, he has two children, João Luís de Aguilar Ferro Rodrigues and a daughter, television presenter Rita Ferro Rodrigues.
Grand Cross of the Order of Christ (21 April 2022)[6]
Grand Cross of the Order of Liberty (5 October 2016)[7]
Argentina: Grand Cross of the Order of May (18 June 2003)[8]
Greece: Grand Cross of the Order of Honour (21 April 2017)[8]
Spain: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III (25 November 2016)[8]