Elisa Ferreira

Elisa Ferreira
Ferreira in 2023
European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms
Assumed office
1 December 2019
PresidentUrsula von der Leyen
Preceded byCorina Crețu (as Commissioner for Regional Policy)
Member of the European Parliament
for Portugal
In office
1 July 2004 – 19 June 2016
Succeeded byManuel António dos Santos
Minister of Planning
In office
25 October 1999 – 6 April 2002
Prime MinisterAntónio Guterres
Preceded byJoão Cravinho
Succeeded byPedro Marques
Minister of the Environment
In office
28 October 1995 – 25 October 1999
Prime MinisterAntónio Guterres
Preceded byTeresa Patrício Gouveia
Succeeded byJosé Sócrates
Member of the Assembly of the Republic
In office
4 April 2002 – 30 June 2004
ConstituencyBraga
Personal details
Born
Elisa Maria da Costa Guimarães Ferreira

(1955-10-17) 17 October 1955 (age 69)
Porto, Portugal
Political partySocialist Party
Other political
affiliations
Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
Party of European Socialists
EducationUniversity of Porto

Elisa Maria da Costa Guimarães Ferreira, GCC (born 17 October 1955) is a Portuguese politician and economist who has been serving as European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms in the administration of President Ursula von der Leyen since 2019. She previously served as vice-governor of the Bank of Portugal from 2016 until 2019.[1] She was as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Socialist Party; part of the Party of European Socialists between 2004 and 2016.[2] In 2019, she was selected by Portugal to serve as a European Commissioner. Previously, she was in charge of the Ministries of Environment (1995-1999) and Public Works (1999-2001) during the governments of António Guterres.

  1. ^ Vice-Governor Elisa Ferreira | Banco de Portugal Archived 27 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Elisa FERREIRA". www.europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 19 September 2021.