João Cardona G. Cravinho

João Cardona G. Cravinho    (politician)
Born	19 September 1936 Angola
Nationality	Portuguese
Alma mater	Instituto Superior Técnico
Children	João Gomes Cravinho
Party	Socialist Party (Portugal)
Portuguese government minister who attended the 1999 Bilderberg  Portuguese Territory Administration Minister In office 1995 - 1999  Portugal/Minister of Industry and Technology In office 1975 Preceded by João Cardona G. Cravinho Succeeded by João Cardona G. Cravinho  European Parliament/Member In office 1989 - 1994 Preceded by Dominique Baudis, Enzo Bettiza, Bob Cryer, Hanja Maij-Weggen Succeeded by Dominique Baudis, Luigi Caligaris, Efthimios Christodoulou, Marie-France Garaud, James Goldsmith, Antoinette Spaak, Helle Thorning-Schmidt, Helene Carrere d'Encausse  Assembly of the RepublicMember In office 1999 - 2009  Assembly of the Republic/Member In office 1994 - 1995  Assembly of the Republic/Member In office 1985 - 1989  Assembly of the Republic/Member In office 1980 - 1983

João Cardona Gomes Cravinho is a Portuguese politician. He served, among other positions, as member of the Portuguese Parliament (1979–1983, 1985–1989 and 1999–2002), member of the European Parliament (1989–1994), and as the Portuguese Territory Administration Minister between 1995 and 1999. He is a member of the PS political party.

His move to fight corruption was rejected by the Portuguese parliament in 2006. After leaving Parliament, he went to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development as Director.

Cravinho's son João Gomes Cravinho has been Portugal's Minister of Defense since 2018.

 

Event Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Bilderberg/1999	3 June 1999	6 June 1999	Portugal Sintra	The 47th Bilderberg, 111 participants

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