António Vitorino
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Born | António Manuel de Carvalho Ferreira Vitorino 12 January 1957 Lisbon, Portugal | |||||||||||
Nationality | Portuguese | |||||||||||
Alma mater | University of Lisbon | |||||||||||
Criminal charge | tax evasion | |||||||||||
Member of | "Amato Group", European Council on Foreign Relations | |||||||||||
Party | Socialist | |||||||||||
TriBilderberg Portuguese politician and European Commissioner. Convention on the Future of Europe, president of European federation think tank Notre Europe.
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António Vitorino is a Portuguese politician and European Commissioner who was selected to the 2003 Convention on the Future of Europe and was President of the federalist think tank Notre Europe from 2011 until 2016. After attending the 2015 Bilderberg meeting and sitting on the board of Open Society Foundations's International Migration Initiative, he was selected to become Director General of the International Organization for Migration.[1] He was a member of the Trilateral Commission.
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Education
Vitorino graduated in law from the University of Lisbon.
Career
After having worked as a lawyer, he was first elected to the parliament, in the 1980 elections. In 1983, he was Secretary of State for Parliamentary Affairs, a junior minister role in the grand coalition government led by Prime Minister Mário Soares. After the government's defeat in the 1985 elections, Vitorino became a deputy secretary for the Governor of Macau.
In 1989, Vitorino returned to Lisbon to become a judge of the Constitutional Court, ending his term in 1994.[2]
In 1995, Vitorino became Minister for National Defence[3] and Deputy Prime Minister in the first government of António Guterres. He resigned in 1997 for being suspected of tax evasion.[4]
Member of the European Commission, 1998–2004
After being cleared of the charges, Vitorino was appointed European Commissioner for Justice and Home Affairs, during the commission led by President Romano Prodi.[5] As a representative of the European Commission, he took part in the conversations that drew up the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and the Convention on the Future of Europe. At the convention, he chaired a reflection group on the European Court of Justice.[6]
When Guterres ruled himself out of the contest for the role of President of the European Commission in June 2004, he instead threw his support behind Vitorino. The post eventually went to José Manuel Barroso.[7] José Sócrates become the new leader of the party instead of Vitorino, going on to win a majority in the 2005 general election.
EU think tanks
In 2005, Vitorino became a partner at Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira & Associados, one of the most influential law firms in the Iberian Peninsula. Between 2006 and 2007, he was member of the Amato Group, a group of high-level European politicians unofficially working on rewriting the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe into what became known as the Treaty of Lisbon following its rejection by French and Dutch voters.
From November 2008 until June 2009, Vitorino was member of a six-member panel of EU experts advising the Bulgarian government. Set up by Bulgaria's Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev, the advisory board was chaired by Dominique de Villepin and mandated to recommend ways to "help" the country adjust to EU membership.[8]
Vitorino was the President of Notre Europe, the European think tank founded by Jacques Delors, from 2011 until 2016. From December 2011 until May 2012, he was member of the institute's Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa group, a high-level expert group to reflect on the reform of the Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union.[9]
Vitorino also had an ongoing role as commentator for RTP 1's programme Notas Soltas hosted by television journalist Judite Sousa.[10]
In 2017 Vitorino was part of the advisory boards of the "International Migration Initiative" (Open Society Foundations) and the "Transatlantic Council on Migration" (Migration Policy Institute).[11]
International Organization for Migration, 2018–2023
In December 2017, the Portuguese government put forward Vitorino for the post of Director General of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), as successor of William Lacy Swing.[12][13] On 29 June 2018, the member states of IOM elected Vitorino as Director General, effective October 2018.[14] He was chosen over American Ken Isaacs, who was eliminated in early voting rounds, and by acclamation over the runner-up, Laura Thompson of Costa Rica.[15] When seeking a second term, he opted to step down after the first round of voting. Amy Pope of the United States subsequently became Director General.
Freemasonry
He is a brother of the Masonic Lodge Convergência, of the French rite, of the Grand Orient Lusitano. He has had support from GOL for public office and in his personal life.[16][17]
Board positions
- Banco Caixa Geral Angola (BCGA), Chairman of the Shareholders' General Meeting[18]
- Áreas Portugal, chairman of the Board
- Siemens Portugal, Non-Executive Director
- Brisa, President of the General Assembly (since 2007)[19]
- Novabase, Chairman of the Shareholders Meeting[20]
- Tabaqueira Indústria, Chairman of the Supervisory Board
- Banco Santander Totta, Chairman of the Shareholders Meeting (2005-2016), Member of the Board of Directors[21]
- CTT Correios de Portugal, S.A., Member of the Board (until 2016)[21]
- International Gender Champions (IGC), Member (since 2018)[22]
- International Migration Initiative, chairman of the Advisory Board[23]
- European Strategy Forum, Co-chairman (jointly with Peter Ludlow and Vladimir Drobnjak, since 2006)
- European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), Member of the Strategy Group of the Foreign Policy Scorecard
- New Pact for Europe, Member of the Advisory Group[24]
- World Justice Project, Honorary Co-chair[25]
- Migration Policy Institute (MPI), Member of the Transatlantic Council on Migration (since 2007)[26]
- Portuguese Bar Association, Member
- Fundação Res Publica, Member of the Board of Directors
- Trilateral Commission, Member of the European Group[27]
- European Policy Centre, Chairman of the Governing Board (2005-2009), Member of the Strategic Council
- Fundação Arpad Szenes e Vieira da Silva, President (2007-2010)[28]
Events Participated in
Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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Bilderberg/1996 | 30 May 1996 | 2 June 1996 | Canada Toronto | The 44th Bilderberg, held in Canada |
Bilderberg/2004 | 3 June 2004 | 6 June 2004 | Italy Stresa | The 52nd such meeting. 126 recorded guests |
Bilderberg/2015 | 11 June 2015 | 14 June 2015 | Austria Telfs-Buchen | The 63rd meeting, 128 Bilderbergers met in Austria |
Convention on the Future of Europe | 28 February 2002 | 18 July 2003 | Attempt to create constitution for a United States of Europe. Handpicked participants dominated by Bilderbergers. |
References
- ↑ https://www.iom.int/news/antonio-manuel-de-carvalho-ferreira-vitorino-elected-new-director-general-un-migration-agency
- ↑ http://www.cuatrecasas.com/pt/advogado/antonio_vitorino.html
- ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=Rex1DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA88
- ↑ https://archive.today/20130131221409/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/23207811.html
- ↑ http://edition.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/07/12/immigration.eu/
- ↑ Dana Spinant (12 February 2003), Convention split over powers for Court European Voice.
- ↑ Guterres excludes himself from president contest European Voice, 2 June 2004.
- ↑ Tony Barber (21 June 2009), Bulgaria risks shifting into Moscow's orbit, EU is told Financial Times.
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20161230021455/http://www.delorsinstitute.eu/011-3024-Tommaso-Padoa-Schioppa-Group.html
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20080402063206/http://www.rtp.pt/wportal/sites/tv/notas_soltas/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20180128140604/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-12/13/c_136820909.htm
- ↑ Candidatura de António Vitorino a Diretor-Geral da Organização Internacional para as Migrações Government of Portugal, press release of 12 December 2017.
- ↑ João Pedro Henriques (30 December 2017), Vitorino na OIM. Um impulso de fora para dentro Diário de Notícias.
- ↑ http://www.iom.int/news/antonio-manuel-de-carvalho-ferreira-vitorino-elected-new-director-general-un-migration-agency
- ↑ UN migration agency picks new, Portuguese leader Associated Press, 29 June 2018.
- ↑ http://www.tretas.org/Ma%C3%A7onaria
- ↑ http://ptesoterico.wordpress.com/2010/09/12/espioes-do-sis-na-maconaria/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20180630105255/https://www.caixaangola.ao/homepage/institucional/%C3%B3rg%C3%A3os-sociais-e-direc%C3%A7%C3%A3o.html
- ↑ Organizational Chart Brisa.
- ↑ António Vitorino Novabase.
- ↑ Jump up to: a b António Vitorino deixa os CTT a caminho do Santander Totta Diário de Notícias, 30 May 2016.
- ↑ Members International Gender Champions (IGC).
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20190422193011/https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/about/boards/international-migration-initiative
- ↑ Advisory Group New Pact for Europe.
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20101002000811/http://www.worldjusticeproject.org/honorary-chairs
- ↑ Transatlantic Council on Migration Migration Policy Institute (MPI).
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20190201191206/http://trilateral.org/download/files/membership/TC_list_3_23.pdf
- ↑ Sérgio C. Andrade (23 June 2010), Manuel Pinho substitui António Vitorino na Fundação Arpad Szenes-Vieira da Silva Público.