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Elisa Ferreira

Elisa Ferreira is the European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms. Before that, she was Vice-Governor of the Bank of Portugal (‘Banco de Portugal’). Throughout her tenure, she was Portugal’s representative in the Supervisory Board of the Single Supervisory Mechanism. Between 2004 and 2016 she was a Member of the European Parliament. She was a member of the Portuguese National Parliament between 2002 and 2004. Elisa Ferreira was Portugal’s Minister for Planning (responsible for the Portuguese EU Multiannual Framework for regional policy) between 1999 and 2002, and Minister for the Environment from 1995 to 1999. Between 1992 and 1994 she was Executive Vice-President of the Porto Industrial Association. Before that, she Vice-President of Portugal’s Northern Region Coordination Commission. Elisa Ferreira has a degree in Economics from the University of Porto, and a Master’s Degree (1981) and a PhD in economics (1985) from the University of Reading, in the UK.

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