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Early life and educationEdit

Born in Lisbon, he obtained the degree of licenciado in economics at what today is the Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão (ISEG) of Lisbon University, and is a lecturer in economics at ISCTE - University Institute of Lisbon.

Political careerEdit

In the 1970s, he was a co-founder of Movimento de Esquerda Socialista (MES).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2002, Ferro Rodrigues was elected Secretary-General of the Portuguese Socialist Party, a position he retained for two years.<ref name="FreireLobo2007">Template:Cite book</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Shortly after, Rodrigues was appointed as Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Portugal to the OECD.<ref name="OECD">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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.<ref>"Portugal parliament elects Socialist speaker with support of left", Reuters, 23 October 2015.</ref>

After the 2019 parliamentary election, Ferro Rodrigues was re-elected as President of the Assembly of the Republic, receiving 178 votes in favor.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

FamilyEdit

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.

HonoursEdit

Portuguese honoursEdit

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Electoral historyEdit

PS leadership election, 2002Edit

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Legislative election, 2002Edit

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President of the Assembly of the Republic election, 2015Edit

Template:Election table |- ! colspan="2" | Candidate ! Votes ! align="center" style="width: 50px"|% |- | style="background:Template:Party color;"| | align=left |Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues || 120 || 52.2 |- | style="background:Template:Party color;"| | align=left |Fernando Negrão || 108 || 47.0 |- | colspan="2" align="left"| Blank/Invalid ballots | 2 || 0.9 |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | colspan="2" align="left"| Turnout | 230 || |- | colspan="7" align=left|Source: Results<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |}

President of the Assembly of the Republic election, 2019Edit

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Foreign honoursEdit

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