Augusto Santos Silva

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His Excellency Augusto Santos Silva GCL GCC
Silva in 2017
President of the Assembly of the Republic
In office 29 March 2022 – 25 March 2024
Preceded by	Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues
Succeeded by	José Pedro Aguiar-Branco
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 26 November 2015 – 28 March 2022
Prime Minister	António Costa
Preceded by	Rui Machete
Succeeded by	João Gomes Cravinho
Minister of National Defence
In office 26 October 2009 – 21 June 2011
Prime Minister	José Sócrates
Preceded by	Nuno Severiano Teixeira
Succeeded by	José Pedro Aguiar Branco
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
In office 12 March 2005 – 26 October 2009
Prime Minister	José Sócrates
Preceded by	Rui Gomes da Silva
Succeeded by	Jorge Lacão
Minister of Culture
In office 3 July 2001 – 6 April 2002
Prime Minister	António Guterres
Preceded by	José Sasportes
Succeeded by	Pedro Roseta
Minister of Education
In office 14 September 2000 – 3 July 2001
Prime Minister	António Guterres
Preceded by	Guilherme d'Oliveira Martins
Succeeded by	Júlio Pedrosa
Member of the Assembly of the Republic
In office 31 October 1995 – 25 March 2024
Constituency	Porto (1995–2019) Outside Europe (2019–2024)
Personal details
Born	(1956-08-20) 20 August 1956 (age 67) Porto, Portugal
Political party	Socialist Party (1990–present)
Other political affiliations	Internationalist Communist League (1974–1978) Movement of Socialist Left (1980–1990)
Children	3
Alma mater	University of Porto (B.A.) (1978) ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon (Ph.D.) (1992)
Profession	University professor

Augusto Ernesto dos Santos Silva GCL GCC (born 20 August 1956) is a Portuguese sociologist, university professor, and politician who served as the President of the Assembly of the Republic between 2022 and 2024, in the 15th Legislature. From November 2015 to March 2022, he was the Portuguese Minister of Foreign Affairs, in the XXI and XXII Constitutional Governments led by Prime Minister António Costa.

Santos Silva had previously served in a number of ministerial roles, namely Minister of Education (2000–2001), Minister of Culture (2001–2002), Minister of Parliamentary Affairs (2005–2009), and Minister of National Defence (2009–2011), having joined the Socialist Party in 1989.