Elisa Ferreira

Elisa Ferreira GCC
Ferreira in 2023
European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 December 2019
President	Ursula von der Leyen
Preceded by	Corina Crețu (as Commissioner for Regional Policy)
Member of the European Parliament for Portugal
In office 1 July 2004 – 19 June 2016
Succeeded by	Manuel António dos Santos
Minister of Planning
In office 25 October 1999 – 6 April 2002
Prime Minister	António Guterres
Preceded by	João Cravinho
Succeeded by	Pedro Marques
Minister of the Environment
In office 28 October 1995 – 25 October 1999
Prime Minister	António Guterres
Preceded by	Teresa Patrício Gouveia
Succeeded by	José Sócrates
Member of the Assembly of the Republic
In office 4 April 2002 – 30 June 2004
Constituency	Braga
Personal details
Born	Elisa Maria da Costa Guimarães Ferreira (1955-10-17) 17 October 1955 (age 68) Porto, Portugal
Political party	Socialist Party
Other political affiliations	Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats Party of European Socialists
Education	University of Porto

Elisa Maria da Costa Guimarães Ferreira, GCC (born 17 October 1955) is a Portuguese politician and economist who has been serving as European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms in the administration of President Ursula von der Leyen since 2019. She previously served as vice-governor of the Bank of Portugal from 2016 until 2019.^[1] She was as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Socialist Party; part of the Party of European Socialists between 2004 and 2016.^[2] In 2019, she was selected by Portugal to serve as a European Commissioner. Previously, she was in charge of the Ministries of Environment (1995-1999) and Public Works (1999-2001) during the governments of António Guterres.