(Portuguese, 1955): Minister for Qualifications and Employment (1995-1997), former senior advisor to then Prime Ministers António Guterres and José Sócrates, President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso, and PES President Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, Member of the European Parliament and Vice-President of the S&D Group (2014-2019), President of the European Foundation for Progressive Studies (since 2017).