Carlos Coelho

Carlos Coelho ( Lisbon born May 20, 1960 ) is a Portuguese politician of the PSD.

Since 1998 he is Member of the European Parliament and a member of its Executive Board of the Group of the European People's Party, EPP. 1994 Coelho was once a member of the European Parliament, namely, from 11 January to 18 July.

Profession

Coelho is a qualified insurance professional, but has only worked from 1980 to 1981 in this profession.

Party

From 1986 to 1988 Coelho was chairman of the youth wing of his party PSD. Other positions were Deputy Chief of the academic offices, a member of the party district executive of the city of Santarém and member of the National Executive of the PSD.

Mandates and government positions

In 1977, Coelho was already at the age of 17 years on the council of Sintra. A year later he became a member of the municipal assembly. At age 19, he was one of the youngest members of the Portuguese Parliament so far. From 1987 to 1995 he occupied the position of chairman of the parliamentary committee for youth. From 1989 to the European Parliament Coelho was deputy leader of the PSD until the election. 1994 Coelho was also for one year Deputy Secretary for Education.

Current post as MEP

• Chairman of the Temporary Committee on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transportation and illegal detention of prisoners
• Member of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
• A member of the Delegation to the ACP -EU
• Representative on the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

Other positions

1988-1992 Coelho served as Chairman of the Board of the Portuguese- Atlantic Association of Young political leaders. Since 2000 he has been Deputy Chairman of the Institute Francisco Sa Carneiro (corresponds to the Konrad -Adenauer -Stiftung in Germany ).