BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
NAME:
Date of birth:
Place of birth:
Marital status:
DUARTE PACHECO
25 November 1965
Lisbon, Portugal
Married, two children
EDUCATION
Master’s
degree in European Studies
–
majored in Economics at Universidade Católica Portuguesa in Lisbon
Postgraduate course in European Studies at Universidade Católica Portuguesa in Lisbon
Degree in Economics at Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics
POLITICAL EXPERIENCE
–
NATIONAL LEVEL
Member of the Assembly of the Republic (Portuguese Parliament) since 1991 (6
th
to 14
th
legislatures) assuming
different positions in the Bureau of the Parliament
Member of the Budget and Finance Committee and Coordinator of the Social Democratic Party for budget matters
Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Portuguese Communities
Member of the Municipal Assembly of Sobral de Monte Agraço since December 1997
IPU EXPERIENCE
Head of the Delegation of the Assembly of the Republic to the Inter-Parliamentary Union since January 2016
Chair of the Twelve Plus Geopolitical Group since 2017 (now in the second term)
Member of
IPU’s
Standing Committee on Peace and International Security
–
Vice-President (2014-2016)
Internal Auditor for the IPU in 2007, 2011, 2013 and 2015
Member of the Portuguese delegation to the IPU since April 2002
WORK EXPERIENCE
Consultant performing as Manager in several companies
–
Leadership Consulting, DHV Management Consultants,
Deloitte
Professor of Environmental Economics and Economic Models at Universidade Atlântica and Universidade Lusíada.
HOBBIES
Travelling
–
visited more than 90 countries
Sports
–
skier, fitness and cycling enthusiast
Photography
–
has a collection of more than 40.000 pictures taken since his youth