Carmona Rodrigues
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Carmona Rodrigues | |
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| Mayor of Lisbon | |
| In office 28 October 2005 – 18 May 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Pedro Santana Lopes |
| Succeeded by | António Costa |
| In office 16 July 2004 – 15 March 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Pedro Santana Lopes |
| Succeeded by | Pedro Santana Lopes |
| Minister of Public Works, Transport and Communications | |
| In office 5 April 2003 – 16 July 2004 | |
| Prime Minister | José Manuel Barroso |
| Preceded by | Luís Valente de Oliveira |
| Succeeded by | António Mexia |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 June 1956 São Sebastião da Pedreira,Lisbon,Lisbon,Portugal |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party |
António Pedro Nobre Carmona Rodrigues(Portuguese pronunciation:[kaɾˈmonɐʁuˈðɾiɣɨʃ];born 23 June 1956 inAlvalade,Lisbon), grand-nephew ofÓscar Carmona,is auniversityprofessorand aPortuguesepolitician.He wasmayor of Lisbon(2004–2005, 2005–2007), and Minister of Public Works, Transportation and Habitation and the Minister of Cities in the 15th Constitutional Government of Portugal.
Background
[edit]He is the son of António Óscar Carmona Rodrigues (Chaves,17 December 1913 – 25 May 1975), a maternal nephew of his namesakeAntónio Óscar Fragoso Carmona,and wife Diogilda Nobre de Carvalho (Mafra,14 February 1918 – 27 September 2009).
Engineering
[edit]In 1978, Carmona Rodrigues obtained a degree inCivil Engineeringat the Military Academy, in Lisbon. He started his professional career at Hidroprojecto, a large consulting firm in Portugal. Between 1981 and 1982, he made a post-graduation course inHydraulic Engineeringat IHEDelft,The Netherlands.
Upon returning toPortugal,he was invited to be an Assistant of the Department of Sciences and Environmental Engineering, part of the NOVA School of Science and Technology of theNew University of Lisbon,where he has worked since 1983. In 1992, Carmona Rodrigues became aDoctorofEnvironmental Engineeringthrough the NOVA University of Lisbon. Since then, he has been responsible for the courses of Hydraulics, Water Resources and Hydrological Modelling, and responsible for the Hydraulics Laboratory "Prof. Armando Lencastre".
He has participated and was responsible for several research projects, namely in the areas of water resources and water quality modelling. Published five books and more than eighty articles in national and international magazines and conferences. Adviser of several MSc and PhD thesis in the area of water resources and was invited to be a member of various academic juries.
He was involved in several important projects in Portugal and some abroad, including water resources planning, mathematical modelling studies, hydraulic works, river training and environmental impact studies. He is a member of the Portuguese Academy of Engineering, the National Water Council, the Portuguese Commission of Large Dams, the Portuguese Order of Engineers, and was the President of the Portuguese Association of Water Resources.
Entry into politics
[edit]For the local elections of December 2001, he integrated the candidate list headed by Santana LopesPartido Social Democrata(PSD - Social Democratic Party) as an independent. He became vice-Mayor of Lisbon in January 2002.
15th Constitutional Government
[edit]In April 2003 Rodrigues was integrated into the15th Constitutional Government of PortugalasMinister of the Public Works, Transportation and Habitation.He spent 15 months in the post, during which many advancements were made, such as the creation of metropolitan authorities of transports, a Spanish-Portuguese agreement on the construction of high-speed rail lines, and legislation for the creation of the societies of urbane rehabilitation.
With the inauguration of the16th Constitutional Government of Portugalin July 2004, he returned toLisbon city hallas Mayor, an office he held for eight months. In March 2005, with the fall of the 16th Constitutional Government and the return of Santana Lopes to the municipal government, Carmona Rodrigues took the vice-presidency of the city government over again.
Mayoral election
[edit]In October 2005, Carmona Rodrigues won the mayoral election, once again becoming Mayor of Lisbon, as an independent candidate supported by thePartido Social Democrata(PSD - Social Democratic Party). The results in the city's team ofvereadores(municipal government) were: 8 to PSD, 5 to PS, 2 to the communist coalition, 1 to CDS-PP and 1 to the Left Bloc.
In 2007, following the fall of the Municipal Execiutive, there were midterm elections which occurred on 15 July 2007. He run as an candidate with an independent movement that he created for that purpose and ended up in second place with 16.7% of the votes (behindAntónio Costa(PS). This was one of the first important electoral results of independent movements in Portugal municipal elections. ThisLisboa com Carmonamovement elected four city councilors. He left active politics in 2009.
Family
[edit]He married Maria Isabel Giménez-Salinas Moreira Ribeiro, daughter of Fernando Moreira Ribeiro and wifeSpanishMaría de la Concepción Giménez-Salinas y Martín, by whom he has three daughters:
- Margarida Moreira Ribeiro Carmona Rodrigues (b. 1987)
- Joana Moreira Ribeiro Carmona Rodrigues (b. 1990)
- Isabel Moreira Ribeiro Carmona Rodrigues (b. 1992)
He divorced and later married Ana Margarida Salina Ferro de Beça, by whom he has one son:
- António Ferro de Beça Carmona Rodrigues (b. 2010)
Distinctions
[edit]Public praise, Gazette (Diário da República), II Série, 23/11/1995.
Grand Officer of the Order of Merit, Republic of Austria (2005).
Grand Cross, White Star 1st Class, Republic of Estonia (2006).
Sports
[edit]Former rugby athlete, playing for the Portuguese clubCDULbetween 1970 and 1986, national champion in all the age categories, winner of several national cups and the Iberian Cup in 1983.
Electoral history
[edit]Lisbon City Council election, 2005
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Seats | +/− | |
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| PSD | Carmona Rodrigues | 119,824 | 42.4 | 8 | ±0 | |
| PS | Manuel Maria Carillho | 75,050 | 26.6 | 5 | –2 | |
| CDU | Ruben de Carvalho | 32,244 | 11.2 | 2 | +1 | |
| BE | José Sá Fernandes | 22,366 | 7.9 | 1 | +1 | |
| CDS–PP | Maria José Nogueira Pinto | 16,721 | 5.9 | 1 | ±0 | |
| Other parties | 3,987 | 1.4 | 0 | ±0 | ||
| Blank/Invalid ballots | 12,280 | 4.4 | – | – | ||
| Turnout | 282,442 | 52.55 | 17 | ±0 | ||
| Source: Autárquicas 2005[1][2] | ||||||
Lisbon City Council by-election, 2007
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Seats | +/− | |
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| PS | António Costa | 56,732 | 29.5 | 6 | +1 | |
| Ind. | Carmona Rodrigues | 31,990 | 16.6 | 3 | new | |
| PSD | Fernando Negrão | 30,401 | 15.8 | 3 | –5 | |
| Ind. | Helena Roseta | 19,754 | 10.3 | 2 | new | |
| CDU | Ruben de Carvalho | 18,163 | 9.4 | 2 | ±0 | |
| BE | José Sá Fernandes | 13,132 | 6.8 | 1 | ±0 | |
| CDS–PP | Telmo Correia | 7,148 | 3.7 | 0 | –1 | |
| PCTP/MRPP | Garcia Pereira | 3,021 | 1.6 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Other parties | 4,530 | 2.3 | 0 | ±0 | ||
| Blank/Invalid ballots | 7,483 | 3.9 | – | – | ||
| Turnout | 192,354 | 36.70 | 17 | ±0 | ||
| Source: Intercalares 2007[3] | ||||||
References
[edit]- ^"Resultados AL 2005"(PDF).Comissão Nacional de Eleições.Retrieved7 August2024.
- ^"Auto Sorteio AL 2005"(PDF).Comissão Nacional de Eleições.Retrieved7 August2024.
- ^"Resultados Oficiais Intercalares 2007"(PDF).CNE.Retrieved5 August2024.
External links
[edit]- Government bio(in Portuguese)
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