Francisco Seixas da Costa

Francisco Seixas da Costa, GCC, CMG, (Vila Real, 1948) is a former Portuguese diplomat. He was member of the Portuguese government. Having retired from the civil service (2013), he is now invited professor in a university, is regularly present in the media and works as consultant in the private sector.

Main official functions

1971/75 - Employee in a State bank
1975 - Career diplomat, Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
1979/82 - Embassy of Portugal in Oslo, Norway;
1982/86 - Embassy of Portugal in Luanda, Angola;
1986/87 - Head of Division, European Affairs Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lisbon;
1987/90 - Adviser to the Secretary of State for Development Co-operation, Lisbon;
1990/94 - Minister Counsellor, Embassy of Portugal in London, UK;
1994/95 - Deputy Director-General for European Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lisbon;
1995/01 - Secretary of State (Deputy Foreign Minister) for European Affairs, Lisbon;
2001/02 - Permanent Representative to the United Nations, New York;
2002/04 - Permanent Representative to the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Vienna;
2004/08 - Ambassador to Brazil.
2009/13 - Ambassador to France and, since 2010, also to Monaco.
2012/13 - Also Permanent Representative to UNESCO (United Nations Organisation for Education, Science and Culture)

Other official functions

1987/89 - Portuguese chief negotiator of Lomé IV convention
1990/93 - Deputy permanent representative to the Western European Union (WEU)
1995/2001 - Head of the Portuguese delegations to the Council of Europe (CoE), the Organisation for Economic and Development Co-Operation (OECD) and World Trade Organisation (WTO) ministerial meetings
1995/97 - Portuguese chief negotiator of the EU Amsterdam treaty
1997 - President of the Committee of ministers of the Schengen Agreement
2000 - President of the Council of ministers of the EU Internal Market
2000 - Portuguese chief negotiator of the EU Nice treaty
2001 - Vice-president of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
2001/02 - Chairman of the Second Committee (Economic and financial affairs) of the 56th UN General Assembly
2002- Vice-president of the 57th UN General Assembly
2002 - President of the Permanent Council of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europa (OSCE)

Other functions

2009/2013 - President of the General Council of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro University (UTAD)
2011/2013 - Member of the General Council of Guimarães - European Capital of Culture 2012
2013/2014 - Executive Director of the North-South Centre of the Council of Europe
2013/2018 - Member of the Consultative Council, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
2015/2018 - Invited professor, Universidade Europeia, Lisbon

Current functions

Since 2010 - Member of the Consultative Council of the School of Economics, University of Coimbra
Since 2013 - Chairman of the Consultative Council, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Paris
Since 2013 - Private activity as strategic economic consultant
Since 2014 - Invited professor, Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa
Since 2016 - Member of the Advisory Council, Chancery for Civil Merit Orders, Presidency of Republic, Lisbon
Since 2018 - Member of the Independent General Council, Radio e Televisão de Portugal S. A., Lisbon

Bibliography

"O Caso República" ("The 'República' case"), with António Pinto Rodrigues, Lisbon, 1975;
"Diplomacia Europeia - Instituições, Alargamento e o Futuro da União" ("European Diplomacy - the institutions, the enlargement and the future of the Union"), Lisbon, 2002;
"Uma Segunda Opinião - Notas de Política Externa e Diplomacia" ("A Second Opinion - Notes on External Policy and Diplomacy"), Lisbon, 2006;
"As Vésperas e a Alvorada de Abril" ("The vespers and the April dawn"), Brasília, 2007;
"Tanto Mar? - Portugal, o Brasil e a Europa" ("So much sea? - Portugal, Brazil and Europe"), Brasília, 2008.
"Apontamentos" ("Notes"), Lisbon, 2008.

References

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