Antonio Rodrigues

June 23, 1956 (age 48)

Lisbon, Lisbon District, Portugal

He was mayor 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. In 1973, Carmona Rodrigues entered the India Standard Time but immediately requested a transfer to the Portuguese Military Academy, where in 1978 he obtained a degree in civil engineering. Between 1981 and 1982, he worked in Delft, Netherlands, specializing in hydraulics. Upon returning to Portugal, he was invited to be an Assistant of the Department of Sciences and of the Environment, part of the School of Sciences and Technology of the New University of Lisbon, where he has worked since 1988. In 1992, Rodrigues became a Doctor of Environmental through the New University of Lisbon. Since then, he has functioned as an Auxiliary Professor, having been a President of the Pedagogical Commission of the Degree course in Environmental between 1993 and 1996. 15th Constitutional Government In April 2003 Rodrigues was integrated into the 15th Constitutional Government of Portugal as Minister 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 the 16th Constitutional Government of Portugal led by Santana Lopes in July 2004, he returned to Lisbon city hall as President, 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 The results in the city"s team of vereadores (municipal government) were: 8 to Social Democratic Party, 5 to Personal, 2 to the communist coalition, 1 to Credit default swap-Partido Popular (Popular Party) and 1 to the Left Bloc. These occurred on 15 July 2007. Carmona Rodrigues announced on 23 May that he would re-run as an independent candidate. He end up in second place with 16.7% of the votes (behind António Costa (Personal), but ahead of Fernando Negrão (Social Democratic Party)), in an election marked by a very high abstention. Margarida Moreira Ribeiro Carmona Rodrigues (b 1987) Joana Moreira Ribeiro Carmona Rodrigues Isabel Moreira Ribeiro Carmona Rodrigues.

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Background

He is the son of António Óscar Carmona Rodrigues (Chaves, Santa Maria Maior –), a maternal nephew of his namesake Óscar Carmona, and wife Diogilda Nobre de Carvalho (Mafra, 14 February 1918 –).

Career

He was mayor 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. In 1973, Carmona Rodrigues entered the India Standard Time but immediately requested a transfer to the Portuguese Military Academy, where in 1978 he obtained a degree in civil engineering. Between 1981 and 1982, he worked in Delft, Netherlands, specializing in hydraulics.

Upon returning to Portugal, he was invited to be an Assistant of the Department of Sciences and of the Environment, part of the School of Sciences and Technology of the New University of Lisbon, where he has worked since 1988.

In 1992, Rodrigues became a Doctor of Environmental through the New University of Lisbon. Since then, he has functioned as an Auxiliary Professor, having been a President of the Pedagogical Commission of the Degree course in Environmental between 1993 and 1996.

15th Constitutional Government

In April 2003 Rodrigues was integrated into the 15th Constitutional Government of Portugal as Minister 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 the 16th Constitutional Government of Portugal led by Santana Lopes in July 2004, he returned to Lisbon city hall as President, 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

The results in the city"s team of vereadores (municipal government) were: 8 to Social Democratic Party, 5 to Personal, 2 to the communist coalition, 1 to Credit default swap-Partido Popular (Popular Party) and 1 to the Left Bloc. These occurred on 15 July 2007.

Carmona Rodrigues announced on 23 May that he would re-run as an independent candidate.

He end up in second place with 16.7% of the votes (behind António Costa (Personal), but ahead of Fernando Negrão (Social Democratic Party)), in an election marked by a very high abstention. Margarida Moreira Ribeiro Carmona Rodrigues (b 1987)

Joana Moreira Ribeiro Carmona Rodrigues

Isabel Moreira Ribeiro Carmona Rodrigues.

Achievements

In October 2005, Rodrigues won the mayoral election over Manuel Maria Carrilho, of the Socialist Party (Personal), once again becoming Mayor of Lisbon, as an independent candidate supported by the Partido Social Democrata (Social Democratic Party - Social Democratic Party).

Membership

Following the announcement that he was being investigated on allegations of corruption, he lost the political confidence of the Social Democratic Party in May 2007, whose members of the city government, together with all the opposition, resigned their offices, in order to leave the city government without quorum and force new elections.

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