EPP Group in the European Parliament

maria.carvalho@europarl.europa.eu

Country: Portugal

Party: Partido Social Democrata

Curriculum Vitae

Born in 1955. Beja, Évora, Portalegre, Faro. Graduated Mechanical Engineer at IST, Technical University of Lisbon. Ph.D. at the Imperial College in London in the area of energy intensive industries. Full Professor at Technical University of Lisbon in the areas of energy and climate change. Fellow of: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics; American Association for the Advancement of Science; World Academy of Art and Science; and Portuguese Academy of Sciences. Former Minister of Science and Higher Education and former Minister of Science, Innovation and Higher Education. Principal Adviser to BEPA, a Department of the EC reporting directly to the President. Member of the National Council of Education and Member of the National Council of Environment and Sustainable Development. Decorated with “Great Official of the Order of Public Instruction” - Portugal, "High Honour of the Great Cross"- Brazil. Int. scientific publ.: 415 articles. Author of 2 books, editor of 14 books. MEP since 2009.

My Positions in Parliament:

Co-Chair - Intergroup on Sustainable, Long-Term Investments and Competitive European Industry
Vice-Chair - Intergroup on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development
Vice-Chair - Fisheries
Vice-Coordinator - Industry, Research and Energy
Member - Intergroup on Seas, Rivers, Islands and Coastal Areas (SEARICA)
Member - Intergroup on Rural, Mountainous and Remote Areas (RUMRA) and Smart Villages
Member - Intergroup on the Green New Deal
Member - Intergroup on European Cultural Heritage, Ways of Saint James and other European Cultural Routes
Member - Intergroup on Artificial Intelligence and Digital
Member - Partido Social Democrata
Member - United States
Member - Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
Member - Industry, Research and Energy
Member - European Parliament
Substitute - Eurolat
Substitute - Central Asia, Mongolia
Substitute - Central America
Substitute - Internal Market and Consumer Protection