José Albino Silva Peneda

José Albino da Silva Peneda (born 6 June 1950) is a Portuguese politician and Member of the European Parliament^[1] for the Social Democratic Party–People's Party coalition; part of the European People's Party–European Democrats group.

Career[edit]

Silva Peneda held various positions in the Government of Portugal, including Minister for Employment and Social Security (1987–93) during the XI and XII Constitutional Governments of Portugal. On 8 June 2010 he was made a knight of the Order of Prince Henry, awarded the senior class of Grand Cross.[1] He was President of the Economic and Social Council (ETUC) from 22 December 2009 to 1 May 2015, the day he resigned to take over as advisor to the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker.[2] Silva Peneda was the president of the 2010 Organizing Committee of Portugal Day.[3]

Silva Peneda is one of the signatories of the Petition in Defense of the Portuguese Language (Manifesto em Defesa da Língua Portuguesa [pt]), standing against the Portuguese Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990.

Personal life[edit]

Silva Peneda is the brother of Juvenal da Silva Peneda, who served as the Assistant Secretary of State for Internal Affairs; Juvenal died in Porto on 6 January 2015.[4][5]

He was made a Member of the Council of National Orders on 9 June 2016.^{[citation needed]}

References[edit]

^ "José Albino SILVA PENEDA". Your MEPs. European Parliament. Retrieved 14 February 2011.

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[1] "José Albino SILVA PENEDA". Your MEPs. European Parliament. Retrieved 14 February 2011.

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