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- Main official functions
- Other official functions
- Other functions
- Current functions
- Bibliography
- References
{{BLP sources|date=August 2009}}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 - [https://web.archive.org/web/20120127182137/http://www.embaixadadeportugal-luanda.com.pt/ 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 [https://www.un.org/ 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 [https://web.archive.org/web/20120129175215/http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/where/acp/overview/lome-convention/index_en.htm Lomé IV convention]
- 1990/93 - Deputy permanent representative to the Western European Union (WEU)
- 1995/2001 - Head of the Portuguese delegations to the [https://web.archive.org/web/20120206124411/http://www.coe.int/lportal/web/coe-portal/home 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 [https://www.un.org/en/ecosoc/ UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)]
- 2001/02 - Chairman of the Second Committee (Economic and financial affairs) of the 56th [https://www.un.org/en/ga/ UN General Assembly]
- 2002- Vice-president of the 57th [https://www.un.org/en/ga/ 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 [https://web.archive.org/web/20120219134129/http://www.utad.pt/en/index.asp 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.
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