António Vitorino

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix =

| name = António Vitorino

| honorific-suffix = GCC

| image = 220px

| imagesize = 210px

| caption = Vitorino in 2023

| president =

| office2 = European Commissioner for Justice and Home Affairs

| primeminister2 =

| predecessor2 = Anita Gradin

| successor2 = Franco Frattini

| office3 = Minister of the Presidency

| primeminister3 = António Guterres

| term_start3 = 28 October 1995

| term_end3 = 25 November 1997

| predecessor3 = Fernando Nogueira

| successor3 = Jorge Coelho

| office4 = Minister of Defence

| term_start4 = 28 October 1995

| term_end4 = 25 November 1997

| predecessor4 = António Figueiredo Lopes

| successor4 = José Veiga Simão

| office5 = Judge of the Constitutional Court

| term_start5 = 2 August 1989

| term_end5 = 10 March 1994

| predecessor5 = Armando Marques Guedes

| successor5 = Maria Fernanda Pereira

| office6 = {{MP PT}}

| primeminister6 =

| term_start6 = 10 March 2005

| term_end6 = 14 October 2009

| office7 =

| term_start7 = 31 October 1995

| term_end7 = 12 September 1999

| constituency7 = Setúbal

| birth_name = António Manuel de Carvalho Ferreira Vitorino

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|01|12|df=y}}

| birth_place = Lisbon, Portugal

| death_date =

| death_place =

| party = Socialist Party
UEDS (1978-1985)

| spouse = Maria de Aguiar

| children = 2

| alma_mater = University of Lisbon

| religion =

| signature =

| occupation = Lawyer • Politician

| office1 = Director General of the International Organization for Migration

| termstart1 = 29 June 2018

| termend1 = 29 September 2023

| predecessor1 = William L. Swing

| successor1 = Amy Pope

| termstart2 = 13 September 1999

| termend2 = 31 October 2004

| president2 = Romano Prodi

| primeminister4 = António Guterres

| appointer5 = Assembly of the Republic

| term_start8 = 5 October 1980

| term_end8 = 1 August 1989

| constituency8 = Porto (1980–1985)
Braga (1985–1987)
Guarda (1987–1989)

| constituency6 = Setúbal

| awards = Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria (2002)
Ordem Militar de Cristo (2014)
Order of Prince Henry (2023)

}}

António Manuel de Carvalho Ferreira Vitorino (born 12 January 1957) is a Portuguese lawyer and politician of the Socialist Party (PS).{{cite web|title=Veteran public official from Portugal elected to lead UN migration agency|url=https://news.un.org/en/story/2018/06/1013532|website=UN News|date=2018-06-29|access-date=2022-09-16|language=en}}

Career

=Career in national politics=

Vitorino graduated in law from the University of Lisbon. A lawyer by training, he was first elected to the Assembly of the Republic (Portugal), the national parliament, in the 1980 elections. In 1983, he served as Secretary of State for Parliamentary Affairs, a junior minister role in the grand coalition government led by Prime Minister Mário Soares. After the government's defeat in the 1985 elections, Vitorino became a deputy secretary for the Governor of Macau.

In 1989, Vitorino returned to Lisbon to become a judge of the Constitutional Court, ending his term in 1994.{{Cite web|title = Advogados - António Vitorino - Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira|url = http://www.cuatrecasas.com/pt/advogado/antonio_vitorino.html|website = Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira|access-date = 20 December 2015}}

In 1995, Vitorino became Minister for National Defence{{Cite book|last=Experts|first=Disha|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rex1DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA88|title=Quarterly Current Affairs Vol 3 - July to September 2018 for Competitive Exams|date=2018-11-19|publisher=Disha Publications|isbn=978-93-88240-84-0|language=en}} and Deputy Prime Minister in the first government of António Guterres. He resigned in 1997 for being suspected of tax evasion.{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/23207811.html?dids=23207811:23207811&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+23%2C+1997&author=&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=Portuguese+Prime+Minister+Accepts+Aide%27s+Resignation&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131221409/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/23207811.html?dids=23207811:23207811&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+23,+1997&author=&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=Portuguese+Prime+Minister+Accepts+Aide's+Resignation&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=31 January 2013|title=Portuguese Prime Minister Accepts Aide's Resignation|date=23 November 1997|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=14 June 2010}}

=Member of the European Commission, 1998–2004=

File:António Vitorino 1999 (cropped).jpg

After being cleared of the charges, Vitorino was appointed European Commissioner for Justice and Home Affairs, during the commission led by President Romano Prodi.{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/07/12/immigration.eu/|title=EC call for Euro green card|date=12 July 2001|publisher=CNN|access-date=14 June 2010}} As a representative of the European Commission, he took part in the conversations that drew up the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and the Convention on the Future of Europe. At the convention, he chaired a reflection group on the European Court of Justice.Dana Spinant (12 February 2003), [http://www.politico.eu/article/convention-split-over-powers-for-court/ Convention split over powers for Court] European Voice.

When Guterres ruled himself out of the contest for the role of President of the European Commission in June 2004, he instead threw his support behind Vitorino. The post eventually went to José Manuel Barroso.[http://www.politico.eu/article/guterres-excludes-himself-from-president-contest/ Guterres excludes himself from president contest] European Voice, 2 June 2004. José Sócrates become the new leader of the party instead of Vitorino, going on to win a majority in the 2005 general election.

=Career in the private sector=

In 2005, Vitorino became a partner at Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira & Associados, one of the most influential law firms in the Iberian Peninsula. Between 2006 and 2007, he served as member of the Amato Group, a group of high-level European politicians unofficially working on rewriting the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe into what became known as the Treaty of Lisbon following its rejection by French and Dutch voters.

From November 2008 until June 2009, Vitorino served as member of a six-member panel of EU experts advising the Bulgarian government. Set up by Bulgaria's Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev, the advisory board was chaired by Dominique de Villepin and mandated to recommend ways to help the country adjust to EU membership.Tony Barber (21 June 2009), [http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/14e6a054-758d-11de-9ed5-00144feabdc0.html Bulgaria risks shifting into Moscow's orbit, EU is told] Financial Times.

Vitorino was the President of Notre Europe, the European think tank founded by Jacques Delors, from 2011 until 2016. From December 2011 until May 2012, he served as member of the institute's Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa group, a high-level expert group to reflect on the reform of the Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union.[http://www.delorsinstitute.eu/011-3024-Tommaso-Padoa-Schioppa-Group.html Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa Group] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230021455/http://www.delorsinstitute.eu/011-3024-Tommaso-Padoa-Schioppa-Group.html |date=30 December 2016 }} Jacques Delors Institute.

Vitorino also had an ongoing role as commentator for RTP 1's programme Notas Soltas hosted by television journalist {{Interlanguage link multi|Judite Sousa|pt}}.{{cite web|url=http://www.rtp.pt/wportal/sites/tv/notas_soltas/ |title=As Notas Soltas de António Vitorino |access-date=14 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080402063206/http://www.rtp.pt/wportal/sites/tv/notas_soltas/ |archive-date=2 April 2008 }}

In 2017 Vitorino was part of the advisory boards of the "International Migration Initiative" (Open Society Foundations) and the "Transatlantic Council on Migration" (Migration Policy Institute).{{cite web|url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-12/13/c_136820909.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180128140604/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-12/13/c_136820909.htm |archive-date=28 January 2018 |title=Portugal enters race for IOM leadership |access-date=2 February 2019}}

=International Organization for Migration, 2018–2023=

In December 2017, the Portuguese government under the leadership of Prime Minister António Costa put forward Vitorino for the post of Director General of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), as successor of William Lacy Swing.[https://www.portugal.gov.pt/pt/gc21/comunicacao/noticia?i=candidatura-de-antonio-vitorino-a-diretor-geral-da-organizacao-internacional-para-as-migracoes Candidatura de António Vitorino a Diretor-Geral da Organização Internacional para as Migrações] Government of Portugal, press release of 12 December 2017.João Pedro Henriques (30 December 2017), [https://www.dn.pt/portugal/interior/vitorino-na-oim-um-impulso-de-fora-para-dentro-9015561.html Vitorino na OIM. Um impulso de fora para dentro] Diário de Notícias. On 29 June 2018, the member states of IOM elected Vitorino as Director General, effective October 2018.{{cite web | url=http://www.iom.int/news/antonio-manuel-de-carvalho-ferreira-vitorino-elected-new-director-general-un-migration-agency | title=António Manuel de Carvalho Ferreira Vitorino Elected as New Director General of UN Migration Agency }} He was chosen over American Ken Isaacs, who was eliminated in early voting rounds, and by acclamation over the runner-up, Laura Thompson of Costa Rica.[https://apnews.com/4b90b110892448ebacb808f7cc5db77c UN migration agency picks new, Portuguese leader] Associated Press, 29 June 2018. When seeking a second term, he opted to step down after the first round of voting. Amy Pope of the United States subsequently became the first woman to be elected as Director General.

Other activities

=Corporate boards=

Banco Caixa Geral Angola (BCGA), Chairman of the Shareholders' General Meeting[https://www.caixaangola.ao/homepage/institucional/%C3%B3rg%C3%A3os-sociais-e-direc%C3%A7%C3%A3o.html Bodies] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630105255/https://www.caixaangola.ao/homepage/institucional/%C3%B3rg%C3%A3os-sociais-e-direc%C3%A7%C3%A3o.html |date=30 June 2018 }} Banco Caixa Geral Angola (BCGA).
Áreas Portugal, chairman of the Board
Siemens Portugal, Non-Executive Director
Brisa, President of the General Assembly (since 2007)[http://www.brisa.pt/en/Company-and-Strategy/Corporate-Governance/Organisational-chart Organizational Chart] Brisa.
Novabase, Chairman of the Shareholders Meeting[http://www.novabase.pt/contentfiles/page/c3e12ab5-4390-4def-a02a-42e3e52b1672/immufuug.1kb_37b309b8_docFile.pdf António Vitorino] Novabase.
Tabaqueira Indústria, Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Banco Santander Totta, Chairman of the Shareholders Meeting (2005-2016), Member of the Board of Directors[https://www.dn.pt/dinheiro/interior/antonio-vitorino-deixa-os-ctt-a-caminho-do-santander-totta-5200713.html António Vitorino deixa os CTT a caminho do Santander Totta] Diário de Notícias, 30 May 2016.
CTT Correios de Portugal, S.A., Member of the Board (until 2016)

=Non-profit organizations=

International Gender Champions (IGC), Member (since 2018)[https://genderchampions.com/champions Members] International Gender Champions (IGC).
International Migration Initiative, chairman of the Advisory Board[https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/about/boards/international-migration-initiative Board of the International Migration Initiative] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422193011/https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/about/boards/international-migration-initiative |date=22 April 2019 }} Open Society Foundations.
European Strategy Forum, Co-chairman (jointly with Peter Ludlow and Vladimir Drobnjak, since 2006)
European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), Member of the Strategy Group of the Foreign Policy Scorecard
New Pact for Europe, Member of the Advisory Group[http://www.newpactforeurope.eu/who-we-are/advisory/ Advisory Group] New Pact for Europe.
World Justice Project, Honorary Co-chair{{cite web|url=http://www.worldjusticeproject.org/honorary-chairs|title=Honorary Chairs – World Justice Project|access-date=30 August 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101002000811/http://www.worldjusticeproject.org/honorary-chairs| archive-date= 2 October 2010 | url-status= live}}
Migration Policy Institute (MPI), Member of the Transatlantic Council on Migration (since 2007)[https://www.migrationpolicy.org/programs/transatlantic-council-migration/members Transatlantic Council on Migration] Migration Policy Institute (MPI).
Portuguese Bar Association, Member
Fundação Res Publica, Member of the Board of Directors
Trilateral Commission, Member of the European Group[http://trilateral.org/download/files/membership/TC_list_3_23.pdf Membership] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190201191206/http://trilateral.org/download/files/membership/TC_list_3_23.pdf |date=1 February 2019 }} Trilateral Commission.
European Policy Centre, Chairman of the Governing Board (2005-2009), Member of the Strategic Council
Fundação Arpad Szenes e Vieira da Silva, President (2007-2010)Sérgio C. Andrade (23 June 2010), [https://www.publico.pt/culturaipsilon/noticia/manuel-pinho-substitui-antonio-vitorino-na-fundacao-arpad-szenesvieira-da-silva-1443326 Manuel Pinho substitui António Vitorino na Fundação Arpad Szenes-Vieira da Silva] Público.