Carlos Coelho (politician)
{{short description|Portuguese politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}}
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| party = Social Democratic Party (1978–present)
| image = Carlos Coelho MEP (5573277535).jpg
| caption = Carlos Coelho in 2011
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|05|20|df=y}}
| birth_place = Lisbon, Portugal
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| alma_mater = University of Lisbon
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| otherparty = Social Democratic Youth
| office1 = Member of the European Parliament
for Portugal
| termstart1 = 7 July 2023
| birth_name = Carlos Miguel Maximiano de Almeida Coelho
| termstart2 = 14 September 1998
| termend2 = 1 July 2019
| term_start3 = 19 July 1994
| term_end3 = 25 July 1994
| office4 = {{MP PT}}
| term_start4 = 1 October 1995
| term_end4 = 13 September 1998
| term_start5 = 25 April 1983
| term_end5 = 18 July 1994
| term_start6 = May 1980
| constituency4 = Santarém
| constituency5 = Lisbon (1983–1991)
Santarém (1991–1994)
| constituency6 = Lisbon
| term_end6 = June 1980
| office7 = Undersecretary of State Adjunct to the Minister of Education
| minister7 = Manuela Ferreira Leite
| primeminister7 = Aníbal Cavaco Silva
| term_start7 = 25 July 1994
| term_end7 = 28 October 1995
| office8 = President of the Social Democratic Youth
| term_start8 = October 1986
| term_end8 = March 1990
| predecessor8 = Pedro Pinto
| successor8 = Pedro Passos Coelho
| predecessor1 = Álvaro Amaro
| termend1 = 15 July 2024
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Carlos Miguel Maximiano de Almeida Coelho (born 20 May 1960) is a Portuguese politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament from 1998 until 2019, and again between 2023 and 2024. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party,http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/public/geoSearch/view.do?id=1892 {{Dead link|date=February 2022}} part of the EPP Group.
Member of the European Parliament
From 11 July 2000 to 6 September 2001, Coelho served as the chairman of the Temporary Committee on the ECHELON Interception System.{{cite web|title=Carlos COELHO|url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/1892/CARLOS_COELHO_history.html|publisher=European Parliament|accessdate=28 January 2014}}
From 26 January 2006 to 14 February 2007, Coelho was chairman of the Temporary Committee on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners. In addition to his committee assignments, he is a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Children's Rights[http://www.europarl.europa.eu/pdf/intergroupes/VIII_LEG_04_Childrens_rights.pdf Members of the European Parliament Intergroup on Children’s Rights] European Parliament. and of the European Parliament Intergroup on Disability, Member.[http://www.europarl.europa.eu/pdf/intergroupes/VIII_LEG_09_Disability_20160119.pdf Members of the European Parliament Intergroup on Disability] European Parliament.
He returned to the European Parliament in July 2023, following the conviction of Álvaro Amaro.{{Cite web |title=Álvaro Amaro resigns as MEP after being convicted of prevarication |url=https://ground.news/article/alvaro-amaro-resigns-as-mep-after-being-convicted-of-prevarication_9f1879 |access-date=2023-07-16 |website=Ground News |language=en}}
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Category:20th-century Portuguese politicians
Category:Social Democratic Party (Portugal) MEPs
Category:MEPs for Portugal 1999–2004
Category:MEPs for Portugal 2004–2009
Category:MEPs for Portugal 2009–2014
Category:MEPs for Portugal 2014–2019
Category:MEPs for Portugal 2019–2024
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