Pedro Marques

Pedro Manuel Dias de Jesus Marques (born 1976) is a Portuguese politician of the Socialist Party (PS) who has been serving as Member of the European Parliament between 2019 until July 2024. He was the vice-president for the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament. He previously served as Secretary of State for Social Security, between 2005 and 2011, and as Minister of Planning and Infrastructure in the government of Prime Minister António Costa, between 2015 and 2019. until 2011. During this time he was deeply linked to the Social Security reform of 2007, widely praised by the European Union and the OECD, and the implementation of the PARES Program, which led to the duplication of social facilities throughout the country.

After being elected deputy to the Assembly of the Republic in the XI Legislature for the constituency of Setúbal, he repeated the election in the XII Legislature, this time for the constituency of Portalegre. He served as vice-president of the Parliamentary Group of the Socialist Party until 2014, when he returned to the private sector to join Capgemini Portugal.

Following his involvement, as coordinator of the Agenda for the Decade, he was invited by the Prime Minister António Costa to integrate the XXI Constitutional Government. In November 2015, he took office as Minister of Planning and Infrastructure, having had responsibilities in areas such as Structural Funds, the repurchase of the majority of the public position in TAP or the preparation of the investment plan for the modernization of the national railway, Ferrovia 2020 program. In his capacity as Minister of Planning and Infrastructure, he renegotiated Portugal's structural and cohesion funds as part of an multiannual program — called Portugal 2020 — and started discussions on the following period between 2021 and 2027.

Work at the European level, 2019–2024 In 2019, the Socialist Party put Marques at the head of its list for the European elections.

In 2020, Marques succeeded Miriam Dalli was elected vice-chair of the S&D Group, under the leadership of chairwoman Iratxe García, having been re-elected in December 2021. Currently, his areas of responsibility include Social Affairs, Foreign Affairs and Communication.

Electoral history European Parliament election, 2019

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