Francisco Seixas da Costa

Main official functions

• 1971/75 - Employee in a State bank
• 1975 - Career diplomat, Portuguese ;
• 1979/82 - Embassy of Portugal in Oslo, Norway;
• 1982/86 - , Angola;
• 1986/87 - Head of Division, European Affairs Department, , Lisbon;
• 1987/90 - Adviser to the Secretary of State for Development Co-operation, Lisbon;
• 1990/94 - Minister Counsellor, , UK;
• 1994/95 - Deputy Director-General for European Affairs, , Lisbon;
• 1995/01 - Secretary of State for European Affairs, Lisbon;
• 2001/02 - Permanent Representative to the , New York;
• 2002/04 - Permanent Representative to the , Vienna;
• 2004/08 - Ambassador to Brazil.
• 2009/13 - Ambassador to France and, since 2010, also to Monaco.
• 2012/13 - Also Permanent Representative to UNESCO

  Other official functions

• 1987/89 - Portuguese chief negotiator of
• 1990/93 - Deputy permanent representative to the
• 1995/2001 - Head of the Portuguese delegations to the , the and ministerial meetings
• 1995/97 - Portuguese chief negotiator of the
• 1997 - President of the Committee of ministers of the
• 2000 - President of the Council of ministers of the EU
• 2000 - Portuguese chief negotiator of the
• 2001 - Vice-president of the
• 2001/02 - Chairman of the Second Committee of the 56th
• 2002- Vice-president of the 57th
• 2002 - President of the Permanent Council of the

  Other functions

• 2009/2013 - President of the General Council of
• 2011/2013 - Member of the General Council of
• 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,
• 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