José Medeiros Ferreira

José Medeiros Ferreira
Medeiros Ferreira in 1977.
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
23 July 1976  12 October 1977
Preceded byErnesto Melo Antunes
Succeeded byMário Soares
Member of the Assembly of the Republic
In office
2 June 1975  12 November 1980
ConstituencyLisbon
In office
4 November 1985  1 January 1986
ConstituencyLisbon
In office
27 October 1995  9 March 2005
ConstituencyAzores
Member of the European Parliament
In office
1 January 1986  24 June 1989
Personal details
Born(1942-02-20)February 20, 1942
Ponta Delgada or Funchal, Portugal
DiedMarch 18, 2014(2014-03-18) (aged 72)
Lisbon, Portugal
Political partySocialist Party, Democratic Renewal Party, Socialist Party
Alma materUniversity of Geneva
OccupationPolitician, historian, political scientist
AwardsOrder of Prince Henry (1981), Order of Liberty (1989)

José Manuel de Medeiros Ferreira (20 February 1942 – 18 March 2014) was a Portuguese politician, historian, and political scientist. He served as Minister of International Negotiations from 1976 to 1977 and was a long-time member of the Portuguese parliament. He also served as a Member of the European Parliament for the second term from 1986 to 1989.