predecessor successor birth_name birth_place president party profession office primeminister birth_date term_start article_title term_end name occupation alma_mater
assunção , environment and territorial planning -rrb- pedro passos coelho cristas -lrb- as minister of agriculture , sea pedro duarte jorge manuel lopes moreira da silva vila nova de famalicão , portugal aníbal cavaco silva social democratic party engineer consultant minister of the social democratic youth of environment , territorial planning and energy president pedro passos coelho 24 april 1971 24 july 2013 december 1995 jorge moreira da silva
 september 1998 jorge moreira da silva politician university of porto university of navarra
jorge moreira da silva

jorge manuel lopes moreira da silva , goih -lrb- born 24 april 1971 in vila nova de famalicão -rrb- is a portuguese politician and an international expert on climate change , carbon finance , energy and environmental policy .
he currently serves as minister of environment , territorial planning and energy in the government led by pedro passos coelho .
he was appointed on 24 july 2013 .
jorge moreira da silva was the program manager for climate change innovative finance at the bureau for policy development at undp -- united nations development programme .
at undp , jorge has worked on the post-2012 climate change negotiations , on the establishment of innovative financing strategies on climate change and energy , and on the development of climate change market-based mechanisms .
mr. da silva has been a visiting professor and invited speaker on climate change and carbon markets at several portuguese and international universities and institutions .
he was also a member of the advisory committee of circle -lrb- climate impact research coordination for a larger europe -rrb- .
he has served as : senior advisor to the president of the portuguese republic , consultant to the president of the european commission , consultant to the european investment bank , eib , member -lrb- elected -rrb- of the portuguese parliament , secretary of state on environment and spatial planning at the portuguese government , secretary of state on science and higher education at the portuguese government , member -lrb- elected -rrb- of the european parliament , and vice-president of globe-europe .
he is a member of the social democratic party .
from 1995 to 1998 he was the leader of juventude social democrata , the youth organization of the party .
last april 2010 , jorge was elected vice-president of the national board of the social democratic party and since 2012 he is the first vice-president and standing coordinator of the social democratic party , chaired by prime-minister passos coelho .
he is also the founder and chairman of the lisbon-based think-tank platform for a sustainable growth .
