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Minister for National Defence, Nuno Severiano Teixeira


Nuno Severiano Teixeira

Born in 1957

Public Service

  • Minister of Home Affairs in the Portuguese Government (2000-2002).
  • Director of National Defence Institute - Lisbon (1996-2000).

Academic Qualifications

  • Ph.D. in History and Civilization, European University Institute, Florence (December 1994).

Previous Academic Positions

  • Professor of International Relations, Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Universidade Nova de Lisboa. (1995-2006).
  • Director of the Portuguese Institute of International Relations (2003-2006).
  • Visiting Scholar, Institute for European Studies, Berkeley University of California (2004).
  • Visiting Professor of the Government Department, Georgetown University (2000).

Last Publications

"The International Dimension of Democratizations", Routledge, London, forthcoming.

«Nova História Militar» ("New Military History"), 5 volumes, Coordenação, Círculo de Leitores, Lisboa, 2003-2004

"Southern Europe and the Making of the European Union", Edited by, Social Sciences Monograph, Columbia University Press, New York, 2002.

«L' Entrée du Portugal dans la Grande Guerre. Objectifs Nationaux et Stratégies Politiques», Ed. Economica, Paris, 1998.


Funções governamentais exercidas

  • Desde  2006-07-03
    Minister for National Defence  do  XVII Governo Constitucional
  • De  2000-09-14   Até   2002-04-06
    Minister for Internal Administration  do  XIV Governo Constitucional


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