José Manuel Barroso

José Manuel Barroso is Part-time Professor at the School of Transnational Governance. He is former President of the European Commission (2004/2009 and 2009/2014), former Prime Minister and member of the Portuguese Government (1985/1995 and 2002/2004) in varying roles including Minister of Foreign Affairs. Since 2016, he is Chairman and non-executive director of Goldman Sachs International. Currently, he is a Visiting Professor at Universidade Catolica Portuguesa and Director of the Center for European Studies at its Institute for Political Studies. He is also a Visiting Professor at Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva. Mr Barroso has several books and articles published in academic journals on Political Science and International Relations and was the founder and first editor of Revista de Ciência Politica.