{{short description|Portuguese politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Carlos Zorrinho | honorific_suffix = | office = Mayor of [[Évora]] | term_start = 3 November 2025 | term_end = | constituency = | birth_name = José Carlos das Dores Zorrinho | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|5|28|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Óbidos, Portugal]] | death_date = | death_place = | party = [[Socialist Party (Portugal)|Socialist Party]] | spouse = Rosa Valente de Matos | children = 2 | alma_mater = [[University of Évora]] | website = | occupation = [[Professor]] • [[Politician]] | office1 = [[Member of the European Parliament]]<br />for [[Portugal (European Parliament constituency)|Portugal]] | term_start1 = 1 July 2014 | predecessor1 = | image = Member of the European Parliament for Portugal José Carlos das Dores Zorrinho.jpg | image_size = 220px | caption = Official portrait as an MEP, 2019 | term_end1 = 15 July 2024 | office2 = {{MP PT}} | term_start2 = 1 October 1995 | term_end2 = 30 June 2014 | constituency2 = [[Évora (Assembly of the Republic constituency)|Évora]] | predecessor = Carlos Pinto de Sá }}
'''José Carlos das Dores Zorrinho''' (born 28 May 1959) is a Portuguese politician and university professor. He held the positions of [[Secretary of State]], leader of the [[Socialist Party (Portugal)|Socialist Party]] Parliamentary Group at the [[Assembly of the Republic (Portugal)|Portuguese Parliament]], and was a [[Member of the European Parliament]] (MEP) for the [[S&D]] group.
==Early life and education== José Carlos das Dores Zorrinho was born on 28 May 1959 in [[Óbidos, Portugal]]. He graduated in Business Management at the [[University of Évora]], where he later pursued a Doctorate Degree in Information Management. His academic career followed as a professor at the University of Évora, becoming Full Professor of its Department of Business Administration.
==Political career== ===Career in national politics=== Member of the National Council of the Socialist Party since 1990, he was elected for the first time for the National Parliament in 1995 for the electoral circle of [[Évora (Assembly of the Republic constituency)|Évora]]. He was a member of Parliament until 2000, becoming Vice-President of the Socialist Party’s Parliamentary Group in 1999. From 1997 to 1999, he coordinated the ProAlentejo - Programme for the Integrated Development of [[Alentejo]]. In 2000, he was elected Member of the National Council for Education. Later that year, he entered office as Secretary of State Deputy to the Minister for Home Office of the [[Politics of Portugal#XIII and XIV Constitutional Governments .281995-2002.29|XIV Constitutional Government (2000/2002)]]. In 2002, Carlos Zorrinho resumed his academic career at the University of Évora.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Biografia|url=https://www.parlamento.pt/DeputadoGP/Paginas/Biografia.aspx?BID=438|website=www.parlamento.pt|access-date=2020-05-16}}</ref>
After the Socialist Party won the [[2005 Portuguese legislative election|2005 general elections in Portugal]], Zorrinho was appointed National Coordinator of the [[Lisbon Strategy]] and the [[:pt:José Sócrates#Plano Tecnol.C3.B3gico|Technological Plan]] (Portuguese: 'Plano Tecnológico'), which aimed at improving the country’s competitiveness through technology, innovation and knowledge. Under that capacity, he led the development of the Portuguese Digital Agenda, and he reported directly to the Prime-Minister of the [[Politics of Portugal#XVI Constitutional Government .282004-2005.29|XVI Constitutional Government (2005/2009)]].
From 2009 to 2011, Zorrinho served as Secretary of State for Energy and Innovation, within the [[Ministry of Economy, Innovation and Development]] of the [[Politics of Portugal#XVII and XVIII Constitutional Governments .282005-2011.29|XVII Constitutional Government]]. Returning to the Parliament in 2011, Carlos Zorrinho was elected Leader of the Socialist Party’s Parliamentary Group in September 2011.
===Member of the European Parliament, 2014–2024=== Following the [[2014 European Parliament election in Portugal|2014 European elections]], Zorrinho became a [[Member of the European Parliament]], where he was Head of the Portuguese Delegation, Vice-chair of the Delegation for the External Relations of the European Parliament to [[Brazil]], Member of the [[Committee on Industry, Research and Energy]] (ITRE), [[EUROLAT]] and the [[ACP–EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly]].
Zorrinho is also a substitute member of the [[European Parliament Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety|Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety]] (ENVI) and the Parliament's delegation for relations to the [[MERCOSUR]]. In addition to his committee assignments, he is a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development,<ref>[https://www.europarl.europa.eu/about-parliament/files/organisation-and-rules/organisation/intergroups/list-of-members-climate-change-biodiversity-and-sustainable-development.pdf Intergroup on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development] [[European Parliament]].</ref> the European Parliament Intergroup on Artificial Intelligence and Digital<ref>[https://www.europarl.europa.eu/about-parliament/files/organisation-and-rules/organisation/intergroups/list-of-members-artificial-intelligence-and-digital.pdf Intergroup on Artificial Intelligence and Digital] [[European Parliament]].</ref> and the European Internet Forum.<ref>[https://www.internetforum.eu/committee/political-member.html Members] European Internet Forum.</ref>
Along with [[Ana Rita Sithole]], he was Co-President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the [[Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States|African, Caribbean and Pacific Organization]]-[[European Union]] Joint Parliamentary Assembly in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-07 |title=ACP-EU JPA Co-Presidents Statement on the ongoing Coups in Niger and Gabon |url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/acp/en/acp-eu-jpa-co-presidents-statement-on-th/products-details/20230901CDT12121 |access-date=2024-07-16 |website=OACPS-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly |language=en}}</ref>
== References == {{reflist}} * https://web.archive.org/web/20120123012009/http://www.planotecnologico.pt/en/coordenators-office/about-us/national-coordenador/list.aspx * https://web.archive.org/web/20140327204105/http://www.dn.pt/inicio/economia/interior.aspx?content_id=1995121&seccao=Dinheiro%20Vivo * https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/nl/124739/CARLOS_ZORRINHO_home.html
==External links== * [https://carlos.zorrinho.eu Official website] * {{MEP}} {{Current EP Portugal}} {{EP Political Group S&D}} {{Authority control}}
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