Carlos Moedas
Moedas Carlos Manuel Félix Moedas (born 10 August 1970) is a Portuguese politician, civil engineer, and management graduate who has served as the mayor of Lisbon since 2021. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD). From 2014 until 2019, Moedas served as European commissioner covering the portfolio of Research, Science and Innovation under the leadership of President Jean-Claude Juncker.
Carlos Moedas

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- Born
- 1970. · Beja.
- Nationality
- Portugal.
- Occupation
- economist, engineer, banker, politician and painter.
- Education
- Instituto Superior Técnico, Harvard Business School, Harvard University and École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées.
- Honours
- Grand Officer of the Order of Prince Henry.
- Languages
- Portuguese.
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Moedas Carlos Manuel Félix Moedas (born 10 August 1970) is a Portuguese politician, civil engineer, and management graduate who has served as the mayor of Lisbon since 2021. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD). From 2014 until 2019, Moedas served as European commissioner covering the portfolio of Research, Science and Innovation under the leadership of President Jean-Claude Juncker.
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Carlos Moedas (born 1970) is a banker, economist and engineer, among other activities, of Portuguese nationality. The banker was born in Beja.
Carlos Moedas was educated at École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Harvard Business School and Harvard University, among others. The banker worked for Lisbon City Council and held the positions of European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science and Mayor of Lisbon, among others.
Languages used include Portuguese. Honours include Grand Officer of the Order of Prince Henry.
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Early life and education
Early life and education
Between 2011 and 2014 he served as Secretary of State in the XIX Constitutional Government of Portugal. In March 2021, Moedas announced his candidacy as mayor of Lisbon in the 2021 local elections, and was elected on 26 September of the same year. Moedas won reelection to a second term in October 2025.
Carlos Moedas studied at Instituto Superior Técnico, Harvard Business School and Harvard University. The recorded working language is Portuguese. Employment is recorded with Lisbon City Council. Positions recorded include member of the Assembly of the Republic and European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science. Distinctions recorded are Grand Officer of the Order of Prince Henry.
Moedas was born to a communist journalist and a seamstress in Beja, Alentejo, southern Portugal, in 1970. He studied at Lisbon University, graduating in 1993 with a degree in Civil Engineering from the Instituto Superior Técnico. He spent his final year studying at the ENPC (Paris) via the Erasmus Programme. He was one of the first Portuguese students to undertake an Erasmus exchange.
Professional career
Professional career
After leaving university, Moedas worked as a project manager for the Suez Group in France between 1993 and 1998. He then took postgraduate studies at Harvard Business School, graduating in 2000 with the degree of MBA, after which he came back to Europe to work in mergers and acquisitions for Goldman Sachs. He then worked at Eurohypo Investment Bank in its Real Estate Investment Banking Division, before returning, in August 2004, to Portugal, when Moedas joined the real estate consulting company Aguirre Newman Portugal (now Savills Portugal) becoming Managing Partner until 2008, when he set up his own investment management company, Crimson Investment Management.
Political career
Political career
Following the Eurozone crisis, Moedas was appointed coordinator of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) Economic Research Unit. He and Eduardo Catroga led PSD negotiations in the run-up to Portugal's 2011 State Budget, following which he was selected by PSD to contest the Beja constituency in the legislative elections held on the 5th of June 2011. Moedas was elected to Parliament, becoming the first PSD Member of Parliament for that district since 1995. The day after entering Parliament, on 21 June 2011, the Prime Minister appointed him to his Cabinet in the XIX Constitutional Government as Secretary of State. Moedas oversaw EASME (Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises), the agency created to monitor and control the implementation of the structural reforms agreed in the context of the assistance programme by a troika composed of the European Commission, European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund. In 2014, Pedro Passos Coelho, Prime Minister of Portugal, nominated him as European Commissioner, and Moedas' name was approved by EC President-elect Jean-Claude Juncker on 1 September. On 1 November 2014, Moedas became European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation. In March 2021, Moedas announced his candidacy as Mayor of Lisbon in the 2021 local elections, and was elected on 26 September of the same year. He took office on 18 October 2021.
Life and career
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Life and career
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Carlos Moedas born at Beja.
Publications
• Amaro, N. L., Moedas, C. 2011. O Novo Paradigma do Investimento Imobiliário: Análise e estratégias para um sector-chave da economia. Sabedoria Alternativa • Bogers, M., Chesbrough, H., Moedas, C. 2018. Open Innovation: Research, Practices, and Policies. California Management Review, Volume: 60 issue: 2, page(s): 5-16 • Moedas, C. "Vento Suão: Portugal e a Europa", Guerra e Paz, Lisboa, 2020.
From left: Director Christoph Quitmann, Commissioner Carlos Moedas, Minister Helene Hallmark Knutsson, Professor Hans Hertz Photo on the wall by Nils Bergendal
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Other activities
• European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), Member (since 2021) • Aga Khan University, Member of the Chancellor’s Commission (since 2021) • Africa Europe Foundation (AEF), Member of the High-Level Group of Personalities on Africa-Europe Relations (since 2020) • Friends of Europe, Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2020) • UNESCO, Member of the Advisory Board of the "Futures of Education" Initiative (since 2019) • Jacques Delors Institute, Vice-President (since 2020), Member of the Board of Directors (since 2019) • Re-Imagine Europa, Member of the Advisory Board
Honours and awards
• Member of the Portuguese Academy of Engineering (2014) • Commander of the Spanish Order of Civil Merit by the King Felipe VI of Spain (2015) • Honorary Doctorate in Laws by the University of Cork (2016) • Honorary Doctorate by ESCP Europe - École supérieure de commerce de Paris (2018) • Honorary Fellow of the AAS - African Academy of Sciences (2018) • Gold Medal from the Portuguese Order of Engineering (2019) • University of Coimbra Prize (2020) • Honorary Doctorate by the Universidade Nova de Lisboa (2022) • Honorary Doctorate by the West University of Timisoara (2022) • Knight of the Pontifical Equestrian Order of Pope St Sylvester (2023) • Grand Cross of the Order of Infante D. Henrique (2023) • Distinguished Citizen of the City of Buenos Aires (2024) • Civic Intervention Award from the Order of Engineers (2024) • French Legion of Honor Award (2025)
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- 1.European Commission. The Juncker Commission: A strong and experienced team standing for change. 2014-09-10.
- 2.Sofia Rodrigues (4 March 2021), Carlos Moedas: "Foi uma decisão de vida, reflectida e pensada" Público.
- 3.Nicholas Hirst (February 3, 2015), Carlos Moedas: Convincing investor Politico Europe.
- 4.Nicholas Hirst (February 3, 2015), Carlos Moedas: Convincing investor Politico Europe.
- 5.Carlos Moedas. Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies.
- 6.Archived copy.
- 7."Carlos Moedas" , Diário de Notícias, 27 junho 2011 (in Portuguese)
- 8.Profile of Carlos Moedas on the Portuguese Government Website
- 9.Financial Times. Portugal presses on with reforms. February 1, 2012.
- 10.Passos indica Carlos Moedas para comissário europeu - Politica - DN. DN. August 2014.
- 11.Carlos Moedas toma posse como presidente da Câmara de Lisboa a 18 de outubro, SIC Notícias 05.10.2021
- 12.Members European Council on Foreign Relations.
- 13.Commission Decision on Former Commissioner Carlos Moedas’ post term of office professional activity for the Aga Khan University European Commission, July 5, 2021.
- 14.High-Level Group of Personalities on Africa-Europe Relations Africa Europe Foundation (AEF).
- 15.Friends of Europe appoints 29 new members to its Board of Trustees Friends of Europe, press release of June 25, 2020.
- 16.Decision of the European Commission on Commissioner Carlos Moedas' post term of office professional activity as member of the Advisory Board of the UNESCO "Futures of Education" initiative European Commission, 13 November 2019.
- 17.Cristina Gonzalez (November 27, 2019), Out of Commission: Team Juncker moves on Politico Europe.
- 18.Cristina Gonzalez (November 27, 2019), Out of Commission: Team Juncker moves on Politico Europe.
- 19.Re-Imagine Europa.
- 20.Comissão Nacional de Eleições Mapa Oficial n.º 1-B/2021. Diário da República. 29 November 2021.
- 21.Ministry of Home Affairs. Autarquicas Locais 2025. 13 October 2025.
- 22.University College Cork, "EU Commissioner honoured by UCC" , Honorary Doctorate in Laws by the University of Cork (2016), 4 November 2016
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