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President José Manuel Barroso

2012 Nobel Peace Laureate and 11th President of the European Commission, Lisbon/Portugal

President Barroso received the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the European Union for its contribution to peace, reconciliation, democracy and human rights.

Biography:

HE José Manuel Barroso, as the 11th President of the European Commission, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2012 on behalf of the European Union which was awarded the prize “for its contribution to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe for over six decades”. As State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Portugal Mr. Barroso played a key role as mediator of the peace accords for Angola, and as Minister for Foreign Affairs he launched the talks with the Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs that ultimately led to the independence of East Timor. Under his leadership the Social Democratic Party (PSD) won the general election in 2002 and he was appointed Prime Minister of Portugal in April of that year. He remained in office until July 2004 when he was elected by the European Parliament to the post of President of the European Commission. In September 2009 he was re-elected by an absolute majority in the European Parliament for a second term. Mr. Barroso is a fellow of the Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination at Princeton University. He has also been the First President of the UEFA Foundation for Children and has served as Chairman of Goldman Sachs International and as Board Chair of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, jointly founded by the World Health Organization, UNICEF and the World Bank.

Topic of keynote speech:

  • Reform for global health and economic resilience

Schedule:

TAIWAN BRIDGES encore event

Monday, October 19, 2026:

14:00 Keynote speech and dialogue at Academia Sinica in Taipei

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