Paulo Casaca is a Portuguese

Portugal

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 politician and was a Member of the European Parliament

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 for Portugal's Socialist Party (Partido Socialista)

Socialist Party (Portugal)

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; part of the Party of European Socialists

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 till 2009.

He is currently running for the presidency of the city council of Ponta Delgada

Ponta Delgada

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 in the Azores

Azores

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.

He is a regular contributor to the regional and national press on economic and political subjects and author of many books and shorter publications.

Career:

• 1980: Graduate
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   in economics
• 1987: master's degree
  Master's degree
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   in economics
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• 1980-1987 and 1990-1991: Teaching assistant at the University of the Azores
  Azores
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• 1987-1990: teaching assistant at the Lisbon Institute of Accountancy and Administration
• 1995-1996: visiting professor at the Technical University of Lisbon, teaching the common agricultural policy postgraduate syllabus
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  module
• 1991: Coordinator of the Research Unit of the PS/Azores branch and 1993-1995 at national level
• 1991-1992: Member of the Azores Regional Assembly.
• 1992-1994: Member of the Assembly of the Republic
• 1989-1990, 1992, 1994-1995: Economic adviser to the PS parliamentary party
• 1995-1996: Head of the private office of the Minister for Planning and Territorial Administration
• 1996-1999: Specialist adviser to the Portuguese Permanent Representation to the European Union

External links

• http://www.vivermelhorpdl.org/
• http://www.paulocasaca.net/
• http://www.europarl.eu.int/comparl/cont/site/presentation/presidence/casaca_en.htm
• Interview
• Speech on a drug conference