| Duarte Cordeiro | |
| Office: | Minister of the Environment and Climate Action |
| Primeminister: | António Costa |
| Term Start: | 30 March 2022 |
| Term End: | 2 April 2024 |
| Predecessor: | João Pedro Matos Fernandes |
| Successor: | Maria da Graça Carvalho |
| Office1: | Secretary of State for Parliamentary Affairs |
| Primeminister1: | António Costa |
| Term Start1: | 18 October 2019 |
| Term End1: | 30 March 2022 |
| Predecessor1: | Pedro Nuno Santos |
| Successor1: | Ana Catarina Mendes |
| Office2: | Deputy Mayor of Lisbon |
| Term Start2: | 8 April 2015 |
| Term End2: | 18 February 2019 |
| 1Blankname2: | Mayor |
| 1Namedata2: | Fernando Medina |
| Predecessor2: | Fernando Medina |
| Successor2: | João Paulo Saraiva |
| Office3: | Secretary-General of the Socialist Youth |
| Term Start3: | 20 July 2008 |
| Term End3: | 18 July 2010 |
| Predecessor3: | Pedro Nuno Santos |
| Successor3: | Pedro Delgado Alves |
| Constituency4: | Setúbal |
| Term Start4: | 20 June 2011 |
| Term End4: | 23 October 2015 |
| Constituency5: | Lisbon |
| Term Start5: | 15 October 2009 |
| Term End5: | 20 June 2011 |
| Birth Name: | José Duarte Piteira Rica Silvestre Cordeiro |
| Birth Date: | 23 February 1979 |
| Party: | Socialist Party |
| Alma Mater: | University of Lisbon |
José Duarte Piteira Rica Silvestre Cordeiro (born 23 February 1979) is a Portuguese economist and politician of the Socialist Party (PS) who served as a Minister of the Environment and Climate Action in the XXIII Constitutional Government of Portugal of Prime Minister António Costa from 2022 to 2024.[1]
From 2019 to 2022, Cordeiro served as State Secretary of Parliamentary Affairs. In the negotiations to form a coalition government unter Costa following the 2019 elections, he was part of his party’s delegation.[2]
In September 2022, Cordeiro put a capacity of 10 gigawatts (GW) on offer for Portugal’s debut offshore wind power auction in 2023, doubling the government’s original target at the start of the year.[3] Under his leadership, the government invested 3 billion euros ($2.91 billion) in its electricity and natural gas systems in 2023 to lower energy prices paid by companies.[4] In 2023, he announced plans to launch a pioneering auction for rights to sell hydrogen for injection into the national gas grid.[5]
Cordeiro is married to Susana Ramos, a public servant.[6]