Augusto Santos Silva is a Portuguese sociologist, university professor, and politician. Since November 2015, he has been the Portuguese Minister of Foreign Affaires, in the XXI and XXII Constitutional Governments led by Prime Minister António Costa.
Mr. Santos Silva joined the Socialist Party in 1990, and has served in a number of ministerial roles, namely Minister of Education (2000-2001), Minister of Culture (2001-2002), Minister of Parliamentary Affairs (2005-2009), and Minister of National Defence (2009-2011).