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António Costa (born 17 July 1961 in Lisbon) is a Portuguese politician and was a Member of the European Parliament for the Socialist Party; part of the Party of European Socialists. On 20 July 2004 he was elected as one of the 14 Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament. He resigned as an MEP on 11 March 2005 to became Minister of Justice in the government of José Sócrates.