António Costa
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António Luís Santos da Costa is a Portuguese lawyer and politician who has served as president of the European Council since 2024. He previously served as prime minister of Portugal from 2015 to 2024
Official portrait, 2024
Costa in 2004
Costa at the Informal EU-Leaders' Meeting in Salzburg in 2018
Costa meets with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Lisbon, Portugal on 5 December 2019.
Charles Michel
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Charles Michel is a Belgian politician who served as the president of the European Council from 2019 to 2024. He previously served as the prime minister of Belgium between 2014 and 2019. Michel became
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…Costa stayed as prime minister in a caretaker capacity until 2 April 2024, when he was succeeded by Luís Montenegro. In December 2024, Costa succeeded Charles Michel as president of the European Council. As president of the European Council, Costa reaffirmed support for Ukraine during the Russian invasion of Ukraine…
Official portrait, 2019
Michel with UK Prime Minister David Cameron in 2016
Michel meeting in Warsaw with the Prime Minister of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki, 10 November 2021
Michel with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Brussels, 14 May 2023