What is Augusto Santos Silva?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Augusto Santos Silva | honorific-prefix = [[Excellency|His Excellency]] | honorific-suffix = |image =Informal meeting of ministers for foreign affairs (Gymnich). Arrivals Augusto Santos Silva (36284887033) (cropped).jpg |office2 = [[Ministry of National Defence (Portugal)|Minister of National Defence]] |predecessor2 = [[Nuno Severiano Teixeira]] |primeminister2 = [[José Sócrates]] | party = [[Socialist Party (Portugal)|Socialist Party]] |office1 = [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Portugal)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]] |predecessor1 = [[Rui Machete]] |primeminister1 = [[António Costa]] |successor2 = [[José Pedro Aguiar Branco]] | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1956|08|20}} | birth_place = [[Porto]], [[Estado Novo (Portugal)|Portugal]] | alma_mater = [[University of Porto]] (B.A.) (1978) <br /> [[ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon]] (Ph.D.) (1992) | profession = University professor |term_start1 = 26 November 2015 |term_start2 = 26 October 2009 |term_end2 = 21 June 2011 |office3 = [[Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (Portugal)|Minister of Parliamentary Affairs]] |primeminister3 = [[José Sócrates]] |term_start3 = 12 March 2005 |term_end3 = 26 October 2009 |predecessor3 = Rui Gomes da Silva |successor3 = Jorge Lacão |office4 = [[Ministry of Culture (Portugal)|Minister of Culture]] |primeminister4 = [[António Guterres]] |term_start4 = 3 July 2001 |term_end4 = 6 April 2002 |predecessor4 = José Sasportes |successor4 = Pedro Roseta |office5 = [[Ministry of Education (Portugal)|Minister of Education]] |primeminister5 = [[António Guterres]] |term_start5 = 14 September 2000 |term_end5 = 3 July 2001 |predecessor5 = [[Guilherme d'Oliveira Martins]] |successor5 = Júlio Pedrosa }} '''Augusto Ernesto dos Santos Silva''' (born 20 August 1956) is a Portuguese [[sociology|sociologist]], university professor, and [[politician]]. He has been the [