 Silva Pereira holds a master's degree in Law from the University of Lisbon.Silva Pereira has been a member of the Socialist Party since 2000.In his home country, he was member of the Portuguese Parliament from 2002 to 2014, Secretary of State of Spatial Planning and Nature Conservation from 1999 to 2002 in António Guterre's second cabinet, and Minister of the Premiership from 2005 to 2011 in José Sócrates' cabinets.