José Pedro de Morais (born 20 December 1955 in
Kuito,
Bie Province) is an
Angola
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n politician, who served as
Minister of Finance
A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic policy and financial regulation.
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from December 2002 to October 2008, replacing Júlio Marcelino Vieira Bessa. In January 2015, he was appointed Governor of the
National Bank of Angola
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Career
* Director, foreign trade, Ministry of Industry, 1977–1984;
* United Nations Development Programme, 1984–87;
* Director, international cooperation, Ministry of Industry, 1987;
* Director, economic affairs, Ministry of External Relations, 1989–90;
* Advisor, Ministry of Industry, 1990–91;
* Secretary of State for Construction, 1991–92;
* Governor, World Bank, 1993;
* Coordinator, European Fund for Development, 1993;
* Minister of Planning and Economic Coordination, 1994-1996;
* Executive Director, International Monetary Fund, 1996 to date;
* Minister of Finance
A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic policy and financial regulation.
A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", " ...
, 2002-2008.
References
External links
angola.org
1955 births
Living people
Angolan economists
Finance ministers of Angola
Angolan bankers
Governors of the Bank of Angola
MPLA politicians
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