Nelson Henrique Barbosa Filho is a Brazilian
economist
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and
professor
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of
economics. From 21 December 2015 to 12 May 2016, he was Brazil's Minister of Finance.
Barbosa holds a full professorship at the São Paulo School of Economics of the
Getulio Vargas Foundation and is adjunct professor at the
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
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as well as Researcher at IBRE/FGV and a member of the boards of Cetip and Regional Bank of Brasilia (BRB).
Barbosa holds a PhD in
Economics ("Essays on Structuralist Macroeconomics", 2001) from the
New School for Social Research
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in
New York City
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and a master's degree and BA in
Economics from the
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
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.
Barbosa served as Executive Secretary at Brazil's Ministry of Finance from 2011 to 2013. Prior to that, Mr Barbosa held several positions within the federal government. He was Secretary for Economic Issues (2007-2008) and Deputy Secretary for Economic Policy at the Ministry of Finance. He was also the chairman at
Bank of Brazil (2009-2013), and a member of the board of
Vale SA (2011-2013). His experiences within the government level includes positions at the
Central Bank of Brazil
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(1994-1997),
National Development Bank A national development bank is a development bank created by a country's government that provides financing for the purposes of economic development of the country.
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* Business Development Bank of Canada
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(2005-2006) and Ministry of Planning (2003).
Barbosa was invited by president
Dilma Rousseff
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to join her economic team as Minister of Planning in her second term, having held this position from 1 January 2014 to 18 December 2015 when he replaced
Joaquim Levy as Brazil's Minister of Finance.
References
External links
Prof. Barbosa webpage
Prof. Barbosa online CV, in Portuguese.
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20th-century Brazilian economists
21st-century Brazilian economists
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro alumni
Finance Ministers of Brazil
Government ministers of Brazil
Living people
1969 births
St. Francis College people
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