Pedro Sampaio Malan (born 1943 in

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) is a Brazilian economist and former

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of Brazil. He is the father of journalist and correspondent Cecília Malan.

Early life

Pedro Sampaio Malan was born in 1943 in Petropolis, a town named in honor of

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to the north of Rio de Janeiro. Malan was educated in a Jesuit school before studying electrical engineering at the

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. While working as a research associate at Rio's

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he first met the U.S. economics teacher Albert Fishlow, who would in 1973 be his adviser for his doctorate in economics from the

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. His thesis was ''Brazil's Place in the International Economy''. Malan continued to live in the USA working for various multilateral agencies until 1993.Pedro Malan , Latin Trade , Find Articles at BNET.com
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Brazilian Central Bank

Malan returned to Brazil in 1993 at the request of the then finance minister

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, who asked him to head the Central Bank. Malan was President of the

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, from September 9, 1993, to December 31, 1994.

Minister of Finance

Malan was the Minister of Finance for

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, from January 1, 1995, to December 31, 2002, during the presidency of

. Along with Marcílio Marques Moreira, Malan worked for the

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administration as an official negotiator of the foreign debt of Brazil with the

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He is credited with successfully reforming the nation's banking system, saving Brazil from the negative effects of 1997's Asian market crisis. He was also one of the architects of the

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Member of Boards

Pedro Malan is a former chairman of the Board of the Unibanco bank (2004 – 2008) and continues to sit as Chairman of the International Advisory Board of Itaú Unibanco. Pedro is currently a member of the Boards of utility company EDP - Energias do Brasil (since 2006) and construction and industrial maintenance company Mills Estruturas e Serviços de Engenharia S/A (since 2010). He is a Trustee of the Thomson Reuters Trust Principles and a member of the Temasek International Panel. Pedro also served on the Board of Souza Cruz S.A, a subsidiary company of British American Tobacco, until his appointment to the Board of British American Tobacco p.l.c. Dr. Pedro Malan was appointed to the Board of British American Tobacco p.l.c. as a Non-Executive Director in February 2015. He is a member of the Corporate Social Responsibility and Nominations Committees.

References

External links

Official biography
from the Brazilian Ministry of Finance (''Ministério da Fazenda''). {{DEFAULTSORT:Malan, Pedro 1943 births Brazilian economists Recipients of the Great Cross of the National Order of Scientific Merit (Brazil) People from Rio de Janeiro (city) Presidents of the Central Bank of Brazil Government ministers of Brazil Finance Ministers of Brazil Living people Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro alumni