José Alberto de Vasconcelos Tavares Moreira GOC (10 October 1944 – 8 June 2020) was a Portuguese economist who served as governor of the

Bank of Portugal The Banco de Portugal (, ) is the national central bank for Portugal within the Eurosystem. It was the Portuguese central bank from 1846 to 1998, issuing the escudo. Since 2014, it has also been Portugal's national competent authority within E ...

(1986–1992).

Biography

Tavares Moreira was born in Póvoa de Varzim,

Póvoa de Varzim Póvoa de Varzim () is a Portugal, Portuguese city in Norte Region, Portugal, Northern Portugal and sub-region of Greater Porto, from its city centre. It sits in a sandy coastal plain, a cuspate foreland, halfway between the Minho River, Minho ...

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, on 10 October 1944, from a family of seven brothers and sisters, being the second oldest. He graduated in Economics at the Faculty of Economics of the

University of Porto The University of Porto (''Universidade do Porto'') is a Portuguese public research university located in Porto, and founded on 22 March 1911. It is the second largest Portuguese university by number of enrolled students, after the University ...

. He worked as an economist, and later director and member of the Management Board of Banco Pinto & Sotto Mayor, between 1973 and 1976. Between 1979 and 1981 he was director of CGD. In the political field, he made his debut as Secretary of the Treasury between 1980 and 1981, and as Deputy Secretary of State to the Minister of Finance from 1985 to 1986. Having resigned from all positions he held at the Bank of Portugal following a disagreement with

Vítor Constâncio Vítor Manuel Ribeiro Constâncio (born 12 October 1943) is a Portuguese economist and academic who most recently served as Vice President of the European Central Bank, from 2010 to 2018. He previously served as Minister of Finance in 1978 an ...

, he was consultant to the Board of Banco BAI Europa SA. Also, he was on the advisory board of OMFIF where he was involved in meetings regarding the financial and monetary system. He died from

cancer Cancer is a group of diseases involving Cell growth#Disorders, abnormal cell growth with the potential to Invasion (cancer), invade or Metastasis, spread to other parts of the body. These contrast with benign tumors, which do not spread. Po ...

on 8 June 2020.Morreu Tavares Moreira, antigo governador do Banco de Portugal

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