Nelson Barbosa

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Nelson Barbosa
Minister of Finance
In office
21 December 2015 – 12 May 2016
PresidentDilma Rousseff
Preceded byJoaquim Levy
Succeeded byHenrique Meirelles
Minister of Planning, Budget and Management
In office
1 January 2015 – 18 December 2015
PresidentDilma Rousseff
Preceded byMiriam Belchior
Succeeded byMoysés Simão
Personal details
Born (1969-11-17) 17 November 1969 (age 55)
Rio de Janeiro, Guanabara, Brazil
Alma materFederal University of Rio de Janeiro
The New School

Nelson Henrique Barbosa Filho is a Brazilian economist and professor 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 as well as Researcher at IBRE/FGV and a member of the boards of Cetip and Regional Bank of Brasilia (BRB).[1]

Barbosa holds a PhD in Economics ("Essays on Structuralist Macroeconomics", 2001) from the New School for Social Research in New York City and a master's degree and BA in Economics from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.

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 (1994-1997), National Development Bank (2005-2006) and Ministry of Planning (2003).[2]

Barbosa was invited by president Dilma Rousseff 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.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Prof Barbosa information". FGV. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  2. ^ "Prof Barbosa page". FGV. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  3. ^ "Nelson Barbosa appointed as Minister of Planning, in Portuguese". Estadão Newspaper. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
Political offices
Preceded by
Miriam Belchior
Minister of Planning, Budget and Management
2015
Succeeded by
Moysés Simão
Preceded by Minister of Finances
2015–2016
Succeeded by