Fernando Pimentel
{{Short description|Brazilian politician and economist (born 1951)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific-prefix = His Excellency
|name = Fernando Pimentel
|image = Fernando Pimentel 2010 (cropped).jpg
|alt = Photo of Pimentel
|order =
|office = Governor of Minas Gerais
|vicegovernor = Antônio Andrade
|term_start = 1 January 2015
|term_end = 1 January 2019
|predecessor = Alberto Pinto Coelho Júnior
|successor = Romeu Zema
|office1 = Minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade
|president1 = Dilma Rousseff
|term_start1 = 1 January 2011
|term_end1 = 12 February 2014
|predecessor1 = Miguel Jorge
|successor1 = Mauro Borges Lemos
|office2 = Mayor of Belo Horizonte
|term_start2 = 8 November 2001
|term_end2 = 1 January 2009
|predecessor2 = Célio de Castro
|successor2 = Márcio Lacerda
|birth_name = Fernando Damata Pimentel
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|3|31|df=y}}
|birth_place = Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
|death_date =
|death_place =
|party = PT (2000–present)
|alma_mater = Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais {{small|(L.)}}
Federal University of Minas Gerais {{small|(M.D.)}}
|occupation = Politician
|profession = Economist
|signature = Fernando Pimentel MG Governor.jpg
|website =
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Fernando Damata Pimentel (born 31 March 1951) is a Brazilian politician and economist. He is a member of the Workers' Party (PT). He was the Mayor of Belo Horizonte from 2001 to 2009, the Minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade in the Cabinet of former Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff from 2011 to 2014 and the Governor of Minas Gerais from 2015 to 2019.
Life
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File:Dilma Rousseff e Fernando Pimentel em 1972.jpg in 1972]]
Fernando Pimentel studied Economy at the Federal University of Minas Gerais. He is a member of the PT, a party he helped to create.
He has been married twice and has two adopted children.{{Update inline|reason=infobox lists three children|date=September 2018}}
=Academic career=
He has held a teaching position and engaged in scholarly activity as coordinator of the Extension Center of the Faculty of Economic Sciences, UFMG. Since August 1978, he has been an assistant professor in their Department of Economics.
He is also an active member of the professional categories of entities, has held the vice-presidency of the Association of University Teachers of Belo Horizonte (1985–1987) and he was president of the Regional Economy of Minas Gerais (1991–1992), having been reelected twice; Furthermore, he was a counselor of the same for an overlapping time, between 1990 and 1992. He was also director of the Union of Economists of Minas Gerais (1986–1992).
See also
External links
- [http://www.worldmayor.com/manifestos05/belohorizonte_05.html Nominated for World Mayor 2005]
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Category:Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais alumni
Category:Workers' Party (Brazil) politicians
Category:Mayors of Belo Horizonte
Category:Governors of Minas Gerais
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