Álvaro Santos Pereira

Álvaro Pereira dos Santos ( born January 7, 1972 in Viseu, Portugal) is a Portuguese economist, journalist, novelist and politician. From June 21 2011 to July 24, 2013, he led the Portuguese Ministry of Economic Affairs as part of the Cabinet Passos Coelho.

Life

Alvaro Santos Pereira was born on 7 January 1972 in northern Portugal, Viseu. He studied economics, he joined the University of Coimbra, which he with the usual in Portugal Lizenziatur ( licenciatura ) acquired in 1995, his master's degree he made at the University of Exeter in 1996 with Mark Blaug. Then doctorate Santos Pereira to 2003 also in economics from the Canadian Simon Fraser University, his doctoral supervisor was Richard Lipsey.

After his studies he worked at Simon Fraser University, then between 2000 and 2004 at the University of British Columbia. Between 2004 and 2007, Santos Pereira worked at the University of York, where he lectured in the field of European economics. After his time in York, he returned to 2011 again to the Simon Fraser University back.

In addition to his academic career, Santos Pereira operated also in the field of journalism. He wrote for various Portuguese newspapers, including as a columnist for Público (2008 to 2011), Diário de Notícias (2005-2006) and Diário Económico (2000-2005). Furthermore, also wrote for the newspapers Exame, Expresso and Jornal de Notícias. In addition, Santos Pereira published a novel and operational by 2011 a blog called " Desmitos ", and he also participated in the blog "The Portuguese Economy ".

Policy

On 17 June 2011, the previously victorious in the general election Pedro Passos Coelho, Álvaro Santos Pereira suggested as one of four non-party ministers in front of his cabinet. President Cavaco Silva then appointed him on 21 June 2011 as the Minister for Employment, Economic Affairs, Transport, Public Works and Communications. The Ministry is regarded as unusually large, under the last government of José Sócrates, the tasks were distributed among three ministries.

First sensation was caused Santos Pereira already by not wished the traditional Portuguese formalism " senhor Ministro " ( Minister ) to be called, but simply by his first name Álvaro.

Given the parlous fiscal position of Portugal, Santos Pereira's policy was to stimulate the Portuguese exports, especially in spending cuts in the transport and construction sectors as well as in the experiment. Because of external aid to the country, the powers of the Ministry have been severely curtailed. First, the skills went for the strategic planning of the use of European funds ( Quadro de Referência Estratégico Nacional ) to the Ministry of Finance Vítor Gaspar, the promotion of foreign trade at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Paulo Portas, the tasks to tackle youth unemployment went to the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs headed by Miguel Relvas. As in July 2013, some ministries were filled within the Cabinet Passos Coelho Santos Pereira lost his government post. António Pires de Lima, his successor in the office of the Minister of Economy, was one of the biggest critics of his policies. The labor department took over Pedro Mota Soares, the Minister of Solidarity and Social Security.

Works

Fiction

• Diário de um Deus Criacionista (2007), Lisbon, Guerra e Paz Editores

Literature

• O Medo do Insucesso Nacional (2009), Lisbon, Esfera dos Livros
• Portugal na Hora da Verdade (2011), Lisbon, Gradiva Editores

Paper

• On the feasibility of a Marshall Plan for the Arab Countries, (2001)
• Two Views of Economic Development (2003)
• Dollarization or a North American Common Market in Britain and Canada and Their Large Neighboring Monetary Unions ( 2006)
• Economic Reforms and Peace Building Success: Lessons from Post-Conflict Mozambique (2008)
• Chasing mosquitoes: An exploration of the relationship in between Poverty, Economic Growth and the elimination of malaria in Southern Europe in the Twentieth Century, (2008, together with Sue Bowden and Domna Michailidou )
• Localized or Generalized Growth: Revisiting the Industrial Revolution (2009)
• The Opportunity of a Disaster: The Economic Impact of the 1755 Lisbon Earthquake ( 2009)