Fernando Teixeira dos Santos

Fernando Teixeira dos Santos ( * September 13 1951 in Moreira in Porto, Portugal), in Portuguese media usually only Teixeira dos Santos, is a Portuguese politician of the Socialist Party and was from 2005 to June 20, 2011 Minister of Finance in the government Sócrates.

Life

Fernando Teixeira dos Santos grew up in the community of the circle Moreira Maia on near Porto. He completed his education at the Liceu Normal de D. Manuel II in Porto. In 1973 he completed his studies in economics at the University of Porto. In the following years he worked as an assistant primarily at the University of Porto until 1986, he was awarded a doctorate in. Previously, he had completed his PhD in 1985 at the University of South Carolina with the dissertation "Essays on Monetary Economics Portuguese ". Until 1995, he taught economics continues in Porto.

1995 appointed him of the Portuguese Finance Minister António Sousa Franco under the Government of the Socialist Guterres to the Secretary of State. Between 2000 and 2005 led Teixeira dos Santos, the Comissão do Mercado de Valores Mobiliários, the Portuguese Securities and Exchange Commission.

2005 appointed to the newly elected Prime Minister José Sócrates in the same year Fernando Teixeira dos Santos as the new finance minister and one of the three government ministers. His predecessor, Luís Campos e Cunha, who was only about four months in office, resigned for family reasons. As Finance Minister Teixeira dos Santos stands next to the Prime Minister Sócrates and Foreign Minister Amado due to the economic situation of Portugal often the center of Portuguese reporting. 2007, while the EU's Portuguese presidency, he led the EU finance ministers round.

Teixeira dos Santos has received various honors and awards, including the 2005 United Order of Infante D. Henrique ( Grande Oficial da Ordem do Infante D. Henrique ), and in May 1998, the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina.

Fernando Teixeira dos Santos is married and has two children.

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