Manuel Pinho

Manuel António Gomes de Almeida de Pinho ( born October 28, 1954 in Lisbon, Portugal) is a Portuguese economist and politician. 2005 to 2009 he was standing in front of the Ministry of Economic Affairs of Portugal.

Life

Manuel Pinho studied economics and graduated in 1976 at the Higher Institute of Economics and Management (Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão ) of the Technical University of Lisbon with the Lizenziatur ( Licenciatura ) from. In 1983 he was also a PhD from the University of Paris at Nanterre (X. University ) in Economics.

From 1982 to 1984 Pinho taught both at the Catholic University in Lisbon and at his former place of learning, the Institute of Economics. After completing his doctorate, he joined the International Monetary Fund in Washington DC, where he remained until 1987. From 1992 to 1994 Pinho took on various tasks. Among other things, he was Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Caixa Geral de Depósitos active, administrator at the European Investment Bank and Chairman of the State Revenue Directorate ( DirecçãoGeral do Tesouro e Finanças ). From 1994 to 2005 he worked in various sectors of the Portuguese Banco Espírito Santo bank (BES ), including its subsidiaries BES Finance, BES BES Investimento and Overseas.

Since then, José Sócrates passes as Secretary General of the Socialist Party, Pinho is a spokesperson for economic Angel characteristics within the party. After the early parliamentary elections in February 2005, in which the Portuguese Socialists won an absolute majority for the first time, called the designated Prime Minister José Sócrates Manuel Pinho as the new Minister of Economy and Innovation. His main task is the Portuguese economy, which is heavily hit abroad through constant job cuts and relocation to rehabilitate.

He broke with the assertion that the Portuguese trade unions were a force of retrogression in the country, large debate. His offensive Advertise with foreign investors, in which he cites the low labor costs as the main argument to be criticized.

On 2 July 2009 Pinho had to resign as Minister of Economics, after it came to a head in the parliament. He had hinted with raised above the head pointing a finger at a Communist deputies that his wife would be unfaithful. Finance Minister Fernando Teixeira then took over and the business section.