Guido Mantega
| Guido Mantega | |
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| Minister of Finance | |
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In office 27 March 2006 – 1 January 2015 |
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| President |
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Dilma Rousseff |
| Preceded by | Antonio Palocci |
| Succeeded by | Joaquim Levy |
| Minister of Planning and the Budget | |
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In office 1 January 2003 – 18 November 2004 |
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| President | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva |
| Preceded by | Guilherme Gomes Dias |
| Succeeded by | Nelson Machado |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
7 April 1949 Genoa, Italy |
| Nationality | Brazilian & Italian |
| Alma mater | University of São Paulo |
| Profession | Economist |
Guido Mantega (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈɡidu ˈmɐ̃teɡɐ]; born 7 April 1949) is an Italian Brazilian economist, and politician who was Brazil's Finance Minister. Mr Mantega served as Brazil's Finance Minister for more than eight years, being the longest-serving Finance Minister in the history of Brazil.
Mantega was born in Genoa, Italy. He graduated in Economics from the School of Economics, Business and Accounting of the University of São Paulo, he holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of São Paulo and is a professor of Economics at several leading universities of São Paulo.
He has long been associated with the left wing Workers' Party and was a key member in the successful presidential campaign of the party's founder and leader, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Upon Lula's access to power in 2003, Mantega was appointed Minister of Planning, and later chairman to BNDES (National Bank for Economical and Social Development).
On March 27, 2006 he was named Brazil's Finance Minister, replacing Antonio Palocci, who resigned in the wake of corruption charges. Mr Mantega left office in December 2014, when he was replaced by the Chicago-trained economist Joaquim Levy.
In mid-2013, financial-markets commentator David Marsh wrote:
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