Henrique Meirelles
| Henrique Meirelles | |
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| Minister of Finance | |
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Assumed office May 12, 2016 |
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| President | Michel Temer |
| Preceded by | Nelson Barbosa |
| President of the Central Bank | |
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In office January 1, 2003 – January 1, 2011 |
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| President | Lula |
| Preceded by | Arminio Fraga |
| Succeeded by | Alexandre Tombini |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Henrique de Campos Meirelles August 31, 1945 Anápolis, Brazil |
| Alma mater |
University of São Paulo Federal University of Rio de Janeiro |
Henrique de Campos Meirelles (Anápolis, August 31, 1945) is minister of finance and an executive of the Brazilian and the international financial sectors and former president of Central Bank of Brazil (Portuguese: Banco Central do Brasil) where he remained in office from 2003 to 2011. He chairs J&F's board of directors, company that owns Banco Original, JBS and Vigor, among others. He is also a member of the board of directors of Azul Brazilian Airlines.
Meirelles is the son of Hegesipo de Campos Meirelles, former attorney of Banco do Estado de Goiás and Diva Silva de Campos, a wedding gown designer.
He left the city of Goiania to study civil engineering at the School of Engineering of the University of São Paulo (Portuguese:Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo) in São Paulo, where he graduated in 1972.
In 1974, he completed a MBA in Business Administration from Coppead Institute at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Portuguese:Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro), UFRJ.
His career began in 1974 at BankBoston, where he worked for 28 years, with national and international operations.
In 1984, with appointment by a BankBoston board member, Meirelles attended the Advanced Management Program (AMP) at Harvard Business School, a course that prepares executives who will assume the presidency of large corporations. Meirelles also received an honorary title as doctor by Bryant College.
In July of that year, with his return to Brazil, Meirelles was appointed president of BankBoston in Brazil, a position he held for 12 years.
In 1996, Meirelles moved to Boston, Massachusetts, and assumed the position of President and COO of BankBoston worldwide. He held the position until 1999.
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