Joaquim Levy
| Joaquim Levy | |
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| Minister of Finance | |
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In office 1 January 2015 – 21 December 2015 |
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| President | Dilma Rousseff |
| Preceded by | Guido Mantega |
| Succeeded by | Nelson Barbosa |
| Secretary of the National Treasury | |
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In office 1 January 2003 – 27 March 2006 |
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| President | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva |
| Preceded by | Eduardo Refinetti Guardia |
| Succeeded by | Carlos Kawall Leal Ferreira |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
17 February 1961 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Alma mater |
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Getúlio Vargas Foundation University of Chicago |
Joaquim Vieira Ferreira Levy (born February 17, 1961) is a Brazilian economist and Brazil's former Finance Minister. Levy took office on January 1, 2015, during the presidential inauguration of Dilma Rousseff's second term.
Prior to the appointment, Levy was the President of Bradesco Asset Management, a division of Bradesco, Brazil's second largest private bank.
Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Levy holds a PhD in economics from the University of Chicago (1992), a Master's in economics from Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV) (1987) and graduated in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.
He was a Professor of Economics at FGV in the 1990s, before joining the IMF, where he worked from 1992 to 1999. At the IMF Mr Levy held several positions in the Western Hemisphere Department (1992), Europe I Department (1993-1997), Capital Markets, and Research (1997-1998). Mr Levy was also Vice-President at the Inter-American Development Bank and Finance Secretary of the State of Rio de Janeiro, during the first administration of Governor Sérgio Cabral Filho.
Between 1999 and 2000, he was a visiting economist at the European Central Bank, having worked in the division of Capital Markets and Monetary Strategy. In 2000 he was appointed Deputy Secretary of Economic Policy at Brazil’s Ministry of Finance, and in 2001 became Chief Economist at Brazil’s Ministry of Planning, Budget, and Management.
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