Her Excellency Manuela Ferreira Leite GCC GCIH |
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President of Social Democratic Party | |
In office 20 June 2008 – 9 April 2010 |
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Deputy | Luís Marques Guedes |
Preceded by | Luís Filipe Menezes |
Succeeded by | Pedro Passos Coelho |
Minister of State | |
In office 6 April 2002 – 17 July 2004 |
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Prime Minister | José Manuel Barroso |
Minister of Finance | |
In office 6 April 2002 – 17 July 2004 |
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Prime Minister | José Manuel Barroso |
Preceded by | Guilherme d'Oliveira Martins |
Succeeded by | Bagão Félix |
Minister of Education | |
In office 7 December 1993 – 28 October 1995 |
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Prime Minister | Aníbal Cavaco Silva |
Preceded by | António Couto dos Santos |
Succeeded by | Eduardo Marçal Grilo |
Secretary of State for the Budget | |
In office 5 January 1990 – 7 December 1993 |
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Prime Minister | Aníbal Cavaco Silva |
Preceded by | Rui Carp |
Succeeded by | Norberto Rosa |
Personal details | |
Born |
Lisbon, Portugal |
3 December 1940
Political party | Social Democratic Party |
Spouse(s) | Rui Leite (divorced) |
Children | 3 |
Alma mater | Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão |
Occupation |
Pundit Politician (retired) |
Profession | Economist |
Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Awards |
Maria Manuela Dias Ferreira Leite GCC GCIH (born Lisbon, 3 December 1940), commonly known as Manuela Ferreira Leite (Portuguese pronunciation: [mɐnuˈɛlɐ fɨˈʁɐjɾɐ ˈlɐjtɨ]), is a Portuguese economist, pundit and retired politician.
She was born in Cerdeira, Arganil. Manuela Ferreira Leite comes from a family of many generations of famous lawyers, but she has chosen to follow finance and economics instead. Her brother José Eugénio Dias Ferreira is a Lisbon lawyer and a political commentator and sports commentator. She is a daughter of Carlos Eugénio Dias Ferreira (b. Lisbon, 18 May 1908), a Licentiate in Law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon and a lawyer, and wife Julieta Teixeira de Carvalho, a Licentiate in Engineering from the Instituto Superior Técnico of the Technical University of Lisbon and an engineer, daughter of José Teixeira de Carvalho and wife Etelvina Ferreira de Carvalho. Her paternal grandfather José Eugénio Dias Ferreira (Lisbon, 13 November 1882 – Lisbon, 17 January 1953) was also a lawyer from the University of Coimbra, being a natural son of Minister and Counselor José Dias Ferreira by an unknown mother.