Fernando Teixeira dos Santos
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Fernando Teixeira dos Santos GOIH | |
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Assumed office July 21, 2005 |
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Prime Minister | José Sócrates |
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State Secretary of Treasury and Finance
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In office 1995-10-30 – 1999-10-25 |
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Prime Minister | António Guterres |
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Born | September 13, 1951 |
Nationality | Portuguese |
Political party | Socialist |
Fernando Teixeira dos Santos (born September 13, 1951), GOIH is the current Minister of Finance in Portuguese Government (XVII Governo Constitucional).
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[edit] Career
Teixeira dos Santos has a degree in Economics by the University of Porto, and a PhD in Economics by the University of South Carolina.
He presided over the stock exchange authority of Portugal, the Comissão do Mercado de Valores Mobiliários (CMVM), until he received an invitation to enter the Portuguese government. He was also the Secretary of State in the socialist governments of Prime Minister António Guterres and a university professor in economics at the University of Porto.
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In July 2005, Prime Minister José Sócrates made a request to President of the Republic Jorge Sampaio for the resignation of the Minister of the Finances, Luís Campos e Cunha, for reasons of a personal nature, family and fatigue, according to an official source. This same source also added that the Prime Minister, Jose Sócrates, "at the same time" proposed the nomination of Fernando Teixeira Dos Santos as minister of Finances to the President of the Republic, Jorge Sampaio.
[edit] Duties in the Government of Portugal
Minister of Finance in the XVII Governo Constitucional
Minister of State in the XVII Governo Constitucional
State Secretary of Treasury and Finance in the XIII Governo Constitucional
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