Joaquim Pina Moura
Joaquim Augusto Nunes de Pina Moura (born February 22, 1952 in Loriga , Guarda district , Portugal ; † February 20, 2020 in Lisbon , Portugal) was a Portuguese politician and economist . He was the Minister of Economy and Finance of Portugal.
Live and act
As a teenager he ran unsuccessfully for public office in Porto in 1969 , where he had been at home since he was four.
He first studied engineering at the University of Porto and later economics and finance at the Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão (the Faculty of Economics of the Technical University of Lisbon ).
In 1972 he joined the Communist Party of Portugal ( PCP ), which was the main resistance organization against the Estado Novo dictatorship in Portugal until the Carnation Revolution in 1974 , and of which he was a member until 1991. In 1976 he was elected to the Central Committee of the Communist Party.
After falling out, he left the party in 1991 and founded the Plataforma de Esquerda with other former communists in 1992 (from which the Política XXI emerged in 1994 ) and joined the Socialist Party of Portugal (PS) in 1995 .
His first higher office was that of State Secretary under Prime Minister Antonio Guterres , then in 1997 he was appointed Minister of Economics, then Minister of Economics and Finance, which made him a super minister . In 2001 he resigned from all offices.
Last years of life and death
Pina Moura has been living secluded in Loriga for the last few years. He died on February 20, 2020 as a result of a neurological disease , as his son, the photojournalist João Pina, announced.
Numerous friends expressed their condolences in public, such as his former companion and current UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and Eurogroup boss Mario Centeno .
He was buried in the Cemitério de Prado de Repouso cemetery in Porto.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Moura, Joaquim Pina |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Moura, Joaquim Augusto Nunes de Pina (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Portuguese politician and economist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 22, 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Loriga , Guarda District , Portugal |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 20, 2020 |
| Place of death | Lisbon , Portugal |