Manuel Pinho

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Manuel Pinho

Manuel António Gomes de Almeida de Pinho (born October 28, 1954 in Lisbon ) is a Portuguese economist and politician . From 2005 to 2009 he was head of the Portuguese Ministry of Economic Affairs.

Life

Manuel Pinho studied economics and graduated in 1976 at the Higher Institute of Economics and Management ( Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão ) of the Technical University of Lisbon with the Lizenziatur ( Licenciatura ab). In 1983 he received his doctorate in economics from the Paris University in Nanterre (University X) .

From 1982 to 1984 Pinho taught at the Catholic University in Lisbon as well as at his former learning center, the Economic Institute. After receiving his doctorate, he moved to the International Monetary Fund in Washington DC, where he stayed until 1987. From 1992 to 1994 Pinho took on various tasks. Among other things, he was the chairman of the board of directors of Caixa Geral de Depósitos , administrator at the European Investment Bank and chairman of the State Finance Directorate ( Direcção-Geral do Tesouro e Finanças ). From 1994 to 2005 he worked in various areas of the major Portuguese bank Banco Espírito Santo (BES), including the subsidiaries BES Finance , BES Overseas and BES Investimento .

Since José Sócrates has been General Secretary of the Socialist Party , Pinho has been the press spokesman for economic affairs within the party. After the early parliamentary elections in February 2005 , in which the Portuguese Socialists won an absolute majority for the first time, Prime Minister-designate José Sócrates appointed Manuel Pinho as the new Minister for Economy and Innovation. Its main task is to rehabilitate the Portuguese economy, which has been hit hard by constant job cuts and relocation abroad.

He sparked big debates by claiming that the Portuguese trade unions were a force of regression in the country. His offensive advertising to foreign investors, for whom he cites low wage costs as the main argument, has also been criticized.

On July 2, 2009, Pinho had to resign as Minister of Economic Affairs after a scandal broke out in parliament. With a forefinger raised over his head, he had indicated to a Communist MP that his wife was cheating. Finance Minister Fernando Teixeira then also took over the economic department.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b João Pedro Henriques and Ana Sá Lopes: Governo: Metade PS, metade independentes ( Memento of October 28, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) , [Government: half PS, half independent], Público , March 5, 2005
  2. Manuel Pinho: sindicatos são "uma força de atraso no país"  ( page can no longer be accessed , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Dead Link / ultimahora.publico.clix.pt   , [Manuel Pinho: Unions are “a force of regression in the country”], Público , February 1, 2007
  3. Francisco Assis: declarações de Manuel Pinho sobre baixos salários são "muito infelizes"  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Dead Link / ultimahora.publico.clix.pt   , [Francisco Assis: Manuel Pinho's statement that low wages are “very unhappy”], Público , February 2, 2007
  4. News.ch, July 3, 2009, scandal in Portugal's parliament: Manuel Pinho has to go