Fernando Pimentel

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Fernando Pimentel
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Governor of Minas Gerais
In office
1 January 2015 – 1 January 2019
Vice GovernorAntônio Andrade
Preceded byAlberto Pinto Coelho
Succeeded byRomeu Zema
Minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade
In office
1 January 2011 – 12 February 2014
PresidentDilma Rousseff
Preceded byMiguel Jorge
Succeeded byMauro Borges Lemos
Mayor of Belo Horizonte
In office
8 November 2001 – 1 January 2009
Preceded byCélio de Castro
Succeeded byMárcio Lacerda
Personal details
Born
Fernando Damata Pimentel

(1951-03-31) 31 March 1951 (age 70)
Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
NationalityBrazilian
Political partyPT (2000–present)
Spouse(s)
Thaís Velloso Cougo
(m. 2005; div. 2014)
Carolina de Oliveira
(m. 2015)
ChildrenIrene (b. 1996)
Mathias (b. 1996)
Maria Fernanda (b. 2015)
Alma materPontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais (L.)
Federal University of Minas Gerais (M.D.)
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionEconomist
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Fernando Damata Pimentel (born 31 March 1951) is a Brazilian politician and economist. He is a member of the Workers' Party (PT). He was the Mayor of Belo Horizonte from 2001 to 2009, the Minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade in the Cabinet of former Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff from 2011 to 2014 and the Governor of Minas Gerais from 2015 to 2019.

Life[]

Fernando Pimentel studied Economy at the Federal University of Minas Gerais. He is a member of the PT, a party he helped to create.

He has been married twice and has two adopted children.[needs update]

Academic career[]

He has held teaching and scholarly activity as coordinator of the Extension Center of the Faculty of Economic Sciences, UFMG, and since August 1978, as an assistant professor in the Department of Economics. Active member of the professional categories of entities, held the vice-presidency of the Association of University Teachers of Belo Horizonte, in the management 1985–1987, he was president of the Regional Economy of Minas Gerais (1991–1992) having been reelected twice, a counselor of the same, in the period 1990–1992. He was also director of the Union of Economists of Minas Gerais (1986–1992).

See also[]

  • List of Mayors of Belo Horizonte, Brazil

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Political offices
Preceded by
Célio de Castro
Mayor of Belo Horizonte
2001–09
Succeeded by
Marcio Lacerda
Preceded by
Miguel Jorge
Minister of Development, Industry
and Foreign Trade

2011–14
Succeeded by
Mauro Borges Lemos
Preceded by
Alberto Pinto Coelho
Governor of Minas Gerais
2015–19
Succeeded by
Romeu Zema


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