Fernando Pimentel

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His Excellency Fernando Pimentel
Governor of Minas Gerais
In office 1 January 2015 – 1 January 2019
Vice Governor	Antônio Andrade
Preceded by	Alberto Pinto Coelho
Succeeded by	Romeu Zema
Minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade
In office 1 January 2011 – 12 February 2014
President	Dilma Rousseff
Preceded by	Miguel Jorge
Succeeded by	Mauro Borges Lemos
Mayor of Belo Horizonte
In office 8 November 2001 – 1 January 2009
Preceded by	Célio de Castro
Succeeded by	Márcio Lacerda
Personal details
Born	Fernando Damata Pimentel (1951-03-31) 31 March 1951 (age 70) Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Nationality	Brazilian
Political party	PT (2000–present)
Spouse(s)	Thaís Velloso Cougo ​ ​ (m. 2005; div. 2014)​ Carolina de Oliveira ​ ​ (m. 2015)​
Children	Irene (b. 1996) Mathias (b. 1996) Maria Fernanda (b. 2015)
Alma mater	Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais (L.) Federal University of Minas Gerais (M.D.)
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Economist
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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

External links[]

• Nominated for World Mayor 2005

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