Honorific-Prefix: | His Excellency |
Fernando Pimentel | |
Office: | Governor of Minas Gerais |
Vicegovernor: | Antônio Andrade |
Term Start: | 1 January 2015 |
Term End: | 1 January 2019 |
Predecessor: | Alberto Pinto Coelho Júnior |
Successor: | Romeu Zema |
Office1: | Minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade |
President1: | Dilma Rousseff |
Term Start1: | 1 January 2011 |
Term End1: | 12 February 2014 |
Predecessor1: | Miguel Jorge |
Successor1: | Mauro Borges Lemos |
Office2: | Mayor of Belo Horizonte |
Term Start2: | 8 November 2001 |
Term End2: | 1 January 2009 |
Predecessor2: | Célio de Castro |
Successor2: | Márcio Lacerda |
Birth Name: | Fernando Damata Pimentel |
Birth Date: | 31 March 1951 |
Birth Place: | Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
Party: | PT (2000–present) |
Occupation: | Politician |
Profession: | Economist |
Signature: | Fernando Pimentel MG Governor.jpg |
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.
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.
He has held a teaching position and engaged in scholarly activity as coordinator of the Extension Center of the Faculty of Economic Sciences, UFMG. Since August 1978, he has been an assistant professor in their Department of Economics.He is also an active member of the professional categories of entities, has held the vice-presidency of the Association of University Teachers of Belo Horizonte (1985–1987) and he was president of the Regional Economy of Minas Gerais (1991–1992), having been reelected twice; Furthermore, he was a counselor of the same for an overlapping time, between 1990 and 1992. He was also director of the Union of Economists of Minas Gerais (1986–1992).
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