Fernando Pimentel Explained

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.

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.

Academic career

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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