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Fernando Pimentel | |
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| Governor ofMinas Gerais | |
| In office 1 January 2015 – 1 January 2019 | |
| Vice Governor | Antônio Andrade |
| Preceded by | Alberto Pinto Coelho Júnior |
| 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 ofBelo 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 74) Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
| Political party | PT (2000–present) |
| 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 theWorkers' Party (PT). He was theMayor of Belo Horizonte from 2001 to 2009, the Minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade in theCabinet of former Brazilian presidentDilma Rousseff from 2011 to 2014 and theGovernor of Minas Gerais from 2015 to 2019.
Fernando Pimentel studied Economy at theFederal University of Minas Gerais. He is a member of thePT, a party he helped to create.
He has been married twice and has two adopted children.[needs update]
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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| Preceded by | Mayor ofBelo Horizonte 2001–09 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by Miguel Jorge | Minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade 2011–14 | Succeeded by Mauro Borges Lemos |
| Preceded by Alberto Pinto Coelho | Governor ofMinas Gerais 2015–19 | Succeeded by |
Governors of Minas Gerais(1889–present) | ||
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