Fernando Alexandre (politician)

Fernando Alexandre
Alexandre in 2024
Minister of Education, Science and Innovation
Incumbent
Assumed office
2 April 2024
Prime MinisterLuís Montenegro
Preceded byElvira Fortunato (Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education)
João Costa (Minister of Education)
Secretary of State of Internal Administration
In office
22 April 2013 – 22 April 2015
Prime MinisterPedro Passos Coelho
MinisterMiguel Macedo
Anabela Miranda Rodrigues
Personal details
Born
Fernando Manuel de Almeida Alexandre

1972
Gafanha da Nazaré, Portugal
Political partyIndependent
SpouseAnabela Filipe Alexandre
Children3
Alma materUniversity of Coimbra
University of London
OccupationEconomist • Politician

Fernando Manuel de Almeida Alexandre (born 1972) is a Portuguese professor and politician. He has been Minister of Education, Science and Innovation since 2024, in the XXIV Constitutional Government, led by Luís Montenegro.[1][2] He was also Secretary of State of Internal Administration in the XIX Constitutional Government, led by Pedro Passos Coelho.[3]

He has been an Associate Professor at the Department of Economics at the University of Minho since 2009, having completed his degree and master's degree in Economics at the University of Coimbra and completed his PhD in Economics at the University of London - Birkbeck College with a dissertation on monetary policy and financial markets, in 2003.[4]

  1. ^ "Governo de Portugal". www.portugal.gov.pt. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  2. ^ ECO (5 April 2024). "Fernando Alexandre vai assumir pasta do Ensino Superior no "super" Ministério da Educação". ECO (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Fernando Alexandre, o homem da economia é ministro... da Educação". SIC Notícias (in Portuguese). 28 March 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  4. ^ Portugal, Grand Union. "Fernando Alexandre". www.historico.portugal.gov.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 8 April 2024.