Fernando Pimentel

Fernando Pimentel
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Governor of Minas Gerais
In office
1 January 2015 – 1 January 2019
Vice GovernorAntônio Andrade
Preceded byAlberto Pinto Coelho Júnior
Succeeded byRomeu Zema
Minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade
In office
1 January 2011 – 12 February 2014
PresidentDilma Rousseff
Preceded byMiguel Jorge
Succeeded byMauro Borges Lemos
Mayor of Belo Horizonte
In office
8 November 2001 – 1 January 2009
Preceded byCélio de Castro
Succeeded byMárcio Lacerda
Personal details
Born
Fernando Damata Pimentel

(1951-03-31) 31 March 1951 (age 73)
Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Political partyPT (2000–present)
Alma materPontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais (L.)
Federal University of Minas Gerais (M.D.)
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionEconomist
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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.