Nuno Crato | |
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| Minister of Education and Science | |
| In office 21 June 2011 – 30 October 2015 | |
| President | Aníbal Cavaco Silva |
| Prime Minister | Pedro Passos Coelho |
| Preceded by | Isabel Alçada (Education) Mariano Gago (Higher Education and Science) |
| Succeeded by | Margarida Mano |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 March 1952 Lisbon, Portugal |
| Political party | Independent |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Technical University of Lisbon University of Delaware |
| Occupation | University professor • Mathematician |
| Website | http://nunocrato.org |
Nuno Paulo de Sousa Arrobas Crato, GCIH, GCPI (born 9 March 1952) is a Portuguese university professor, researcher, applied mathematician, economist, and writer. For many years, Crato was a researcher and professor in the United States. Back in Portugal, he taught mathematics and statistics at the ISEG/Technical University of Lisbon, now University of Lisbon, while pursuing his research in stochastic models and time series. He also published many articles and participated in events of science popularization and for the history of science. In June 2011, he was appointed Minister of Education, Higher Education and Science, in the cabinet of the Portuguese Government led by Pedro Passos Coelho, serving through the end of Coelho's government in 2015. He was three times awarded a national medal from the President of the Republic, as commander (2008) and with the grand cross (2016) of the Order of Prince Henry the Navigator, which is the highest grade given to a national figure. Lastly, as grand cross of Order of Public Instruction (Portugal) (2022), which is the highest grade of this order. He has lived and worked in Lisbon, Azores, the United States and Italy.