Joaquim Levy | |
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Chair of the Brazilian Development Bank | |
In office 7 January 2019 – 16 June 2019 | |
Appointed by | Jair Bolsonaro |
Preceded by | Dyogo Oliveira |
Succeeded by | Gustavo Montezano |
Minister of Finance | |
In office 1 January 2015 – 21 December 2015 | |
President | Dilma Rousseff |
Preceded by | Guido Mantega |
Succeeded by | Nelson Barbosa |
Secretary of the National Treasury | |
In office 1 January 2003 – 27 March 2006 | |
President | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva |
Preceded by | Eduardo Guardia |
Succeeded by | Carlos Kawall |
Personal details | |
Born | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 17 February 1961
Alma mater | Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Getúlio Vargas Foundation University of Chicago |
Joaquim Vieira Ferreira Levy (born February 17, 1961) is a Brazilian economist and Brazil's former Finance Minister.[1] Levy took office on January 1, 2015, during the presidential inauguration of Dilma Rousseff's second term.[2] He also was president of the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES).
Prior to the appointment, Levy was the President of Bradesco Asset Management, a division of Bradesco, Brazil's second-largest private bank.[3]