Ângelo Correia

Ângelo Correia is a Portuguese manager, engineer and politician, former Minister of Internal Administration of the Portuguese Government under the leadership of Aníbal Cavaco Silva.[1] He was also member of the Portuguese Parliament (the Assembleia da República) for the Portuguese Social Democrats (PSD) from 1976 to 1995.[2] He was awarded a degree in chemical-industrial engineering by the Instituto Superior Técnico of the Technical University of Lisbon (1968). Ângelo Correia was appointed chairman of the company Fomentinvest,[3][4] and worked at that company with Pedro Passos Coelho during the 2000s. Correia, an experienced member of PSD, is a close friend of Passos Coelho, both inside their party and corporate governance careers, and is considered Passos Coelho's political mentor.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ Armed Robbers, Carjackers Gain in Portugal as Economy Weakens - "said Angelo Correia, a former interior minister and a member of the Social Democrats, the biggest opposition party", Bloomberg (September 4, 2008)
  2. ↑ (Portuguese) Biografia - Ângelo Correia, Assembleia da República
  3. ↑ Fomentinvest, Bloomberg Businessweek
  4. ↑ Fomentinvest
  5. ↑ (French) L'austérité n'attend point le nombre d'années, Courrier International (June 7, 2011)
  6. ↑ (Portuguese) Ângelo Correia apoia Passos Coelho para liderar PSD, Público (May 28, 2008)
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 5/14/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.