Role Economist Name Alvaro Pereira | ||
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Preceded by Jose Vieira da SilvaHelena AndreAntonio Mendonca | ||
Political party Independent politician Succeeded by Antonio Pires de Lima |
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Álvaro Santos Pereira (Viseu, 7 January 1972) is a Portuguese economist, professor and writer. He was the Minister of Economy, Labour, Transport, Public Works and Communications of Portugal between June 2011 and July 2013.
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- lvaro santos pereira o caminho para a competitividade
- Alvaro santos pereira desafia portuguesas a exportas as natas
- Career
- References
Alvaro santos pereira desafia portuguesas a exportas as "natas"
Career

Álvaro Santos Pereira was born in Viseu, Portugal in 1972. He attended the University of Coimbra in Coimbra, where he was awarded a degree in economics by the Faculdade de Economia da Universidade de Coimbra (FEUC) (Economics School of the University of Coimbra) and has a master's degree by the University of Exeter. He is also a PhD in economics by the Simon Fraser University (British Columbia, Canada). He has been a professor of economic development and economic policy at the Simon Fraser University and the University of British Columbia.

In June 2011, he was appointed Minister of Economy, Labour, Transport, Public Works and Communications of Portugal in the cabinet of Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho.

Effective 1 April 2014, he is Director of the Country Studies Branch of the OECD Economics Department.

