His Excellency
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
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.

Life

Fernando Damata Pimentel
Fernando Pimentel and Dilma Rousseff in 1972

Fernando Pimentel studied Economy at the Federal University of Minas Gerais. He is a member of the PT, a party he helped to create.

He has been married twice and has two adopted children.

Academic career

He has held a teaching position and engaged in scholarly activity as coordinator of the Extension Center of the Faculty of Economic Sciences, UFMG. Since August 1978, he has been an assistant professor in their Department of Economics. He is also an active member of the professional categories of entities, has held the vice-presidency of the Association of University Teachers of Belo Horizonte (1985–1987) and he was president of the Regional Economy of Minas Gerais (1991–1992), having been reelected twice; Furthermore, he was a counselor of the same for an overlapping time, between 1990 and 1992. He was also director of the Union of Economists of Minas Gerais (1986–1992).

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