Emília Pires
Emilia Pires | |
|---|---|
| East Timor Minister of Finance | |
| In office 7 April 2007 – 16 February 2015 | |
| President | Taur Matan Ruak |
| Prime Minister | Xanana Gusmão |
| Preceded by | Madalena Boavida |
| Succeeded by | Santina Cardoso |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Rairobo, East Timor |
| Nationality | Timorese |
| Alma mater | La Trobe University University of Melbourne London School of Economics |
Emília Pires was East Timor's Minister of Finance from April 2007 until 16 February 2015. Ms. Pires was sworn in as the Minister of Finance of the V Constitutional Government of East Timor on August 8, 2012 under the leadership of Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão.
In July 2012, Pires was appointed by the Secretary-General of United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, to the 26-member High-level Panel of Eminent Persons advising the United Nations on the post 2015 global development agenda.