Henrique Meirelles
Henrique Meirelles | |
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Official portrait, 2019 | |
| Secretary of Finance and Planning of São Paulo | |
| In office 1 January 2019 – 1 April 2022 | |
| Governor | João Doria |
| Preceded by | Luiz Cláudio de Carvalho |
| Succeeded by | Tomás Bruginski de Paula |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 12 May 2016 – 6 April 2018 | |
| President | Michel Temer |
| Preceded by | Nelson Barbosa |
| Succeeded by | Eduardo Guardia |
| President of the Central Bank | |
| In office 1 January 2003 – 31 December 2010 | |
| President | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva |
| Preceded by | Arminio Fraga |
| Succeeded by | Alexandre Tombini |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Henrique de Campos Meirelles 31 August 1945 Anápolis, Goiás, Brazil |
| Political party | UNIÃO (2022–present) |
| Other political affiliations | |
| Spouse |
Eva Missine (m. 2003) |
| Alma mater | |
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Henrique de Campos Meirelles (born 31 August 1945) is a Brazilian manager and former Minister of Finance and an executive of the Brazilian and the international financial sectors and former president of Central Bank of Brazil (Portuguese: Banco Central do Brasil) where he remained in office from 2003 to 2011. He chairs J&F's board of directors, company that owns Banco Original, JBS and Vigor, among others. He is also a member of the board of directors of Azul Brazilian Airlines.
Meirelles was the Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB)'s candidate for president of Brazil in the 2018 elections.