Vítor Constâncio

Vítor Constâncio
Constâncio in 2017
Vice-President of the European Central Bank
In office
1 June 2010  31 May 2018
PresidentJean-Claude Trichet
Mario Draghi
Preceded byLucas Papademos
Succeeded byLuis de Guindos
Governor of the Bank of Portugal
In office
February 2000  May 2010
Preceded byAntónio de Sousa
Succeeded byCarlos Costa
In office
September 1985  May 1986
Preceded byJosé da Silva Lopes
Succeeded byTavares Moreira
Secretary-General of the Socialist Party
In office
29 June 1986  16 January 1989
PresidentManuel Tito de Morais
Preceded byMário Soares
Succeeded byJorge Sampaio
Minister of Finance and Planning
In office
30 January 1978  29 August 1978
Prime MinisterMário Soares
Preceded byHenrique Medina Carreira (Finance)
António Sousa Gomes (Planning and Economic Coordination)
Succeeded byJosé da Silva Lopes
Personal details
Born
Vítor Manuel Ribeiro Constâncio

(1943-10-12) 12 October 1943
Lisbon, Portugal
Political partySocialist
Spouse
Maria José Pardana
(m. 1968)
Children2
EducationUniversity of Lisbon
University of Bristol
WebsiteOfficial website

Vítor Manuel Ribeiro Constâncio GCC GColIH (born 12 October 1943) is a Portuguese economist and academic who most recently served as Vice President of the European Central Bank, from 2010 to 2018. He previously served as Minister of Finance in 1978 and Governor of the Bank of Portugal from 1985 to 1986 and from 2000 to 2010.

Since June 2018 he has been a professor at the School of Economics & Business Administration of the University of Navarra.