Walter Moreira Salles

Walter Moreira Salles
Salles in 1962
Minister of Finance
In office
8 September 1961  14 September 1962
PresidentJoão Goulart
Preceded byClemente Mariani
Succeeded byMiguel Calmon du Pin
Ambassador of Brazil to the United States
In office
10 July 1959  16 February 1960
Nominated byJuscelino Kubitschek
Preceded byAmaral Peixoto
Succeeded byRoberto Campos
In office
3 June 1952  18 August 1953
Nominated byGetúlio Vargas
Preceded byMaurício Nabuco
Succeeded byJoão Carlos Muniz
Executive Director of the Superintendency for the Currency and Credit
In office
22 February 1951  8 May 1952
PresidentGetúlio Vargas
Preceded byRenato Pereira dos Santos
Succeeded byJosé Soares Maciel Filho
Personal details
Born(1912-05-28)28 May 1912
Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Died27 February 2001(2001-02-27) (aged 88)
Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
ChildrenWalter Salles Júnior, João Moreira Salles, Pedro Moreira Salles
OccupationPolitician

Walter Moreira Salles, also Walther Moreira Salles (28 May 1912 – 27 February 2001), was a Brazilian banker, politician and philanthropist, considered as one of the founders of the modern Brazilian banking industry.