Joaquim levy biography of barack

Joaquim Vieira Ferreira Levy (born February 17, 1961) is a Brazilian economist and Brazil's former Finance Minister.^[1] Levy took office on January 1, 2015, during the presidential inauguration of Dilma Rousseff's second term.^[2] He also was president of the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES).

Prior to the appointment, Levy was the President of Bradesco Asset Management, a division of Bradesco, Brazil's second-largest private bank.^[3]

Life and education

Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Levy holds a PhD in economics from the University of Chicago (1992), a Master's in economics from Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV) (1987), and graduated in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.^[4]

Career

Early career

Levy was a professor of economics at FGV in the 1990s, before joining the IMF, where he worked from 1992 to 1999.

At the IMF Levy held several positions in the Western H CEBRI | Joaquim Levy BYNYX