Pedro Malan

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::summary Brazilian economist and politician ::

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Field	Value
name	Pedro Malan
image	Min Pedro Malan.jpg
imagesize	220px
office	Minister of Finance
term_start	1 January 1995
term_end	31 December 2002
president	Fernando Henrique Cardoso
predecessor	Ciro Gomes
successor	Antonio Palocci
office2	Chair of the Central Bank
term_start2	9 September 1993
term_end2	31 December 1994
president2	Itamar Franco
predecessor2	Paulo César Ximenes
successor2	Pérsio Arida
birth_date
birth_place	Petropolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
alma_mater	Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
University of California, Berkeley
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| name = Pedro Malan | image = Min Pedro Malan.jpg | imagesize = 220px | office = Minister of Finance | term_start = 1 January 1995 | term_end = 31 December 2002 | president = Fernando Henrique Cardoso | predecessor = Ciro Gomes | successor = Antonio Palocci | office2 = Chair of the Central Bank | term_start2 = 9 September 1993 | term_end2 = 31 December 1994 | president2 = Itamar Franco | predecessor2 = Paulo César Ximenes | successor2 = Pérsio Arida | birth_date = | birth_place = Petropolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | alma_mater = Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro University of California, Berkeley

Pedro Sampaio Malan (born 1943 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian economist and former Minister of Finance of Brazil. He is the father of journalist and correspondent Cecília Malan.

Early life

Pedro Sampaio Malan was born in 1943 in Petropolis, a town named in honor of Dom Pedro II to the north of Rio de Janeiro. Malan was educated in a Jesuit school before studying electrical engineering at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro.

While working as a research associate at Rio's Institute of Applied Economic Research he first met the U.S. economics teacher Albert Fishlow, who would in 1973 be his adviser for his doctorate in economics from the University of California, Berkeley. His thesis was Brazil's Place in the International Economy.

Malan continued to live in the USA working for various multilateral agencies until 1993.

Brazilian Central Bank

Malan returned to Brazil in 1993 at the request of the then finance minister Fernando Henrique Cardoso, who asked him to head the Central Bank. Malan was President of the Brazilian Central Bank, from September 9, 1993, to December 31, 1994.

Minister of Finance

Malan was the Minister of Finance for Brazil, from January 1, 1995, to December 31, 2002, during the presidency of Fernando Henrique Cardoso. Along with Marcílio Marques Moreira, Malan worked for the Fernando Collor de Mello administration as an official negotiator of the foreign debt of Brazil with the International Monetary Fund. He is credited with successfully reforming the nation's banking system, saving Brazil from the negative effects of 1997's Asian market crisis.

He was also one of the architects of the Plano Real.

Member of Boards

Pedro Malan is a former chairman of the Board of the Unibanco bank (2004 – 2008) and continues to sit as Chairman of the International Advisory Board of Itaú Unibanco.

Pedro is currently a member of the Boards of utility company EDP - Energias do Brasil (since 2006) and construction and industrial maintenance company Mills Estruturas e Serviços de Engenharia S/A (since 2010). He is a Trustee of the Thomson Reuters Trust Principles and a member of the Temasek International Panel.

Pedro also served on the Board of Souza Cruz S.A, a subsidiary company of British American Tobacco, until his appointment to the Board of British American Tobacco p.l.c.

Dr. Pedro Malan was appointed to the Board of British American Tobacco p.l.c. as a Non-Executive Director in February 2015. He is a member of the Corporate Social Responsibility and Nominations Committees.

References

References

1. [http://www.fazenda.gov.br/portugues/institucional/ministros/rep089.asp Ministry of Finance Website.] {{webarchive. link. (2007-11-23 ''(in Portuguese)'' Retrieved November 18, 2012.)
2. [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BEK/is_10_6/ai_54760154 Pedro Malan. Latin Trade. Find Articles at BNET.com]
3. [https://www.bcb.gov.br/pre/GaleriadosPresidentes/default-p.asp Galeria de ex-presidentes do Banco Central do Brasil] {{Webarchive. link. (2021-06-27 , BCB, Accessed 18 November 2018)
4. [http://www.vermelho.org.br/diario/2002/0723/antero_0723.asp A guerra eleitoral e o mercado na Internet] {{webarchive. link. (2007-10-15)

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