Henrique Medina Carreira

Henrique Medina Carreira
Minister of Finance
In office
23 July 1976  30 January 1978
Prime Minister Mário Soares
Preceded by Francisco Salgado Zenha
Succeeded by Vítor Constâncio
Personal details
Born (1931-12-14) 14 December 1931
Bissau, Portuguese Guinea
Nationality Portuguese
Political party Socialist Party (1973–1978)
Independent (1978–present)
Children 1 daughter
Alma mater University of Lisbon
Profession Jurist, financier

Henrique Medina Carreira (born Bissau, Portuguese Guinea, 14 December 1931) is a Portuguese jurist, former Minister of Finance and financial expert.[1]

Early life

Medina Carreira was born in Bissau, in what was then the Portuguese overseas territory of Guinea, in 1931. His father was a historian whose hometown was Ilha do Fogo, also in Portuguese Africa. Medina Carreira went to Lisbon where he studied at the Pupilos do Exército military school and obtained a degree in mechanical engineering which in turn allowed him to work at Companhia União Fabril conglomerate's steelworks. He received a degree in law from the University of Lisbon in 1962 and studied economics at the ISEG/Technical University of Lisbon, but did not graduate. After the Carnation Revolution in 1975 Pinheiro de Azevedo called him to the Sixth Provisional Government as Undersecretary of State for the Budget, a position he left shortly afterwards to take over the functions of the Minister of Finance in the Primeiro Governo Constitucional (the first cabinet after the Carnation Revolution). In 1978 he resigned from all his duties in the Portuguese Socialist Party. He left in disagreement on the economic policy adopted by the ruling party.

He has worked extensively as a lawyer, business consultant and university professor, and has become well known due to the commentaries and opinions he posted in the Portuguese media (like in SIC Notícias TV show Plano Inclinado hosted by Mário Crespo) warning about the risk of collapse of the Portuguese public finances – an event that would happen in 2011 in the 2010-2012 Portuguese financial crisis.[2]

Published works

References

  1. Judiciária fez buscas em casa de Medina Carreira, que se diz inocente 2012 12 7 – A casa e o escritório do fiscalista e antigo ministro das Finanças Henrique Medina Carreira foram esta quinta-feira alvo de buscas da Polícia ..
  2. Henrique Neto Uma estratégia para Portugal 2011 p74 "Recorro uma vez mais aos quadros do Dr. Henrique Medina Carreira e do Dr. José Silva Lopes, que têm posto em evidência a realidade desagradável vivida em Portugal nos últimos vinte anos, para avaliarmos o grau de inconsciência dos..."
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