José Pedro de Morais

José Pedro de Morais (born 20 December 1955) is an Angolan politician, who served as Minister of Finance. He held that position from December 2002 to October 2008.

Career: Director, foreign trade, Ministry of Industry, 1977–84; United Nations Development Programme, 1984–87; Director, international cooperation, Ministry of Industry, 1987; Director, economic affairs, Ministry of External Relations, 1989–90; Adcisor, Ministry of Industry, 1990–91; Secretary of State for Construction, 1991–92; Governor, World Bank, 1993; Coordinator, European Fund for Development, 1993; Minister of Planning and Economic Coordination, 1994-1996; Executive Director, International Monetary Fund, 1996 to date; Minister of Finance, 2002-2008

External links

• angola.org

Cabinet of the Republic of Angola Vicente Jaime de Miranda Morais Lourenço Pahiama Ngongo Costa David Aragão Pereira Rabelais Carneiro José Brandão Africano de Vasconcelos Tavares Muafumua Chingunji Lutucuta Xirimbimbi Ngandajina Neto Barruca Veloso António da Silva Cardoso Kussumua Cândida da Silva Van-Dúnem

Finance Minister of the Year/ Africa: Jose Pedro de Morais, Finance Minister, Angola Published: 2 January 2008

Jose Pedro de Morais, the finance minister of Angola, has been a foremost figure in the country’s economic rebirth over the past four years. This powerful technocrat has won the confidence of the president to move Angola forward from decline and dissension to a point where local commentators and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) alike express admiration, bordering on incredulity.