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Amilcar Theias, Minister for Urban Affairs, Territorial Planning and Environment, Portugal
Theias, Amílcar
Minister for Urban Affairs, Spatial Planning and the Environment
Born: Lisbon, August 9th 1946; marital status: married with 3 children
Education
• Degree in Economics from the “Instituto Superior de Ciências Económicas e Financeiras” (1971)
• Post-graduate work experience:
• Union Parisienne Bank (France)
• Raiffeisen Bank (the Netherlands)
• Course in Public Finance at the International Monetary Fund (Washington)
Professional Experience
• Senior Officer at the Economic Research and Forecasting Department at the Ministry of Finance (1971-1977)
• Deputy Director-General of the Office for Planning and Studies at the Ministry of Finance (1977-1980)
• Member of the National Board of Statistics (1973)
• Correspondent of the International Monetary Fund in the area of Public Finances Statistics (1976)
• Member of the National Tax Reform Commission (1978)
• Member of the Commission for Reform of the Ministry of Finance (1979)
• Member of the National Consulting Council for Foreign Investments (1978-1979)
• Representative of the Ministry of Finance within the Commission for the European Integration (1979)
• Member of the Portuguese delegation to/on:
• The “stand-by” Agreement Negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (1978)
• The OECD Review of the Portuguese Economy
• The OECD Economic Policy Committee
• The EFTA Economic Committee
• President of the Supervisory Committee of Crédito Predial Português Bank (1977-1980)
• Financial Consultant for the Portuguese Permanent Representation at the EC (1980-86)
• Director (1986-90) and General Director (1990-2000) of Economics and Finance at the General Secretariat of the EU Council.
Teaching Experience
• Assistant Professor and Professor on economic analysis and economic policy at the “Instituto Superior de Economia” (1972-1976)
• Assistant and professor on Public Finance at the Universidade Católica (1977-1979)
• Visiting Professor of European Union Finance at the Universidade Católica (1981-1985)
Membership and Decorations
• Member of the Social Democratic Party (PPD)
• Member of the Society for Economic and Social Development Studies (SEDES) and of the Economists Union.
• Commander of the Order of the Merit of Portugal
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