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José da Silva Lopes, an economist and former Finance Minister died yesterday, aged 82, in Lisbon after hospital admission in the last days. It was one of the most renowned Portuguese economists, becoming a reference for many because of its practical thinking and its high expertise in the Portuguese economy, which ranked very flexible.
Silva Lopes started career in the Ministry of Economy in 1955, in 1969 joined the board of directors of CGD and between 1975 and 1980 was Governor of the Bank of Portugal.
Soon after the April 25, in one of the heights troubled the Portuguese economy, was Minister of Finance, participating in the first four governments of democracy.
It was IMF consultant and the World Bank, which recently held the position of President of the General Montepio.
In 1977, the first IMF intervention in Portugal, worked closely with some of the best known economists of today, as Paul Krugman, who was then a student and worked with the Bank of Portugal. Stopped an important role as protagonist of IMF interventions, as was also involved in the second call for help, which occurred in 1983
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Source:. Jornaldenegocios.pt/expresso.sapo pt
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