Ângelo Correia is a Portuguese manager, engineer and politician, former Minister of Internal Administration of the Portuguese Government under the leadership of Francisco Pinto Balsemão.[1] He was also member of the Portuguese Parliament (the Assembleia da República) for the Portuguese Social Democrats (PSD) from 1976 to 1995.[2] He was awarded a degree in chemical-industrial engineering by the Instituto Superior Técnico of the Technical University of Lisbon (1968). Ângelo Correia was appointed chairman of the company Fomentinvest,[3][4] and worked at that company with Pedro Passos Coelho during the 2000s. Correia, an experienced member of PSD, is a close friend of Passos Coelho, both inside their party and corporate governance careers, and is considered Passos Coelho's political mentor.[5][6]
References
edit- ^ Armed Robbers, Carjackers Gain in Portugal as Economy Weakens - "said Angelo Correia, a former interior minister and a member of the Social Democrats, the biggest opposition party", Bloomberg (September 4, 2008)
- ^ (in Portuguese) Biografia - Ângelo Correia, Assembleia da República
- ^ Fomentinvest, Bloomberg Businessweek
- ^ Fomentinvest
- ^ (in French) L'austérité n'attend point le nombre d'années, Courrier International (June 7, 2011)
- ^ (in Portuguese) Ângelo Correia apoia Passos Coelho para liderar PSD, Público (May 28, 2008)