Álvaro Santos Pereira

Álvaro Santos Pereira
Santos Pereira in 2013
Governor of the Bank of Portugal
Assumed office
6 October 2025
Preceded byMário Centeno
Minister of Economy and Labour
In office
21 June 2011 – 24 July 2013
Prime MinisterPedro Passos Coelho
Preceded byJosé António Vieira da Silva (as Minister of Economy, Innovation and Development)
Helena André (as Minister of Labour and Social Security)
Succeeded byAntónio Pires de Lima
Personal details
BornÁlvaro Miguel Rodrigues dos Santos Pereira
(1972-01-07) 7 January 1972
Citizenship
  • Portugal
  • Canada
PartyIndependent
Alma materUniversity of Coimbra
University of Exeter
Simon Fraser University
OccupationEconomistProfessor
AwardsOrder of Prince Henry (2016)
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Álvaro Miguel Rodrigues dos Santos Pereira (born 7 January 1972) is a Portuguese economist, professor and writer and current governor of the Bank of Portugal. He was the Minister of Economy and Labour of Portugal between June 2011 and July 2013 in the XIX Constitutional Government of Portugal.