Emília Pires

Emilia Pires
Pires in 2010
East Timor Minister of Finance
In office
7 April 2007 – 16 February 2015
PresidentTaur Matan Ruak
Prime MinisterXanana Gusmão
Preceded byMadalena Boavida
Succeeded bySantina Cardoso
Personal details
Born
Alma materLa Trobe University
University of Melbourne
London School of Economics
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Emília Pires was East Timor's Minister of Finance from April 2007 until 16 February 2015. Ms. Pires was sworn in as the Minister of Finance of the V Constitutional Government of East Timor on August 8, 2012 under the leadership of Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão.

In July 2012, Pires was appointed by the Secretary-General of United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, to the 26-member High-level Panel of Eminent Persons advising the United Nations on the post 2015 global development agenda.