Mário Centeno
Mário Centeno | |
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Centeno in 2024 | |
| Governor of the Bank of Portugal | |
| In office 20 July 2020 – 6 October 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Carlos Costa |
| Succeeded by | Álvaro Santos Pereira |
| President of the Eurogroup | |
| In office 13 January 2018 – 13 July 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Jeroen Dijsselbloem |
| Succeeded by | Paschal Donohoe |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 26 November 2015 – 15 June 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | António Costa |
| Preceded by | Maria Luís Albuquerque |
| Succeeded by | João Leão |
| Member of the Assembly of the Republic | |
| In office 23 October 2015 – 25 October 2019 | |
| Constituency | Lisbon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mário José Gomes de Freitas Centeno 9 December 1966 Olhão, Portugal |
| Party | Independent |
| Other political affiliations | Socialist Party (associated with since 2015) |
| Spouse | Maria Margarida Morgado (died 2022) |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of Lisbon Harvard University |
| Occupation | Economist • Professor • Politician |
Mário José Gomes de Freitas Centeno (born 9 December 1966) is a Portuguese economist, university professor, and politician. From 2015 to 2020, he was Minister of Finance of Portugal in the government cabinet of Prime Minister António Costa of the Portuguese Socialist Party (PS). He was the president of the Eurogroup and chairman of the board of Governors of the European Stability Mechanism from 2018 to 2020. Previously, he was a board member economist of the Bank of Portugal. On 9 June 2020, he announced his resignation from the Ministry of Finance, effective 15 June. On 16 July 2020, the Council of Ministers approved Centeno's nomination for the post of Governor of the Bank of Portugal, put forward by his successor as Finance minister, João Leão. Centeno is the author or co-author of several scientific publications, books and book chapters related to his areas of interest, such as labour economics, econometrics, microeconomics and contract theory.