Tag: Henrique Meirelles

• Friday, February 12th 2021 - 09:18 UTC

  Brazil congress passes bill granting the central bank greater autonomy

  

  Brazil's lower house of Congress on Wednesday approved the text of a bill granting the central bank autonomy, which will set fixed four-year terms for the bank's president and directors, and tighter rules on their exit from office.

• Friday, August 17th 2018 - 08:39 UTC

  Temer endorsing two candidates for October's presidential election

  

  Brazilian President Michel Temer is endorsing another party’s candidate as well as his own in October’s presidential election. On the day the campaign took off, Temer said in an interview published on Thursday by the Folha de S.Paulo newspaper that he sees former Sao Paulo Gov. Geraldo Alckmin of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party as a candidate who would carry on with his work.

• Saturday, August 4th 2018 - 12:25 UTC

  Ex Finance minister Meirelles joins the Brazilian presidential race

  

  Henrique Meirelles, a former finance minister in unpopular President Michel Temer's government, joined Brazil's presidential race on Thursday, promising market reforms to rebuild the battered economy.

• Wednesday, May 23rd 2018 - 08:44 UTC

  Brazil's Temer calls on centrist parties to support Meirelles as presidential candidate

  

  Brazilian President Michel Temer scrapped plans to run for re-election on Tuesday and said he supported his former finance minister, Henrique Meirelles, to stand as the presidential candidate of the ruling Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB).

• Thursday, April 12th 2018 - 07:28 UTC

  Brazil confirms austerity policy with the new team economic team

  

  Brazilian President Michel Temer has officially nominated eleven new ministers, the government's official bulletin said, giving continuity to the government's reform program ahead of the general elections in October.

• Tuesday, April 3rd 2018 - 09:06 UTC

  Temer reshuffles cabinet ahead of 7 October general elections

  

  More than one-third of the ministers in Temer’s cabinet are expected to resign this week to campaign in the 7 October general elections. The most outstanding figure of the lot is Finance minister Henrique Meirelles who is tipped to become the ruling PMDB presidential candidate, following his success in putting the Brazilian economy back on a growth track.

• Monday, April 2nd 2018 - 06:01 UTC

  Brazil Finance minister Meirelles expected to announce this week his presidential bid

  

  Brazil's Finance Minister, Henrique Meirelles, will step down from the government this week and join the ranks of the ruling Brazilian Democratic Movement Party, senior government officials said. The news of Meirelles' move was broken by the government's chief of staff, Eliseu Padilha.

• Wednesday, March 28th 2018 - 22:26 UTC

  Temer, presidential hopefuls condemn attacks on Lula in Parana

  

  Incumbent president Michel Temer and candidates for this year's elections Henrique Meirelles (PSD), Manuela d'Avila (PCdoB), Marina Silva (Rede), Guilherme Boulos (PSOL) and Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB) Wednesday condemned the attack against the caravan of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT) in the south of the country.

• Tuesday, March 13th 2018 - 09:24 UTC

  Brazil Finance minister Meirelles will decide in April if he runs for president

  

  Support for a presidential run by Brazil Finance Minister Henrique Meirelles is gaining strength within the country’s largest party and he could be nominated over President Michel Temer for the October presidential race, party officials said.

• Thursday, February 22nd 2018 - 09:27 UTC

  Meirelles says pensions reform “not dead and buried”, but was “credit negative” for agencies

  

  Finance Minister Henrique Meirelles said on Wednesday that he is focused on Brazil’s economic recovery and not thinking at this time of running for president in the October election, though he might consider a bid in April.