Henrique Meirelles

Henrique de Campos Meirelles (born 31 August 1945) is a Brazilian manager and former Minister of Finance and an executive of the Brazilian and the international financial sectors and former president of Central Bank of Brazil (Portuguese: Banco Central do Brasil) where he remained in office from 2003 to 2011. He chairs J&F's board of directors, company that owns Banco Original, JBS and Vigor, among others. He is also a member of the board of directors of Azul Brazilian Airlines.

Henrique Meirelles
Official portrait, 2019
Secretary of Finance and Planning of São Paulo
In office
1 January 2019  1 April 2022
GovernorJoão Doria
Preceded byLuiz Cláudio de Carvalho
Succeeded byTomás Bruginski de Paula
Minister of Finance
In office
12 May 2016  6 April 2018
PresidentMichel Temer
Preceded byNelson Barbosa
Succeeded byEduardo Guardia
Chair of the Central Bank
In office
1 January 2003  31 December 2010
PresidentLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded byArminio Fraga
Succeeded byAlexandre Tombini
Personal details
Born
Henrique de Campos Meirelles

(1945-08-31) 31 August 1945
Anápolis, Goiás, Brazil
Political partyUNIÃO (2022–present)
Other political
affiliations
  • PSDB (2002–2003)
  • PMDB (2009–2011)
  • MDB (2018–2021)
  • PSD (2011–2018; 2021–2022)
Spouse
Eva Missine
(m. 2003)
Alma mater
Signature

Meirelles was the Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB)'s candidate for president of Brazil in the 2018 elections.

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