Born in 1952. Degree in geography, from the Faculty of Letters, UL and a PhD from UL in Human Geography. As a researcher at the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon, he coordinated the «Environment, Territory and Society» Research Group and the ICS-UL Observatories Council.
He has a PhD from the European University Institute of Florence and he is an associate professor at the Nova School of Business and Economics. He has a Bachelor's degree in History from Nova University Lisbon and a PhD in History and Civilisation from the European University Institute of Florence, specialising in the area of Economic History. His books and scientific articles have been published by international publishing houses and in magazines. He has also published books for the general public, such as «The Portuguese Economy», «Recent Decades», in 2010, published by Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos, «A Grand Life», in 2014, and «In the name of the Father and of the Son...», in 2015, both published by Publicações D. Quixote.
Minister of State and Finance. He was a member of the Portuguese Parliament and President of the PSD Parliamentary Group between 2022 and 2024.
He holds a PhD in Finance from the University of Tilburg (Netherlands), he is an assistant professor with aggregation at the ISEG – Lisbon School of Economics and Management and a visiting professor at the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (Rio de Janeiro). He is a researcher at ADVANCE – Research Centre in Management, at the same university.
