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 Carlos Moedas 

Carlos Moedas (Beja, 10th August 1970). He has a degree in Civil Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico and is currently the Secretary of State to the Prime Minister of Portugal.

Personal
He was born in Beja, but studied in Lisbon, having obtained in 1993 the degree in Civil Engineering by Instituto Superior Técnico. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Professional
He worked in Goldman Sachs investment bank, in the area of mergers and acquisitions, and was project manager for Suez Group in France between 1993 and 1998. He also worked in Eurohypo Investment Bank. Following his return to Portugal, in August 2004, he directed the real estate consulting company Aguirre Newman, where he was managing partner until 2008, after which he created his own investment management company - Crimson Investment Management.

Politics
He was coordinator of the economic research unit of PSD (Social Democratic Party). Carlos Moedas was part of the social democrat team that negotiated with PS (Socialist Party) the approval of the 2011 State Budget, along with Eduardo Catroga. He was candidate and head of list by Beja in the legislative elections held on the 5th of June 2011, where he was elected Member of Parliament – the first time PSD elected a Member of Parliament in that district since 1995. He ended up only occupying that position for a day, since on the 21st of June 2011, he was appointed Secretary of State to the Prime Minister of the XIX Constitutional Government (a cabinet-level position).

Also see

 * XIX Constitutional Government of Portugal (in Portuguese)
 * List of Parliament members in Portugal (in Portuguese)