Marcio Pochmann
Brazilian economist and politician / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Marcio Pochmann (born April 19, 1962) is a Brazilian economist, academic, and politician who has served as President of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), a research institute of the Ministry of Planning and Budget, since August 2023.[1]
Marcio Pochmann | |
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President of the IBGE | |
Assumed office 18 August 2023 | |
President | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva |
Minister | Simone Tebet |
Preceded by | Cimar Azeredo Pereira |
President of IPEA | |
In office 14 August 2007 – 5 June 2012 | |
President | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Dilma Rousseff |
Minister | Roberto Mangabeira Unger Samuel Pinheiro Guimarães Moreira Franco |
Preceded by | Luiz Henrique Proença Soares |
Succeeded by | Marcelo Neri |
Secretary of Development, Labor and Solidarity for the City of São Paulo | |
In office 2001–2004 | |
Appointed by | Marta Suplicy |
Personal details | |
Born | (1962-04-19) April 19, 1962 (age 62) Venâncio Aires, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil |
Political party | PT |
Academic work | |
Main interests | Social exclusion Geography of finance |
Alma mater | UFRGS UNICAMP |
Profession | Economist |
Pochmann, a former professor at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), previously served as President of the Institute of Applied Economic Research from 2007 to 2012, during the first presidency of Lula da Silva and the presidency of Dilma Rousseff.[2] He also served as the Secretary of Development, Labor, and Solidarity for the City of São Paulo during the mayorship of Marta Suplicy.[3]
A member of the Workers' Party, Pochmann unsuccessfully ran for Mayor of Campinas in 2012 and 2016, both times losing to Jonas Donizette. Pochmann also ran for Federal Deputy for São Paulo in 2018 but was not elected.[4]