title: José Pedro de Morais
text: # José Pedro de Morais
  
  José Pedro de Morais (born 20 December 1955 in Kuito, Bie Province) is an Angolan politician, who served as Minister of Finance from December 2002 to October 2008, replacing Júlio Marcelino Vieira Bessa. In January 2015, he was appointed Governor of the National Bank of Angola.
  
  ## Career
  
  * Director, foreign trade, Ministry of Industry, 1977–1984;
  * United Nations Development Programme, 1984–87;
  * Director, international cooperation, Ministry of Industry, 1987;
  * Director, economic affairs, Ministry of External Relations, 1989–90;
  * Advisor, Ministry of Industry, 1990–91;
  * Secretary of State for Construction, 1991–92;
  * Governor, World Bank, 1993;
  * Coordinator, European Fund for Development, 1993;
  * Minister of Planning and Economic Coordination, 1994-1996;
  * Executive Director, International Monetary Fund, 1996 to date;
  * Minister of Finance, 2002-2008.
  