Ângelo Correia

Who is Ângelo Correia?

Ângelo Correia is a Portuguese manager, engineer and politician, former Minister of Internal Administration of the Portuguese Government under the leadership of Aníbal Cavaco Silva. He was also member of the Portuguese Parliament for the Portuguese Social Democrats from 1976 to 1995. He was awarded a degree in chemical-industrial engineering by the Instituto Superior Técnico of the Technical University of Lisbon. Ângelo Correia was appointed chairman of the company Fomentinvest, and worked at that company with Pedro Passos Coelho during the 2000s. Correia, an experienced member of PSD, is a close friend of Passos Coelho, both inside their party and corporate governance careers, and is considered Passos Coelho's political mentor.