Meet Esther Dweck, Lula's Minister of Management

Active in the transition of the federal government in coordinating the Planning, Budget and Management technical group, Esther She is a professor of Economics at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and has a PhD in Economics of Industry and Technology.

Esther Dweck has extensive experience in public sector research

Its main area of ​​activity is economic development, with an emphasis on public sector research, fiscal regime and State participation. 

The new Minister of Management of the Lula Government was elected last year as the Woman Economist of 2021, by the Federal Economic Council (Cofecon). During Dilma Rousseff's government, Esther Dweck occupied spaces within the Ministry of Planning – as economic advisor and Federal Budget secretary.

Learn more about Esther:

• He obtained a degree in Economic Sciences from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ);
• She has a PhD in Economics of Industry and Technology also from UFRJ. Part of the course was held in Pisa, Italy, at the LEM of the Scuola Sant Anna;
• Took a course on Economic Development at the University of Cambridge (England), in 2004;
• Since 2009, she has been an Associate Professor at the UFRJ Institute of Economics;
• From 2007 to 2009, she was a substitute professor at the Faculty of Economics at Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF);
• In the economic area, he has experience in growth and development.

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