It is up to us to inform the ISEG community, with deep regret, that Dr. João Maurício Fernandes Salgueiro passed away on the 18th.
The Doctor. João Maurício Fernandes Salgueiro was born in Braga, on September 4, 1934, having graduated in Economics from our School in 1956 and a post-graduate degree in Economic Planning and Public Accounting, from the Institute of Social Studies in The Hague, in the Netherlands. A brilliant student, featured on ISEG's Honor Roll, considered by his peers to be endowed with superior intelligence, he taught various disciplines in the fields of Economic Theory, Development Economics and Portuguese Economy, having contributed to the training of several generations of economists.
He was a great driver of the Economic Planning methodologies applied in the preparation of the National Development Plans of the 1960s, and which greatly contributed to the leap that took place at the time in the economic and social development of the Country and to the opening of the Portuguese economy to the outside world. He began his professional life as a technician at Banco de Fomento Nacional and was also, as an executive, director of the Central Planning Department.
In 1969 he was appointed Undersecretary of State for Planning by Marcello Caetano, a position he held until 1971.
After the 25th of April, he joined the PSD – Social Democratic Party, was a member of the Assembly of the Republic and chaired the Economy and Finance Commission. He was Minister of State, Finance and Planning in the VIII Constitutional Government, under Pinto Balsemão, between 1981 and 1983.
In the financial sector, his passages as president of Banco de Fomento Nacional, president of Caixa Geral dos Depósitos, president of the Portuguese Association of Banks and vice-governor of Banco de Portugal stand out.
He was also a member of the Economic and Social Council, a member of the Deposit Guarantee Fund and a member of the Council of the Ancient Military Orders.
Founding member and first President of SEDES – Association for Economic and Social Development, he remained, until his death, its president of the General Assembly, also remaining active in the presidency of the Consultative Council of the Forum for Competitiveness.
Appointed in 2013 Honorary Member of MIL: Movimento Internacional Lusófono, he was awarded the Grand Cross of the Military Order of Christ on June 8, 2010.
A man of thought, integrity and independence, João Salgueiro has always had a strategic vision for Portugal towards the consolidation of a pluralist democracy and a political-economic model of a competitive and socially inclusive market economy, João Salgueiro was an advocate and active participant in the process of European construction.
He made pedagogy of his vision in teaching, politics, and in the various positions he held, before and after the 25th of April 1974.
João Salgueiro always used his high pedagogical qualities when pointing out the paths for the country's economic and social development, making important civic interventions almost until the end of his life.
ISEG is in Mourning. He lost one of his former students and teachers who most influenced the life of Portugal in recent decades.
Eduardo Catroga and João Duque
PS: We share information about Funeral Ceremonies:
– Tuesday (February 21st) from 5:30 pm: Wake at the Basilica da Estrela
– Wednesday (February 22) at 3:00 pm: Body Mass at the Basilica da Estrela followed by a funeral procession to the Alto de São João cemetery
