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Dr. Olavo Avelino Garcia Correia commonly known as Olavo Correia, is a Cape Verdean politician. He currently serves as the deputy prime minister, and Minister of Finance of Cape Verde since May 2016. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] He was the governor of Bank of Cape Verde from 1999 to 2004. [8] In April 2022, Olavo Avelino Garcia Correia was named head of the board of governors of the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID). It was at the end of the 20th ordinary general meeting of the board of governors held in Lomé that this appointment was made. He replaces in this post the Minister of Economy and Finance of Benin Romuald Wadagni. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ Ministro - Ministério das Finanças
  2. ↑ "Dr Olavo Avelino Garcia Correia – Second Africa Health Forum" . Retrieved 2020-03-22.
  3. ↑ FAAPA. "Olavo Correia guarantees that the State Budget for 2020 is geared towards people and creating opportunities – FAAPA ENG" . Retrieved 2020-03-22.
  4. ↑ "Olavo Correia rated the evaluation made by Standard & Poor's "very positive" – Inforpress" . Retrieved 2020-03-22.
  5. ↑ "Página Oficial do Governo de Cabo Verde". Governo de Cabo Verde (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-03-22.
  6. ↑ SAPO. "Olavo Correia classificou de "muito positivo" a avaliação feita pela Standard & Poor's". SAPO Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-03-22.
  7. ↑ "Olavo Correia Archives". Finance Uncovered. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
  8. ↑ https://www.bcv.cv/pt/O%20Banco/Sala%20de%20Imprensa/Arquivo/Documents/BCVNews%20Edi%C3%A7%C3%A3o%20Especial.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  9. ↑ Dia, Ibrahima jr (April 14, 2022). "Le Capverdien Olavo Avelino Garcia Correia désigné président du conseil des gouverneurs de la BIDC". Financial Afrik.


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