João Sayad

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João Sayad (1 December 1945 – 5 September 2021) was a Brazilian economist, professor of the Department of Economics, Management and Accounting of the University of São Paulo and a Secretary of Finance for the state of São Paulo. He was awarded a PhD in economics by Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Sayad was also once president and chairman of the board of directors of the Inter-American Development Bank in São Paulo and director of the Economic Research Institute Foundation at the University of São Paulo. Provided by Wikipedia