Manuela Ferreira Leite

Her Excellency Manuela Ferreira Leite GCC GCIH
Ferreira Leite in 2009
Chancellor of the National Orders
Incumbent
Assumed office 18 July 2011
President	Aníbal Cavaco Silva Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa
Preceded by	João Bosco Mota Amaral
President of the Social Democratic Party
In office 20 June 2008 – 9 April 2010
Secretary-General	Luís Marques Guedes
Preceded by	Luís Filipe Menezes
Succeeded by	Pedro Passos Coelho
Minister of Finance
In office 6 April 2002 – 17 July 2004
Prime Minister	José Manuel Barroso
Preceded by	Guilherme d'Oliveira Martins
Succeeded by	Bagão Félix
Minister of Education
In office 7 December 1993 – 28 October 1995
Prime Minister	Aníbal Cavaco Silva
Preceded by	António Couto dos Santos
Succeeded by	Eduardo Marçal Grilo
Secretary of State for the Budget
In office 5 January 1990 – 7 December 1993
Prime Minister	Aníbal Cavaco Silva
Preceded by	Rui Carp
Succeeded by	Norberto Rosa
Member of the Assembly of the Republic
In office 15 October 2009 – 19 June 2011
Constituency	Lisbon
In office 1 October 1995 – 17 July 2004
Constituency	Évora (1995–1999) Lisbon (1999–2004)
Personal details
Born	Maria Manuela Dias Ferreira (1940-12-03) 3 December 1940 (age 83) Lisbon, Portugal
Political party	Social Democratic Party
Spouse	Rui Leite (div.)
Children	3
Relatives	José Dias Ferreira (great-grandfather) Pedro Santana Lopes (cousin)
Alma mater	Lisbon School of Economics and Management
Profession	Economist
Awards

Maria Manuela Dias Ferreira Leite GCC GCIH (Portuguese pronunciation: [mɐnuˈɛlɐ fɨˈʁɐjɾɐ ˈlɐjtɨ]; born 3 December 1940) is a Portuguese economist, pundit and retired politician. Ferreira Leite served as Minister of Education in Aníbal Cavaco Silva's third government, from 1993 to 1995, and as Minister of State and Finance in José Durão Barroso's government, from 2002 to 2004.

She was leader of the Social Democratic Party between June 2008 and April 2010. Since 2011, she is the Chancellor of the National Orders of Portugal.