Fernando Alexandre

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Fernando Manuel de Almeida Alexandre (born 1972) is a Portuguese professor and politician. He has been Minister of Education, Science and Innovation since 2024, in the XXIV Constitutional Government, led by Luís Montenegro. He was also Secretary of State of Internal Administration in the XIX Constitutional Government, led by Pedro Passos Coelho. He has been an Associate Professor at the Department of Economics at the University of Minho since 2009, having completed his degree and master's degree in Economics at the University of Coimbra and completed his PhD in Economics at the University of London - Birkbeck College with a dissertation on monetary policy and financial markets, in 2003. In 2026, he got heavily criticised by parents and students due to the postponement of the results of the National Exams, and the way the situation was being handled. This caused the students and parents to create a petition to nullify the exam without prejudicing the students.