Q:Facts: - profession: economist - president: luiz lula da silva inacio lula da silva dilma rousseff luiz inacio - order: minister of finance minister of planning and the budget - successor: joaquim levy nelson machado - death: alive - party: workers ' party -lrb- pt -rrb- - predecessor: antonio palocci guilherme gomes dias - term end: 1 january 2015 18 november 2004 - term start: 27 march 2006 1 january 2003 - birth date: 7 april 1949 - name: guido mantega - nationality: brazilian & italian - image: guido mantega.jpg - birth place: genoa , italy - religion: jewish - alma mater: university of sao paulo Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of guido mantega .
A:
guido mantega -lrb- ; born 7 april 1949 in genoa , italy -rrb- is an italian brazilian economist , and politician who was brazil 's finance minister .mr mantega served as brazil 's finance minister for more than eight years , being the longest-serving finance minister in the history of brazil .he graduated in economics from the school of economics , business and accounting of the university of sao paulo , he holds a ph.d. in sociology from the university of sao paulo and is a professor of economics at several leading universities of sao paulo .he has long been associated with the left wing workers ' party and was a key member in the successful presidential campaign of the party 's founder and leader , luiz inacio lula da silva .upon lula 's access to power in 2003 , mantega was appointed minister of planning , and later chairman to bndes -lrb- national bank for economical and social development -rrb- .on march 27 , 2006 he was named brazil 's finance minister , replacing antonio palocci , who resigned in the wake of corruption charges .mr mantega left office in december 2014 , when he was replaced by the chicago-trained economist joaquim levy .in mid-2013 , financial-markets commentator david marsh wrote : marsh 's comments came as the federal reserve 's ben bernanke was beginning to explore the end of qe and one impact was a '' withdrawal of liquidity '' from markets such as brazil 's .