predecessor birth_place nationality office birth_date term_start image article_title name occupation alma_mater
vítor constâncio oliveira de azeméis , portugal portuguese governor of the bank of portugal 3 november 1949 7 june 2010 thumb carlos costa -lrb- banker -rrb-
 carlos costa economist university of porto
carlos costa -lrb- banker -rrb-

carlos da silva costa -lrb- born november 3 , 1949 in oliveira de azeméis -rrb- is a portuguese economist and the current governor of the bank of portugal since june 7 , 2010 .
on 22 april 2010 costa was nominated for a five-year-term by the portuguese government , recommended by the finance minister teixeira dos santos .
he replaced vítor constâncio , who became vice president of the european central bank on june 1 , 2010 .
