Nuno Crato

Nuno Crato GCIH, GCPI
Minister of Education and Science
In office 21 June 2011 – 30 October 2015
President	Aníbal Cavaco Silva
Prime Minister	Pedro Passos Coelho
Preceded by	Isabel Alçada (Education) Mariano Gago (Higher Education and Science)
Succeeded by	Margarida Mano
Personal details
Born	(1952-03-09) 9 March 1952 (age 72) Lisbon, Portugal
Political party	Independent
Children	2
Alma mater	Technical University of Lisbon University of Delaware
Occupation	University professor • Mathematician
Website	http://nunocrato.org

Nuno Paulo de Sousa Arrobas Crato, GCIH, GCPI (born 9 March 1952) is a Portuguese university professor, researcher, applied mathematician, economist, and writer. For many years, Crato was a researcher and professor in the United States. Back in Portugal, he taught mathematics and statistics at the ISEG/Technical University of Lisbon, now University of Lisbon, while pursuing his research in stochastic models and time series. He also published many articles and participated in events of science popularization and for the history of science. In June 2011, he was appointed Minister of Education, Higher Education and Science, in the cabinet of the Portuguese Government led by Pedro Passos Coelho, serving through the end of Coelho's government in 2015. He was three times awarded a national medal from the President of the Republic, as commander (2008) and with the grand cross (2016) of the Order of Prince Henry the Navigator, which is the highest grade given to a national figure. Lastly, as grand cross of Order of Public Instruction (Portugal) (2022), which is the highest grade of this order. He has lived and worked in Lisbon, Azores, the United States and Italy.