Rubens Ricupero
Rubens Ricupero | |
|---|---|
 Ricupero in 2004 | |
| Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development | |
| In office September 15, 1995 – September 14, 2004 | |
| Secretary-General | Boutros Boutros-Ghali Kofi Annan |
| Preceded by | Kenneth Dadzie |
| Succeeded by | Supachai Panitchpakdi |
| Ambassador of Brazil to Italy | |
| In office March 19, 1995 – December 12, 1995 | |
| Nominated by | Fernando Henrique Cardoso |
| Preceded by | Orlando Carbonar |
| Succeeded by | Paulo Pires do Rio |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office April 5, 1994 – September 3, 1994 | |
| President | Itamar Franco |
| Preceded by | Fernando Henrique Cardoso |
| Succeeded by | Ciro Gomes |
| Minister of the Environment and the Legal Amazon | |
| In office September 16, 1993 – April 5, 1994 | |
| President | Itamar Franco |
| Preceded by | Fernando Coutinho Jorge |
| Succeeded by | Henrique Brandão Cavalcanti |
| Ambassador of Brazil to the United States | |
| In office August 25, 1991 – August 25, 1993 | |
| Nominated by | Fernando Collor de Mello |
| Preceded by | Marcílio Marques Moreira |
| Succeeded by | Paulo Tarso Flecha de Lima |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 1, 1937[1] São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil[2] |
| Spouse | Marisa Parolari[2] |
| Alma mater | University of São Paulo School of Law[1] |
| Profession | Diplomat |
Rubens Ricupero (born March 1, 1937) is a Brazilian academic, economist, bureaucrat and diplomat. He served as the fifth Secretary General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development from September 1995 to September 2004.
Education
[edit]Ricupero earned a Bachelor in Law from the University of São Paulo in 1959. He also studied at the Rio Branco Institute, a branch of the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Relations.[2]
Career
[edit]From 1979 to 1995, Ricupero taught courses in international relations at the University of Brasília; and in the same period, he also taught the history of Brazilian diplomatic relations at the Rio Branco Institute.[2]
Ricupero was Chairman of the Finance Committee at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development which was held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992.[3] He was the Brazilian Minister of the Environment and Amazonian Affairs, before becoming Minister of Finance in 1994.[2]
He is credited with providing continuity during the implementation of the Plano Real.[4] This plan encompassed anti-inflationary monetary reform, the introduction of the modern Brazilian real and other measures taken to stabilize the Brazilian economy.[5]
Diplomatic postings have included:
- Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva (1987–1991)[2]
- Ambassador to the United States of America (1991–1993)[2]
- Ambassador to Italy (1995)[2]
- GATT, Chairman of Council of Representatives (1989, 1991)[3]
Selected works
[edit]Ricupero's published encompass 48 works in 58 publications in 4 languages and 400 library holdings.[6]
- 2010 — Diário de bordo: A viagem presidencial de Tancredo
- 2007 — A abertura dos portos
- 2006 — A ONU no século XXI: perspectivas
- 2004 — Beyond Conventional Wisdom in development policy: an Intellectual History of UNCTAD 1964-2004
- 2001 — O Brasil e o dilema da globalização
- 2000 — Rio Branco: o Brasil no mundo
- 1998 — O ponto ótimo da crise. Rio de Janeiro: Ed. Revan. ISBN 9788571061514; OCLC 254511468
- 1995 — Visões do Brasil : ensaios sobre a história e a inserção internacional do Brasil. Rio de Janeiro;São Paulo : Ed. Record. ISBN 9788501043368; OCLC 254090142
- 1994 — A Nova inserção internacional do Brasil
- 1994 — Estabilidade e crescimento: os desafios do real
- 1993 — NAFTA and Brazil (with Sérgio Estanislav do Amaral, Robert Charles Kelso). Coral Gables, Florida: North-South Center, University of Miami. OCLC 29661557
- 1992 — O Futuro do Brasil : a América Latina e o fim da guerra fria
- 1991 — Brasil em mudança
Honours
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Notes
[edit]- ^ a b Ministry of Finance of Brazil Website (in Portuguese). Retrieved November 18, 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g h UNCTAD: biographical notes
- ^ a b Dornbusch, Rüdiger et al. (1995). Reform, Recovery, and Growth: Latin America and the Middle East., p. 172, at Google Books
- ^ D'Angelo, Marcello and Durval Guimarães e Marcos. "FH assinou o real fora do governo,"JB Online. 2 July 2008.
- ^ Ministério da Fazenda do Brazil. Exposição de Motivos da MP do Plano Real. Archived 2010-06-30 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ WorldCat Identities: Ricupero, Rubens
References
[edit]- Dornbusch, Rüdiger and Sebastian Edwards. (1995). Reform, Recovery, and Growth: Latin America and the Middle East. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226158457; OCLC 246597653
