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Rubens Ricupero
In office
September 15, 1995 – September 14, 2004
Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Kofi Annan
Preceded by Kenneth Dadzie
Succeeded by Supachai Panitchpakdi
In office
March 19, 1995 – December 12, 1995
Nominated by Fernando Henrique Cardoso
Preceded by Orlando Carbonar
Succeeded by Paulo Pires do Rio
In office
April 5, 1994 – September 3, 1994
President Itamar Franco
Preceded by Fernando Henrique Cardoso
Succeeded by Ciro Gomes
In office
September 16, 1993 – April 5, 1994
President Itamar Franco
Preceded by Fernando Coutinho Jorge
Succeeded by Henrique Brandão Cavalcanti
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
Born (1937-03-01) March 1, 1937 (age 86)[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]

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[edit]

References[edit]

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