Rubens Ricupero | |
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![]() 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 | [1] São Paulo,São Paulo,Brazil [2] | March 1,1937
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.
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:
Ricupero's published encompass 48 works in 58 publications in 4 languages and 400 library holdings. [6]