Rubens Ricupero (born March 1, 1937) is a Brazilian

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, bureaucrat and

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. He served as the fifth Secretary General of the

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from September 1995 to September 2004.

Education

Ricupero earned a Bachelor in Law from the

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in 1959. He also studied at the Rio Branco Institute, a branch of the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Relations.

Career

From 1979 to 1995, Ricupero taught courses in international relations at the

University of Brasília The University of Brasília ( pt, Universidade de Brasília, UnB) is a federal public university in Brasília, the capital of Brazil. It was founded in 1960 and has since consistently been named among the top five Brazilian universities and the ...

; and in the same period, he also taught the history of Brazilian diplomatic relations at the Rio Branco Institute. Ricupero was Chairman of the Finance Committee at the

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which was held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992.Dornbusch, Rüdiger ''et al.'' (1995). He was the Brazilian Minister of the Environment and Amazonian Affairs, before becoming Minister of Finance in 1994. He is credited with providing continuity during the implementation of the

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. This plan encompassed anti-inflationary monetary reform, the introduction of the modern

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and other measures taken to stabilize the Brazilian economy. Diplomatic postings have included: * Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva (1987–1991) * Ambassador to the United States of America (1991–1993) * Ambassador to Italy (1995) *

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, Chairman of Council of Representatives (1989, 1991)

Selected works

Ricupero's published encompass 48 works in 58 publications in 4 languages and 400 library holdings. WorldCat Identities Ricupero, Rubens
/ref> * 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.
OCLC 254511468
* 1995 — ''Visões do Brasil : ensaios sobre a história e a inserção internacional do Brasil.'' Rio de Janeiro;São Paulo : Ed. Record.
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

Santos-Dumont Merit Medal The Santos-Dumont Merit Medal is a Brazilian decoration created to honor civilians and military, Brazilian or foreign, for outstanding services rendered to the Brazilian Air Force or in recognition of its qualities and value in relation to aeronau ...

(1973) *

Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun The is a Japanese order, established in 1875 by Emperor Meiji. The Order was the first national decoration awarded by the Japanese government, created on 10 April 1875 by decree of the Council of State. The badge features rays of sunlight f ...

(2019)

Notes

References

* Dornbusch, Rüdiger and Sebastian Edwards. (1995).
Reform, Recovery, and Growth: Latin America and the Middle East
'' Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ;

External links

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