Darcy Ribeiro

Darcy Ribeiro
Senator for Rio de Janeiro
In office
February 1, 1991 – February 17, 1997
Vice Governor of Rio de Janeiro
In office
March 15, 1983 – March 15, 1987
GovernorLeonel Brizola
Preceded byHamilton Xavier
Succeeded byFrancisco Amaral
Chief of Staff of the Presidency
In office
June 18, 1963 – April 2, 1964
PresidentJoão Goulart
Preceded byEvandro Lins e Silva
Succeeded byGetúlio de Moura
Minister of Education
In office
September 18, 1962 – January 23, 1963
Prime MinisterHermes Lima
Preceded byRoberto Lira
Succeeded byTeotônio Monteiro de Barros
Personal details
Born(1922-10-26)October 26, 1922
Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil
DiedFebruary 17, 1997(1997-02-17) (aged 74)
Brasília, Federal District, Brazil
Political party
  • PCB (1940–64)
  • PDT (1979–97)
Spouse
Berta Gleizer
(m. 1948; sep. 1974)
Alma materFundação Escola de Sociologia e Política de São Paulo (BA)
Profession
  • anthropologist
  • historian
  • sociologist
  • writer
  • politician

Darcy Ribeiro (October 26, 1922 – February 17, 1997) was a Brazilian anthropologist, historian, sociologist, author and politician. His ideas have influenced several scholars of Brazilian and Latin American studies. As Minister of Education of Brazil he carried out profound reforms which led him to be invited to participate in university reforms in Chile, Peru, Venezuela, Mexico and Uruguay after leaving Brazil due to the 1964 coup d'état.[1]

  1. ^ Ocampo Lopéz, Javier. Darcy Ribeiro Archived July 3, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. 2006.