Roberto Campos

Roberto Campos
Roberto Campos
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
1 February 1991 – 1 February 1999
ConstituencyRio de Janeiro
Senator for Mato Grosso
In office
1 February 1983 – 1 February 1991
Preceded byMendes Canale
Succeeded byJúlio Campos
Ambassador of Brazil to the United Kingdom
In office
31 January 1975 – 16 September 1982
Nominated byErnesto Geisel
Preceded bySergio Corrêa da Costa
Succeeded byMário Gibson Barbosa
Minister of Planning and Economic Coordination
In office
15 April 1964 – 15 March 1967
PresidentCastelo Branco
Preceded byCelso Furtado
Succeeded byHélio Beltrão
Ambassador of Brazil to the United States
In office
6 October 1961 – 17 January 1964
Nominated byJânio Quadros
Preceded byWalter Moreira Salles
Succeeded byJuracy Magalhães
CEO of the Brazilian Development Bank
In office
August 1958 – July 1959
PresidentJuscelino Kubitschek
Preceded byLucas Lopes
Succeeded byLúcio Martins Meira
Personal details
Born
Roberto de Oliveira Campos

(1917-04-17)17 April 1917
Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil
Died9 October 2001(2001-10-09) (aged 84)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Political party
  • PDS (1983–93)
  • PPR (1993–95)
  • PPB (1995–2001)
RelativesRoberto Campos Neto (grandson)
Alma mater
OccupationEconomist, diplomat and politician

Roberto de Oliveira Campos (17 April 1917 – 9 October 2001) was a Brazilian economist, writer, diplomat, politician and member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters. He served in a number of capacities, including Brazilian ambassador to the United States and to the United Kingdom, minister of planning for the government of Castelo Branco, during the Brazilian military dictatorship, and congressman.