Rubens Ricupero

Rubens Ricupero
Ricupero in 2004
Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
In office
September 15, 1995 – September 14, 2004
Secretary-GeneralBoutros Boutros-Ghali
Kofi Annan
Preceded byKenneth Dadzie
Succeeded bySupachai Panitchpakdi
Ambassador of Brazil to Italy
In office
March 19, 1995 – December 12, 1995
Nominated byFernando Henrique Cardoso
Preceded byOrlando Carbonar
Succeeded byPaulo Pires do Rio
Minister of Finance
In office
April 5, 1994 – September 3, 1994
PresidentItamar Franco
Preceded byFernando Henrique Cardoso
Succeeded byCiro Gomes
Minister of the Environment and the Legal Amazon
In office
September 16, 1993 – April 5, 1994
PresidentItamar Franco
Preceded byFernando Coutinho Jorge
Succeeded byHenrique Brandão Cavalcanti
Ambassador of Brazil to the United States
In office
August 25, 1991 – August 25, 1993
Nominated byFernando Collor de Mello
Preceded byMarcílio Marques Moreira
Succeeded byPaulo Tarso Flecha de Lima
Personal details
Born (1937-03-01) March 1, 1937 (age 87)[1]
São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil[2]
SpouseMarisa Parolari[2]
Alma materUniversity of São Paulo School of Law[1]
ProfessionDiplomat

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.

  1. ^ a b Ministry of Finance of Brazil Website (in Portuguese). Retrieved November 18, 2012.
  2. ^ a b UNCTAD: biographical notes