Oral history interview with Rubens Ricupero, 2003

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Name: Ricupero, Rubens (Interviewee); Berthelot, Yves (Interviewer)
Title: Oral history interview with Rubens Ricupero, 2003
Abstract: Background and childhood: born 1937 in Sao Paulo, Brazil to parents of Italian origin, involvement in militant Catholic movement as a teen, literary influences of Catholic thinkers; education: elementary and post-University studies in Brazil, interest in literature; career: minister of finance of Brazil, minister for the environment and Amazonian affairs, diplomat at Ministry of External Relations, 1966-1985, diplomat in Vienna, 1963-66, diplomat in Buenos Aires, 1966-69, diplomat in Ecuador, 1969-71, University of Brasilia professor of international relations, 1979-95, Rio Branco Institute professor of history of Brazilian diplomatic relations, founding member and first president of Fernand Braudel Institute, deputy chief of staff to Brazilian president, 1985, special advisor in international affairs, ambassador to Italy, ambassador to the United States, ambassador to the United Nations [UN] in Geneva, chairman of the Finance Committee at UN Conference on the Environment and Development, governor for Brazil at the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund [IMF], African Development Bank, headed Brazilian delegations to the Conference on Disarmament, UN Human Rights Commission, secretary-general of United Nations Conference on Trade and Development [UNCTAD], 1995-2004; personal: recollections of WWII, return of democracy to Brazil, Suez crisis, Cuban Revolution, influences of Hélder Câmara, recollections of Brazil as a military regime, colleague reminiscences; interests: Catholic literature, studies of African religion in Brazil, economic development
Collection Name: United Nations intellectual history project (UNIHP)
Subjects: Diplomats--Brazil; Ambassadors--Brazil; Christianity and politics--Brazil; Brazil History 20th century; Brazil Religion; Ricupero, Rubens; United Nations Officials and employees; United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. Secretariat; United Nations History; World Bank. Brazil Department; International Monetary Fund
Format: oral histories; sound recordings
Genre: Interviews
Date: 2003

Note (Biographical): Secretary General, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
Note: Interviewed by Yves Berthelot on March 13 and March 18, 2003
Note (Provenance): Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, Gift, 2009
Language: English
Library Location: Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content
Catalog Record: 13684945
Also In: Oral History Archives at Columbia; Time-Based Media; Time-Based Media
Persistent URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-bvhm-t971
Related URLs: Available digital content for this interview.