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
São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
SpouseMarisa Parolari
Alma materUniversity of São Paulo School of Law
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.