Rubens Ricupero

Rubens Ricupero (born March 1, 1937) is a Brazilian academic, economist, bureaucrat and diplomat.

Ricupero earned a Bachelor in Law from the University of São Paulo in 1959.

He also studied at the Rio Branco Institute, a branch of the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Relations.

[2] Ricupero was Chairman of the Finance Committee at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development which was held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992.

[5] Diplomatic postings have included: Ricupero's published encompass 48 works in 58 publications in 4 languages and 400 library holdings.