Cristovam Buarque
| Cristovam Buarque | |
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| Governor of the Federal District | |
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In office January 1, 1995 – January 1, 1999 |
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| Preceded by | Joaquim Roriz |
| Succeeded by | Joaquim Roriz |
| Minister of Education of Brazil | |
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In office January 1, 2003 – 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Paulo Renato Souza |
| Succeeded by | Tarso Genro |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
20 February 1944 Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil |
| Political party |
PT (1990–2005) PDT (2005–2016) PPS (2016–present) |
Cristovam Ricardo Cavalcanti Buarque, Ph.D (Portuguese pronunciation: [kɾisˈtɔvɐ̃w̃ buˈaʁki] or [kɾiʃˈtɔvɐ̃w̃ ˈbwahki]; born February 20, 1944 in Recife) is a Brazilian university professor, member of Popular Socialist Party (PPS). He is married and has two children.
Buarque graduated in mechanical engineering from the Federal University of Pernambuco (1966). At that time he engaged in student politics becoming a militant of the Ação Popular, a group of the Leftist Progressive Church. After the 1964 coup, he was persecuted and took exile in France, where he earned a PhD in economics from the Pantheon-Sorbonne University, Paris I, (Paris), in 1973. He worked at Inter-American Bank of Development (IDB) in Ecuador, Honduras and the United States from 1973 to 79. He was the first elected rector, by direct vote, of the University of Brasilia in the wake of the military regime, governor of Federal District, Minister of Education and currently senator, elected in a historic landslide. Author of ten books with several published articles. He worked as a consultant for several national and international bodies under the United Nations (UN). Presided over the University for Peace Council and participated on Food Presidential Commission, formerly directed by late Sociologist Herbert "Betinho" de Souza.
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