{"id":8845,"date":"2020-06-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=8845"},"modified":"2020-06-06T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-06T00:00:00","slug":"","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=8845","title":{"rendered":"Carlos Lessa, economist"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Carlos Francisco Theodoro Machado Ribeiro de Lessa, better known as Carlos Lessa was a Brazilian economist and professor. He died from Covid-19 on June 5, 2020.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Born in July 30, 1936 in Rio de Janeiro to a wealthy family, Lessa studied at private schools in his native city.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

In 1959, he graduated in economics at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and later got a Master's degree at Conselho Nacional de Economia. In 1980 he finished his doctor's degree in Human sciences at University of Campinas.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Lessa worked as a professor at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and at the Rio Branco Institute, the Brazilian diplomatic graduate school.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

In 2002, Lessa was elected Rector of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. It was his post for a brief period of time between July 2002 and March 2003.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

In 2003, Lessa was appointed President of the Brazilian Development Bank by Brazilian President Luiz Ina¡cio Lula da Silva. His tenure lasted from January<\/p>\r\n\r\n

2003 to November 2004 and his resignation was a result of multiple disagreements over economic policies with Central Bank of Brazil President Henrique Meirelles and Minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade Luiz Fernando Furlan<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Lessa was a huge fan of Brazilian Carnival and founded Minerva Assanhada, a Carnival block composed mostly of Federal University of Rio de Janeiro students and personnel.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Lessa's son, Rodrigo Lessa is a singer-songwriter and Multi-instrumentalist.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

On June 5, 2020, Lessa died in Rio de Janeiro at the age of 83 due to complications brought on by COVID-19.<\/p>\r\n<\/p>

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