Carlos Lessa

Carlos Lessa
President of the Brazilian Development Bank
In office January 2003 – November 2004
President	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded by	Eleazar de Carvalho Filho
Succeeded by	Guido Mantega
Rector of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
In office July 2002 – March 2003
Preceded by	José Henrique Vilhena de Paiva
Succeeded by	Sergio Eduardo Longo Fracalanzza
Personal details
Born	(1936-07-30)July 30, 1936 University of Campinas (DSc )
Profession	Economist, professor

Carlos Francisco Theodoro Machado Ribeiro de Lessa, better known simply as Carlos Lessa (30 July 1936 – 5 June 2020) was a Brazilian economist and professor.^[1][2]

Life and career

Born on 30 July 1936, in Rio de Janeiro, to a wealthy family, Lessa studied at private schools in his native city.^[2]

In 1959, he graduated in economics at the

Lessa worked as a professor at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and at the Rio Branco Institute, the Brazilian diplomatic graduate school.^[1]

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.^[3]

In 2003, Lessa was appointed President of the

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.^[1] Lessa's son, Rodrigo Lessa is a singer-songwriter and Multi-instrumentalist.^[3]

Lessa died from complications of COVID-19 in Rio de Janeiro on 5 June 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil at the age of 83.^[1]

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