Fernando Cardoso Biography

President Cardoso was elected to the Brazilian Senate from the state of Sao Paulo in 1986 and helped form the Social Democratic party two years later. He then served as Foreign Minister from 1992 to 1993 before becoming Economy Minister in 1993, when he is credited with effectively managing inflation and turning around the ailing Brazilian economy. He was elected President of Brazil in 1994, and he quickly worked to decrease government participation in the economy and to encourage foreign investment to Brazil. President Cardoso, a prominent Latin American sociologist, is presently a professor-at-large at Brown University's Thomas J. Watson Jr. Institute for International Studies. He gives lectures, attends symposia, works with students in the classroom, and collaborates with professors in development studies, Latin American studies, Portuguese and Brazilian studies, and other departments, institutes, and centers. He has served as a visiting professor at a number of academic institutions in Europe and the United States, including the Collège de France, the University of Paris, the University of Cambridge, the University of Berkeley, and Stanford University. Some of his writings on sociology, politics, and international relations have been translated into multiple languages (English, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese and Romanian, among others). He is fluent in four languages: English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish.

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