Celso Lafer

Celso Lafer
Minister of External Relations
In office 29 January 2001 – 1 January 2003
President	Fernando Henrique Cardoso
Preceded by	Luiz Felipe Lampreia
Succeeded by	Celso Amorim
In office 13 April 1992 – 2 October 1992
President	Fernando Collor de Mello
Preceded by	Francisco Rezek
Succeeded by	Fernando Henrique Cardoso
Minister of Development, Industry and Commerce
In office 1 January 1999 – 18 July 1999
President	Fernando Henrique Cardoso
Preceded by	José Botafogo Gonçalves as Minister of Development, Industry and Tourism
Succeeded by	Clóvis de Barros Carvalho as Minister of Development, Industry and Trade
5th Academic of the 14th chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 December 2006
Preceded by	Miguel Reale
Personal details
Residence	São Paulo, Brazil
Profession	Diplomat, Jurist

Celso Lafer, born August 7, 1941 is a Brazilian jurist, full professor of Philosophy of Law at University of São Paulo, twice former foreign minister and a former commerce minister.

Education

Lafer has a Bachelor in Law from University of São Paulo, a Master's and a Ph.D. in Political Science from Cornell University and an habilitation in Public International Law from University of São Paulo.^[1]

Work

Lafer worked for the administrations of Fernando Collor de Mello as Foreign Minister and for Fernando Henrique Cardoso as Foreign Minister and Commerce Minister.^[2] He is a member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences since 2004. He is a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters since 2006, occupying the chair that belonged to Miguel Reale, Professor of Philosophy of Law at University of São Paulo and President of FAPESP (Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo), a Financial Aid Institute for Research of São Paulo state.

References

1. "Curriculum Vitae". Retrieved 2008-10-20.
2. A guerra eleitoral e o mercado na Internet