Carlos Minc

Carlos Minc

Infobox Person
name = Carlos Minc



caption = Carlos Minc after a meeting with Marina Silva, ex-Minister of Environment.
birth_name = Carlos Minc Baumfeld
birth_date = Birth date and age|1951|7|12
birth_place = Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
death_date =
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death_cause =
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residence = Rio de Janeiro
education = Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Universidade Técnica de Lisboa Paris University
occupation = Geographer Brazilian Minister of Environment
party = Workers' Party
website = http://www.minc.com.br/
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Carlos Minc (born July 12, 1951 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a Brazilian geographer, politician and Minister of Environment in Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's government.

Personal life

Minc was born on July 12, 1951. He studied at Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. He was a student leader and participated in resistance against the military dictatorship. He was arrested in 1969 and exiled. In 1979, with the help from Amnesty, he returned to Brazil.cite web |url=http://noticias.uol.com.br/ultnot/2008/05/14/ult23u2323.jhtm |title=Planalto confirma Carlos Minc como novo ministro do Meio Ambiente |accessdate=2008-05-25 |publisher= pt icon]

In 1978, Minc completed his Master's degree from the Technical University of Lisbon. He completed his doctorate from the University of Paris in 1984.

Minc is married and has two children.

Political career

Minc was one of the founding members of the Green Party, together with Fernando Gabeira, Alfredo Sirkis, and others.

Minc was elected Member state for the first time in 1986, in coalition with Workers' Party. He was re-elected in 1994, 1998, and 2002.

On November 22, 2006, Sérgio Cabral Filho, governor of the state of Rio de Janeiro, appointed Minc for the post of secretary of environment.

On May 13, 2008, Marina Silva resigned from the post of Minister of Environment. Minc became the new Minister of Environment on May 14, 2008. [cite news |title=Amazon 'needs economic chances' |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7402254.stm |format= |work= |publisher=BBC News |date=May 15, 2008 |accessdate=2008-05-25 ]

Awards

In 1989, Minc received the "Global Award 500", granted by the United Nations to those who stand out in the defence of the environment in the world.

Books

Minc is also a writer. He is the author of the following books:
* "Como Fazer Movimento Ecológico" (Vozes, 1985)
* "A Reconquista da Terra" (Zahar, 1986)
* "Ecologia e Política no Brasil" (Espaço e Tempo/Iuperj, 1987), co-authored with Fernando Gabeira and others
* "Despoluindo a Política" (Relume Dumará, 1994)

Quote

* Rio de Janeiro, I know very well, but Brazil, I know very badly. [Veja Magazine # 2061 dated May 26, 2008 ]

References

External links

* [http://www.minc.com.br/ Webpage of Carlos Minc] pt icon


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