Former President of the Federative Republic of Brazil (1995-2003). He is now President of the Instituto Fernando Henrique Cardoso, which he founded in 2004. He was Chairman of the Club of Madrid and Co-Chairman of the Inter-American Dialogue (2003-2006). Elected senator in 1982, he was one of the founders of the Brazilian Social Democratic Party (PSBD). He served as Minister of Foreign Relations (1992-1993) and Minister of Finance (1993-1994). He holds a PhD in sociology from the University of São Paulo, where he is now Professor Emeritus, and a postgraduate degree from the Laboratory of Industrial Sociology of the University of Paris.
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