He was one of the supporters of the creation the BNDES (at the time BNDE - National Bank for Economic Development), a public authority whose function was to supply emerging industries with low-interest and long-term credits. From 1951 to 1953, he acted as an economic advisor in the second Getúlio Vargas administration, whose hallmarks were the paramountcy of nationalist economic policies. Career Ĭampos left New York City for Brazil in 1949. During this period, he also represented the Brazilian government in international economic meetings, such as the Bretton Woods conference. ![]() Three years later, he was sent to the United States, where he took graduate courses in economics at George Washington University and Columbia University. In 1939 Campos entered the Brazilian Foreign Service. Later, he received degrees in philosophy and theology from a seminary in Belo Horizonte. ![]() Initially planning to enter the priesthood, he enrolled in a Catholic seminary in Guaxupé. He served in a number of capacities, including Brazilian ambassador to the United States and to the United Kingdom, minister of planning for the government of Castelo Branco, during the Brazilian military dictatorship, and congressman.Ĭampos was born in Cuiabá, in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. Roberto de Oliveira Campos (17 April 1917 – 9 October 2001) was a Brazilian economist, writer, diplomat, politician and member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters.
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