Darcy Ribeiro

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Darcy Ribeiro
Senator for Rio de Janeiro
In office February 1, 1991 – February 17, 1997
Vice Governor of Rio de Janeiro
In office March 15, 1983 – March 15, 1987
Governor	Leonel Brizola
Preceded by	Hamilton Xavier
Succeeded by	Francisco Amaral
Chief of Staff of the Presidency
In office June 18, 1963 – April 2, 1964
President	João Goulart
Preceded by	Evandro Lins e Silva
Succeeded by	Getúlio de Moura
Minister of Education
In office September 18, 1962 – January 23, 1963
Prime Minister	Hermes Lima
Preceded by	Roberto Lira
Succeeded by	Teotônio Monteiro de Barros
Personal details
Born	(1922-10-26)October 26, 1922 Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Died	February 17, 1997(1997-02-17) (aged 74) Brasília, Federal District, Brazil
Political party	PCB (1940–64) PDT (1979–97)
Spouse	Berta Gleizer ​ ​ (m. 1948; sep. 1974)​
Alma mater	Fundação Escola de Sociologia e Política de São Paulo (BA)
Profession	anthropologist historian sociologist writer politician

Darcy Ribeiro (October 26, 1922 – February 17, 1997) was a Brazilian anthropologist, historian, sociologist, author and politician. His ideas have influenced several scholars of Brazilian and Latin American studies. As Minister of Education of Brazil he carried out profound reforms which led him to be invited to participate in university reforms in Chile, Peru, Venezuela, Mexico and Uruguay after leaving Brazil due to the 1964 coup d'état.^[1]