Affonso Arinos de Mello Franco

Affonso Arinos de Mello Franco (November 11, 1930–March 15, 2020) was a Brazilian diplomat and journalist. He was born in Belo Horizonte on November 11, 1930. His parents were Affonso Arinos de Mello Franco and Anna Guilhermina Pereira de Mello Franco. He was grandnephew of Afonso Arinos.

Education

He has undertaken the following degrees and courses:

• Bachelor's Degree in Legal and Social Sciences at the National Faculty of Law of the University of Brazil, in 1949–53;
• the Diplomat Career Preparation Course at the Rio Branco Institute, of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in 1951–52;
• the Doctorate course, Section of Public Law, at the National Law Faculty of the University of Brazil, in 1954–55;
• the Diplomat Improvement course at the Rio Branco Institute of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in 1954;
• the course of the Instituto Superior de Estudos Brasileiros, at the Ministry of Education and Culture, in 1955;
• the Specialization Course in Politics and International Law at the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences at the International University of Social Studies Pro Deo, Rome, in 1958;
• the Trade Promotion course at the International Trade Center of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, in Geneva, in 1968;
• the Theoretical and Applied Economics course at the Graduate School of Economics of the Brazilian Institute of Economics of the Getulio Vargas Foundation, in 1975;
• the Superior War Course at the Escola Superior de Guerra, in 1975;
• the Update Course at the Escola Superior de Guerra, in 1980.

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