What is Carlos Lessa?
[[file:Carlos Lessa.jpg|thumb|Carlos Lessa]] '''Carlos Francisco Theodoro Machado Ribeiro de Lessa''', better known simply as '''Carlos Lessa''' (July 30, 1936 – June 5, 2020) was a Brazilian economist and professor. He was born in [[Rio de Janeiro]].<ref name=ihu>{{cite news |first1=Graziela |last1=Wolfart |first2=Greyce |last2=Vargas |first3=Rafaela |last3=Kley |title=EDIÇÃO 344 21 SETEMBRO 2010 Carlos Lessa |url=http://www.ihuonline.unisinos.br/artigo/3529-perfil-7 |work=Instituto Humanitas Unisinos |access-date=June 10, 2020}}</ref> From 2002 to 2003, he was [[Rector (academia)|Rector]] of the [[Federal University of Rio de Janeiro]]. Between 2003 to 2004, Lessa was President of the [[Brazilian Development Bank]]. Lessa died on June 5, 2020 in Rio de Janeiro from [[COVID-19]], aged 83.<ref name=g1>{{cite news |title=Morre o economista Carlos Lessa, ex-reitor da UFRJ e ex-presidente do BNDES |url=https://g1.globo.com/rj/rio-de-janeiro/noticia/2020/06/05/morre-o-economista-carlos-lessa.ghtml |work=[[G1 (website)|G1]] |access-date=June 10, 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lessa, Carlos}} [[Category:1936 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Rio de Janeiro]] [[Category:Businesspeople from Rio de Janeiro]] [[Category:Brazilian economists]] [[Category:Scientists from Rio de Janeiro]] [[Category:Academics of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro]]