Fernando Henrique Cardoso

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Fernando Henrique Cardoso (Brazilian Portuguese: [feʁˈnɐ̃du ẽˈʁiki kaʁˈdozu] ; born 18 June 1931), also known by his initials FHC (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˌɛfjaɡaˈse] ), is a Brazilian sociologist, professor, and politician who served as the 34th president of Brazil from 1 January 1995 to 1 January 2003. He was the first Brazilian president to be reelected for a subsequent term. An accomplished scholar of dependency theory noted for his research on slavery and political theory, Cardoso has earned many honors including the Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation (2000) and the Kluge Prize from the US Library of Congress (2012). A native of the city of Rio de Janeiro, he moved with his family to the city of São Paulo, where, in 1953, he married anthropologist and fellow university student Ruth Vilaça Correia Leite, with whom he had three children. FHC earned a degree in Sociology from the University of São Paulo and later became a professor emeritus at the same institution....

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