Former INPE Director Will Assume MCTI

Hello reader!

It follows one communicates published on the day (01/19) in the website of the National Institute for Space Research (INPE)  informing that former INPE Director will assume the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation of Brazil - Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação (MCTI).

Duda Falcão

Former INPE Director Will Assume MCTI

Thursday, January 19, 2012

The current president of the Brazilian Space Agency (AEB), Marco Antônio Raupp, will be the new Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI), as announced latest Wednesday (01/18) by the president of Brazil.

Raupp was director of the Brazilian National Institute for Space Research (INPE), also president of the Brazilian Society for Science Advancement (SBPC) and director of the Technological Park of São José dos Campos (SP).

Graduated in physics for the University of Rio Grande do Sul and PhD in mathematics for the University of Chicago, Raupp will assume MCTI on Tuesday (01/24) in place of Aloizio Mercadante, appointed as new Brazilian Minister of Education.

Source: Website of the National Institute for Space Research (INPE)