Carlos Alberto Chiarelli, Former Education Minister of Brazil, Dies at 85

Overview

• He died Friday in a Pelotas hospital at age 85, with confirmation from the Pelotas city government and his family.
• The wake begins at 4 p.m. local time Friday at Cemitério Parque in Pelotas, with burial scheduled for 9 a.m. Saturday at Memorial Pelotas.
• He served as Brazil’s education minister from 1990 to 1991 and as minister extraordinary for Latin American integration from 1991 to 1992 in the Collor administration.
• His legislative career included a term as federal deputy for ARENA from 1979 to 1983 and service as a senator for the PDS from 1983 to 1991.
• In Rio Grande do Sul, he held labor-related secretarial posts and later became vice-rector of the Catholic University of Pelotas, and the family had not disclosed the cause of death at the time of reporting.