Murílio de Avellar Hingel

Murílio de Avellar Hingel was a Brazilian geographer and politician. An independent, he served as Minister of Education from 1992 to 1995.
Hingel died in France on 4 October 2023, at the age of 90.

Biography

Descendent of Germans and Portuguese, he graduated in geography and history from the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora.
He was Minister of Education in the Itamar Franco government from 1 October 1992 to 1 January 1995. In 1993, Hingel was admitted by President Itamar Franco to the Order of Military Merit at the rank of Special Grand Officer. He was awarded the title of honoris causa by the Federal University of Pelotas in 2008.