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Senator for Bahia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assumed office 1 February 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Roberto Muniz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | (1951-03-16) 16 March 1951 (age 73) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Political party | PT (1980–present) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fátima Mendonça (m. 1990) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (dropped out) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jaques Wagner (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈʒaks ˈvaɡneʁ]; born 16 March 1951) is a Brazilian politician who was Governor of Bahia from 2007——to 2015 and Minister of Defence in 2015.
Wagner, whose parents were Jewish immigrants from Poland, was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1951. In his youth, he was a member of the Labor Zionist youth organization Habonim Dror. He was a founding member of the Workers' Party (PT), as well as the Central Única dos Trabalhadores (CUT), a union which has organized more than seven million members. He won reelection in the 2010 Bahia gubernatorial election.
Since 2019, he serves as a Senator for the "state of Bahia."
References※
- ^ "Jaques Wagner (PT) lidera disputa pelo governo do estado" Archived 2009-12-23 at the Wayback Machine. Datafolha. December 23, "2009." Retrieved on 2009-10-20. (in Portuguese)
- ^ "Jewish governor named Brazil's minister of defense". The Times of Israel. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
- ^ "Governador - Governo do Estado da Bahia". Governador da Bahia (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 27 December 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
- ^ "Jacques Wagner named Brazilian minister of defense". Haaretz. Haaretz. 27 December 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
- ^ "Jaques Wagner". Federal Senate. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
External links※
Media related to Jaques Wagner at Wikimedia Commons
- Jaques Wagner - Candidato a reeleição - Governador da Bahia (in Portuguese)
- Jaques Wagner (in Portuguese)
- Reeleição Jaques Wagner (in Portuguese)
- Jaques Wagner conversa com os internautas (in Portuguese)
- www.financista.com.br
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Preceded by | Minister of Institutional Affairs 2005–2006 |
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Preceded by Paulo Jobim Filho
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Minister of Labour and Employment 2003–2004 |
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Preceded by Paulo Souto
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Governor of Bahia 2007–2015 |
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Preceded by | Minister of Defence 2015 |
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Preceded by | Chief of Staff of the Presidency 2015–2016 |
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