Jaques Wagner
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50th Governor of Bahia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 1 January 2007 – 1 January 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vice Governor |
Edmundo Santos (2007–11) Otto Alencar (2011–15) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Paulo Souto | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Rui Costa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born |
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 16 March 1951||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Political party | PT (Since 1980) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse(s) |
Fátima Mendonça (m. 1990) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (dropped out) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | Passivo (Passive) |
Jaques Wagner (born 16 March 1951) is a Brazilian politician who was Governor of Bahia from 2007 to 2015[1] and Minister of Defence[2] 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.[3][4]
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.
External links
- 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
Political offices | ||
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Preceded by Aldo Rebelo |
Minister of Institutional Affairs 2005–2006 |
Succeeded by Tarso Genro |
Preceded by Paulo Jobim Filho |
Minister of Labour and Employment 2003–2004 |
Succeeded by Ricardo Berzoini |
Preceded by Paulo Souto |
Governor of Bahia 2007–2015 |
Succeeded by Rui Costa |
Preceded by Celso Amorim |
Minister of Defence 2015 |
Succeeded by Aldo Rebelo |
Preceded by Aloizio Mercadante |
Chief of Staff of the Presidency 2015–2016 |
Succeeded by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva |
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