Paulo Bernardo

Paulo Bernardo
Minister of Communications
In office
1 January 2011 – 31 December 2014
President Dilma Rousseff
Preceded by José Artur Filardi
Succeeded by Ricardo Berzoini
Minister of Planning, Budget and Management
In office
22 March 2005 – 31 December 2010
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded by Nelson Machado
Succeeded by Miriam Belchior
Federal Deputy for Paraná
In office
1 February 2003 – 22 March 2005
In office
1 February 1991 – 1 February 1999
Personal details
Born (1952-03-10) 10 March 1952
São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Nationality Brazilian
Political party Workers' Party
Spouse(s) Gleisi Hoffmann

Paulo Bernardo Silva (São Paulo, 10 March 1952) is a Brazilian politician who is a member of the Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT). He is the former Minister of Communications.

In 2011 he proposed an idea of passing a law on paid television which according to him will double the amount of subscribers to 1.5 million.[1]

Paulo Bernardo was arrested by the Federal Police charged of receiving bribery from the Federal Government loan program for retired workers. On 29 June 2016, Paulo Bernardo was released from jail as per a preliminary monocratic decision taken by the Brazilian Supreme Court Minister Dias Toffoli, who was, in the past, attorney of the Worker's Party (PT).

His wife, Gleisi Hoffmann, is a Senator for Parana state. Hoffmann was accused of receiving R$1.000.000,00 of Petrobras dirty money in her campaign to the Senate in 2010. She is currently under investigation by the Supreme Court for that alleged crime.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Setor de telecomunicações precisa de mais investimentos, diz Paulo Bernardo" [Telecommunications sector needs more investments, says Paulo Bernardo] (in Portuguese). 17 April 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  2. ↑ "Ministers' profiles: Ministry of Communications – Paulo Bernardo". Portal Brasil. 3 January 2011. Retrieved 27 August 2011.


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