Jaques Wagner

Jaques Wagner
Minister of Defence
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 January 2015
President Dilma Rousseff
Preceded by Celso Amorim
50th Governor of Bahia
In office
1 January 2007 – 1 January 2015
Lieutenant Edmundo Santos
Otto Alencar
Preceded by Paulo Souto
Succeeded by Rui Costa
Chief Minister of the Department of
Institutional Relations
In office
20 July 2005 – 31 March 2006
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded by Office created
Succeeded by Tarso Genro
Minister of Labour and Employment
In office
1 January 2003 – 23 January 2004
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded by Paulo Jobim Filho
Succeeded by Ricardo Berzoini
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
1 February 1991 – 1 February 1999
Constituency Bahia
Personal details
Born 16 March 1951
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Nationality Brazilian
Political party Workers' Party
Spouse(s) Fátima Mendonça
Alma mater Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (never finished)
Occupation Politician
Religion Judaism[1]

Jaques Wagner (born March 16, 1951, in Rio de Janeiro) to Jewish immigrants from Poland,[2] is a Brazilian politician, and the current defense minister. He was governor of the state of Bahia from 2007 to 2015.[3] 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 7 million members. He won reelection in the 2010 Bahia gubernatorial election.[4]

As of December 31, 2014 he has been named the Brazilian federal government's Minister of Defense.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Jewish governor named Brazil’s minister of defense". The Times of Israel. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  2. ↑ "Jewish governor named Brazil’s minister of defense". The Times of Israel. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "Jaques Wagner (PT) lidera disputa pelo governo do estado". Datafolha. December 23, 2009. Retrieved on 2009-10-20. (Portuguese)
  4. ↑ "Governador - Governo do Estado da Bahia". Governador da Bahia (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  5. ↑ "Jacques Wagner named Brazilian minister of defense". Haaretz. Haaretz. 27 December 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2014.

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