Jaques Wagner
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| Senator for Bahia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 1 February 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Roberto Muniz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 16 March 1951 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[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]
Since 2019, he serves as a Senator for the state of Bahia.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "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
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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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