Jaques Wagner

Jaques Wagner
Senator for Bahia
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 February 2019
Preceded byRoberto Muniz
Previous positions
50th Governor of Bahia
In office
1 January 2007 – 31 December 2014
Vice GovernorEdmundo Santos (2007–2010)
Otto Alencar (2011–2014)
Preceded byPaulo Souto
Succeeded byRui Costa
Chief of Staff of the Presidency
In office
2 October 2015 – 16 March 2016
PresidentDilma Rousseff
Preceded byAloizio Mercadante
Succeeded byEliseu Padilha
Minister of Defence
In office
1 January 2015 – 2 October 2015
PresidentDilma Rousseff
Preceded byCelso Amorim
Succeeded byAldo Rebelo
Minister of Institutional Affairs
In office
20 July 2005 – 31 March 2006
PresidentLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded byAldo Rebelo
Succeeded byTarso Genro
Minister of Labour and Employment
In office
1 January 2003 – 23 January 2004
PresidentLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded byPaulo Jobim Filho
Succeeded byRicardo Berzoini
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
1 February 1991 – 1 January 2003
ConstituencyBahia
Personal details
Born (1951-03-16) 16 March 1951
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
PartyPT (1980–present)
Spouse
Fátima Mendonça
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(m. 1990)​
Alma materPontifical 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

  1. ^ "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)
  2. ^ "Jewish governor named Brazil's minister of defense". The Times of Israel. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  3. ^ "Governador - Governo do Estado da Bahia". Governador da Bahia (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 27 December 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  4. ^ "Jacques Wagner named Brazilian minister of defense". Haaretz. Haaretz. 27 December 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  5. ^ "Jaques Wagner". Federal Senate. Retrieved February 6, 2019.

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