Abraham Weintraub
Abraham Weintraub | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Weintraub in 2019 | |
| World Bank Group Executive Director from the 15th district | |
| In office 3 August 2020 – 30 April 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Otaviano Canuto |
| Minister of Education | |
| In office 8 April 2019 – 20 June 2020 | |
| President | Jair Bolsonaro |
| Preceded by | Ricardo Vélez Rodríguez |
| Succeeded by | Milton Ribeiro |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Abraham Bragança de Vasconcellos Weintraub 11 October 1971 São Paulo, Brazil |
| Political party | PMB (2022–present)[a] |
| Alma mater | |
Abraham Bragança de Vasconcellos Weintraub (born 11 October 1971) is a Brazilian economist and investment banker. He served as Brazil's Minister of Education from 2019 to 2020 under President Jair Bolsonaro. After that, he was an Executive Director at the World Bank from 2020 to 2022.[2][3]
Weintraub was born in São Paulo.[4] Both of his parents were doctors. He is a professor at a federal university and has worked in the financial market for more than 20 years.[5][6][7]
Controversies
[change | change source]During his time as Minister of Education, Weintraub was involved in several controversies:
- He made comments that were seen as racist and anti-minority.[8][9]
- He accused federal universities, claimed that illegal drugs were produced in federal universities.[10][11]
- He publicly insulted the wife of the French President, Emmanuel Macron.[12]
- He was also involved in a controversy over a Wikipedia page about himself, where his office tried to have the page deleted. A court later ruled against him in a lawsuit.[13][14][15]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Brasil 35 (2022–present): Party renaming pending approval by the Superior Electoral Court.[1]
- ↑ "Abraham Weintraub anuncia filiação ao Brasil 35". Poder360 (in Portuguese). 11 February 2022. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ↑ "Weintraub deixa Banco Mundial para se candidatar em SP". Poder360 (in Brazilian Portuguese). April 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
- ↑ "Abraham Weintraub". 6 August 2020. Archived from the original on 18 August 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ↑ "Novo Ministro da Educação tem ligações com Sorocaba". Jornal Cruzeiro do Sul. 8 April 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
- ↑ "Bolsonaro dá posse a Weintraub e diz esperar jovens mais bem preparados que os pais e avós" (in Portuguese). Ministério da Educação. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ↑ Shalders, André; Magenta, Matheus (6 November 2018). "Governo Bolsonaro: conheça os integrantes da equipe de transição comandada por Onyx Lorenzoni" (in Portuguese). BBC Brasil. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ↑ "Ministro da Educação, Abraham Weintraub, anuncia saída do cargo em vídeo com Bolsonaro" (in Portuguese). G1. 18 June 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
- ↑ "Brazil minister offends China with 'racist' virus tweet". Yahoo! News. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
- ↑ "Brazil minister quits as Supreme Court sends message to Bolsonaro". Reuters. 18 June 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
- ↑ Bermúdez, Ana Carla (22 November 2019). "Sem provas, Weintraub diz que federais têm plantações extensivas de maconha" [Without evidence, Weintraub says federal universities have extensive cannabis plantations]. UOL (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 18 June 2020.
- ↑ Oliveira, Mariana (28 March 2020). "STF arquiva interpelação após Weintraub explicar fala sobre maconha em universidades" [Supreme Federal Court archives interpellation after Weintraub explains statements about cannabis in universities]. G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 18 June 2020.
- ↑ Barcellos, Thaís. "Ministro da Educação chama presidente francês de "calhorda oportunista"" [Minister of Education calls French president "worthless opportunist"]. UOL (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 9 December 2019.
- ↑ Prudenciano, Gregory (3 July 2019). "MEC tenta excluir perfil de Weintraub na Wikipédia alegando 'interpretações dúbias'". Estadão (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 17 July 2024.
- ↑ Maia, Dhiego (9 September 2019). "Weintraub usa MEC em guerra contra Wikipédia para controlar seu verbete". Folha de S.Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 30 December 2024.
- ↑ Bermúdez, Ana Carla (19 September 2019). "A luta de editores da Wikipédia para evitar Ctrl+Z no verbete de Weintraub". UOL (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 30 December 2024.