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Senator forBahia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assumed office 1 February 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Roberto Muniz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | (1951-03-16)16 March 1951 (age 74) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Political party | PT (1980–present) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alma mater | Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro(dropped out) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jaques Wagner (Brazilian Portuguese:[ˈʒaksˈvaɡneʁ]; born 16 March 1951) is a Brazilian politician who wasGovernor ofBahia from 2007 to 2015[1] andMinister of Defence[2] in 2015.
Wagner, whose parents wereJewish immigrants from Poland, was born inRio de Janeiro in 1951. In his youth, he was a member of theLabor Zionist youth organizationHabonim Dror. He was a founding member of theWorkers' Party (PT), as well as theCentral Única dos Trabalhadores (CUT), aunion which has organized more than seven million members. He won reelection in the2010 Bahia gubernatorial election.[3][4]
Since 2019, he serves as aSenator for the state of Bahia.[5]
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Preceded by | Minister of Institutional Affairs 2005–2006 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by Paulo Jobim Filho | Minister of Labour and Employment 2003–2004 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by Paulo Souto | Governor of Bahia 2007–2015 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Minister of Defence 2015 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Chief of Staff of the Presidency 2015–2016 | Succeeded by |
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