Roberto_Freire_(politician)

Roberto Freire (politician)

Roberto Freire (politician)

Brazilian politician

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Pereira and the second or paternal family name is Freire.

Roberto João Pereira Freire (born 20 April 1942) is a Brazilian lawyer and politician.

Quick Facts Cidadania National President, Succeeded by ...

Freire was born in Recife. He is the president of Cidadania, former Federal Deputy,[1][2] and former Minister of Culture appointed by president Michel Temer.[3] He resigned from the office on 18 May 2017[4]

Car Wash Scandal

Roberto Freire resigned as minister, due to his involvement with the crimes found in the Operation Car Wash.

The biggest implicated company, Odebrecht kept an entire department to coordinate the payment of bribe to politicians. In the Car Wash Operation, officers seized several electronic spreadsheets linking the payments to nicknames. Every corrupt politician received a nickname based on physical characteristics, public trajectory, personal infos, owned cars/boats, origin place or generic preferences. Roberto Freire's nickname was 'Curitiba', alusing the city with same name.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    Luciana Nunes Leal (26 June 2010). "Roberto Freire critica oposição do DEM à Álvaro Dias". O Estado de S. Paulo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 6 February 2011.
  2. [2]
    "Freire: Jarbas está no projeto nacional". JC Online (in Portuguese). 5 October 2010. Archived from the original on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
  3. [3]
    Luciana Amaral (18 November 2016). "Deputado Roberto Freire é anunciado novo ministro da Cultura" (in Portuguese). G1. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
  4. [4]
    Barretto, Eduardo (18 May 2017). "Ministro da Cultura pede demissão do cargo" (in Portuguese). O Globo. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  5. [5]
    "Apelidos de políticos na Odebrecht: quem é quem". G1. 16 April 2017.
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