Jaques Wagner
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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.
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Senator for Bahia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assumed office 1 February 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Roberto Muniz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | (1951-03-16) 16 March 1951 (age 73) 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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]