Roberto Freire
Freire at the Senate Education, Culture and Sports Commission in April 2017
Cidadania National President
In office
26 January 1992 – 9 September 2023
Succeeded byComte Bittencourt
Minister of Culture
In office
23 November 2016 – 22 May 2017
PresidentMichel Temer
Preceded byMarcelo Calero
Succeeded byJoão Batista de Andrade (acting)
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
20 March 2015 – 1 February 2019
ConstituencySão Paulo
In office
1 February 2011 – 1 February 2015
ConstituencySão Paulo
In office
1 February 2003 – 1 February 2007
ConstituencyPernambuco
In office
1 February 1979 – 1 February 1995
ConstituencyPernambuco
Senator for Pernambuco
In office
1 February 1995 – 1 February 2003
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Pernambuco
In office
1 February 1975 – 1 February 1979
ConstituencyAt-large
Personal details
Born
Roberto João Pereira Freire

(1942-04-20) 20 April 1942 (age 81)
Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Political partyIndependent (2023–present)
Other political
affiliations
ProfessionLawyer

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

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. ^ 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. ^ "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. ^ Luciana Amaral (18 November 2016). "Deputado Roberto Freire é anunciado novo ministro da Cultura" (in Portuguese). G1. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
  4. ^ Barretto, Eduardo (18 May 2017). "Ministro da Cultura pede demissão do cargo" (in Portuguese). O Globo. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  5. ^ "Apelidos de políticos na Odebrecht: quem é quem". G1. 16 April 2017.
Political offices Preceded byMarcelo Calero Minister of Culture 2016–2017 Succeeded byJoão Batista de Andrade (acting) Party political offices New political party Cidadania National President 1992–2023 Succeeded byComte Bittencourt


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