Paulo Bernardo
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Paulo Bernardo | |
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Minister of Communications | |
In office 1 January 2011 – 31 December 2014 | |
President | Dilma Rousseff |
Preceded by | José Artur Filardi |
Succeeded by | Ricardo Berzoini |
Minister of Planning, Budget and Management | |
In office 22 March 2005 – 31 December 2010 | |
President | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva |
Preceded by | Nelson Machado |
Succeeded by | Miriam Belchior |
Federal Deputy for Paraná | |
In office 1 February 2003 – 22 March 2005 | |
In office 1 February 1991 – 1 February 1999 | |
Personal details | |
Born | São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil | 10 March 1952
Nationality | Brazilian |
Political party | Workers' Party |
Spouse(s) | Gleisi Hoffmann |
Paulo Bernardo Silva (born 10 March 1952, São Paulo) is a Brazilian politician who is a member of the Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT). He is the former Minister of Communications.
In 2011 he proposed an idea of passing a law on paid television which according to him will double the amount of subscribers to 1.5 million.[1]
Paulo Bernardo was arrested by the Federal Police charged of receiving bribery from the Federal Government loan program for retired workers. On 29 June 2016, Paulo Bernardo was released from jail as per a preliminary monocratic decision taken by the Brazilian Supreme Court Minister Dias Toffoli, who was, in the past, attorney of the Worker's Party (PT).
His wife, Gleisi Hoffmann, is a Senator for Parana state. Hoffmann was accused of receiving R$1.000.000,00 of Petrobras dirty money in her campaign to the Senate in 2010. She is currently under investigation by the Supreme Court for that alleged crime.[2]
References
- ^ "Setor de telecomunicações precisa de mais investimentos, diz Paulo Bernardo" [Telecommunications sector needs more investments, says Paulo Bernardo] (in Portuguese). 17 April 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- ^ "Ministers' profiles: Ministry of Communications – Paulo Bernardo". Portal Brasil. 3 January 2011. Retrieved 27 August 2011.[dead link]
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