Jaques Wagner (born 16 March 1951) is a Brazilian politician who was

Governor A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...

Bahia Bahia ( , , ; meaning "bay") is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region of the country. It is the fourth-largest Brazilian state by population (after São Paulo, Minas Gerais, and Rio de Janeiro) and the 5th-larges ...

from 2007 to 2015 and

Minister of Defence A defence minister or minister of defence is a cabinet official position in charge of a ministry of defense, which regulates the armed forces in sovereign states. The role of a defence minister varies considerably from country to country; in som ...

in 2015. Wagner, whose parents were

Jewish Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...

immigrants from Poland, was born in

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...

in 1951. In his youth, he was a member of the Labor Zionist youth organization

Habonim Dror Habonim Dror ( he, הַבּוֹנִים דְּרוֹר, "the builders–freedom") is the evolution of two Jewish Labour Zionist youth movements that merged in 1982. Habonim ( he, הַבּוֹנִים, "the builders") was founded in 1929 in th ...

. He was a founding member of the Workers' Party (PT), as well as the

Central Única dos Trabalhadores Central Única dos Trabalhadores ( en, Unified Workers' Central), commonly known by the acronym CUT, is the main national trade union center in Brazil. History CUT was formed on 28 August 1983 in São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo, during the Fi ...

(CUT), a union which has organized more than seven million members. He won reelection in the 2010 Bahia gubernatorial election. Since 2019, he serves as a

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for the state of Bahia.

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External links

Jaques Wagner - Candidato a reeleição - Governador da Bahia

Jaques Wagner

Reeleição Jaques Wagner

1951 births Living people Governors of Bahia Workers' Party (Brazil) politicians Jewish Brazilian politicians Jewish socialists Government ministers of Brazil Brazilian people of Polish-Jewish descent Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil) from Bahia Defence ministers of Brazil Chiefs of Staff of Brazil {{Brazil-politician-stub