Romero Jucá Filho (; born 30 November 1954) is a Brazilian politician and economist. He represented

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in the Federal Senate for 24 years, from 1995 to 2019. Previously, he was governor of Roraima from 1988 to 1990.Romero Jucá: Índio não vota
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Luigi Eusebi, 1991, Edições Loyola, páginas 44-46. He is a member of MDB. On 5 April 2016, he became the president of the MDB, succeeding

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. In the past, Jucá and other family members were the owners of two television stations in Roraima, TV Caburaí and TV Imperial.

Secret recording

On 23 May 2016, a secret recording emerged of minister Jucá, who is under investigation in the multibillion-dollar kickback scheme at state oil company

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, discussing a purported pact to stall a huge corruption probe that has engulfed much of the nation. The secret tape also revealed him plotting to topple

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. After the newspaper ''

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'', highly critical of Rousseff, posted an editorial urging the

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to fire his right-hand man, Temer accepted the temporary departure of his minister."Brazil Interim Gov't Under Fire in Wake of Leaked Recording"
. "THE ASSOCIATED PRESSMAN",''

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'' (2016)

References

Living people 1954 births Politicians from Recife Brazilian Social Democracy Party politicians Democratic Social Party politicians Brazilian Democratic Movement politicians Governors of Roraima Members of the Federal Senate (Brazil) {{Brazil-Senator-stub