Waldir Pires

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Waldir Pires


Minister of Defence of Brazil
In office 31 March 2006 – 25 July 2007
President	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded by	José Alencar
Succeeded by	Nelson Jobim
41st Governor of Bahia
In office 15 March 1987 – 14 May 1989
Preceded by	João Durval Carneiro
Succeeded by	Nilo Moraes Coelho
Minister of Social Security
In office 15 March 1985 – 13 February 1986
Preceded by	Jarbas Passarinho
Succeeded by	Raphael de Almeida Magalhães

Personal details
Born	(1926-10-21)21 October 1926 Acajutiba, Brazil
Died	22 June 2018(2018-06-22) (aged 91) Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
Political party	PT, PSDB, PDT, PMDB, PSD
Profession	Lawyer, Politician

Francisco Waldir Pires de Souza (21 October 1926 – 22 June 2018) was a Brazilian politician. He served as the Minister of Defence under President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva,^[1] before being fired for gross incompetence and inaction during Brazil's aviation crisis of 2006–2007.^[2] At the time of the crisis, he was accused by some^[who?] in Brazil of nearing senility. He was replaced by former Supreme Court President Nelson Jobim. He presided over the Brazilian Mission to Haiti.

References

^ List of Historical Brazilian Minister of Defence from the official Defence Ministry Website (in Portuguese)
^ Brazil's defence minister fired, BBC News, 25 July 2007.

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