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He served as the Executive Director for the World Bank from the 15th district from 2020 to 2022, when he resigned his post in order to run in the 2022 S\u00e3o Paulo gubernatorial election.[2][3]       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Table of ContentsBiography[edit]Ministry of Education[edit]Entry[edit]Departure[edit]World Bank[edit]Controversies[edit][edit]Accusations regarding drugs in universities[edit]Emmanuel Macron[edit]Filming in class[edit]Crack conspiracy theory[edit]Spelling errors[edit]References[edit]External links[edit]Biography[edit]Weintraub was born in S\u00e3o Paulo into a Jewish father, Mauro Weintraub, and a non-Jewish mother, Mariliza Bragan\u00e7a de Vasconcelos, both doctors who studied at Faculty of Medicine of Sorocaba.[4] He is a professor at the Federal University of S\u00e3o Paulo (Unifesp), Master in Administration in Finance for Get\u00falio Vargas Foundation (FGV), and graduated in Economic Sciences at the University of S\u00e3o Paulo (USP) in 1994.[5]       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4An executive of the financial market with over 20 years of experience, he acted as the lead economist and director of Banco Votorantim and as a partner in Quest Investimentos.[6][7] He was a member of the transition team of the government of President Bolsonaro, and was Secretary-Executive of the Chief of Staff Onyx Lorenzoni.[5]He became a member of Bolsonaro’s transition cabinet in November 2018.[8]Ministry of Education[edit]Entry[edit]On 8 April 2019, Bolsonaro appointed Weintraub as the new Minister of Education, replacing Ricardo V\u00e9lez Rodr\u00edguez. Weintraub is close to Onyx Lorenzoni, the current Chief of Staff whom he previously served as Executive-Secretary.Departure[edit]On 18 June 2020, after 14 months in office, Weintraub announced his resignation from the Ministry in a video with Bolsonaro posted on social media.[7] He had been criticized for issuing statements deemed controversial,[9][10][11] as well as for mismanagement.[12][13][14]       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4On the night of June 19, before his exoneration was published, Weintraub traveled to the United States. To travel, Weintraub took advantage of the diplomatic passport conceded to ministers, due to the fact that U.S. travel restrictions related to COVID-19 barred civilians from Brazil starting on 29 May.[15][16] This was cause for controversy, as a request to the Supreme Federal Court for the apprehension of Weintraub’s passport had been filed the day before he traveled, motivated by the two open investigations against him.[17][18]On 20 June 2020, his resignation from the position of Minister of Education was published on the government’s official journal. On 23 June 2020, the resignation date was rectified to be the previous day, 19 June 2020.[19] The government also published a note stating that Weintraub’s resignation request was only formally received after he had already left the country, on June 20, and that Weintraub himself requested his resignation be retroactively changed to June 19.[20]World Bank[edit]In July 2020, Weintraub was elected as an executive director of the World Bank for a term ending on 31 October 2020.[21] Officials from the Bank have criticized Weintraub for propagating false information regarding the COVID-19 pandemic.[22] He resigned in 30 April 2022 in order to run in the 2022 S\u00e3o Paulo gubernatorial election. [23]Controversies[edit][edit]After a meeting with President Bolsonaro in March 2020, Weintraub was accused of being racist and anti-minority, when he said he did not like the term “indigenous peoples”. However, he claimed that this was as he “does not like to separate ethnic groups, and that for him there is only ‘the Brazilian people’ and not different groups in Brazil”.On April 4, 2020, Weintraub also tweeted an anti-Chinese slur, insinuating that China was responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic and that it was part of its “plan for world domination”. In the original Portuguese, his tweet substituted the letter “r” with capital “L” \u2013 “BLazil” instead of “Brazil” in a style commonly used to mock a Chinese accent. He later claimed that it was not a racial statement but an ideological statement due to his anti-communism.[10][11][24]Accusations regarding drugs in universities[edit]In November 2019, during an interview with Jornal da Cidade, Weintraub accused federal universities of cultivating cannabis and preparing methamphetamine in chemistry labs, but did not present any evidence to support his claims:[25]You get cannabis plantations, but it’s not just three cannabis trees, it’s extensive plantations of some universities, to the point of having pesticide sprayers. Because being organic is good against soy so Brazil’s agribusiness doesn’t grow, but on their weed they want all the technology available.Take chemistry labs \u2013 a chemistry faculty didn’t used to be an indoctrination center \u2013 developing synthetic drugs, methamphetamine, and the police can’t go in the campus.After the fact, 10 state deputies of Bahia presented an interpellation, questioning Weintraub’s accusations. The then-minister responded by saying that his declarations were generic and that he had no intention of accusing any specific persons. Weintraub’s statements would therefore be considered as an exercise of free speech.[26]Emmanuel Macron[edit]In August 2019, Weintraub wrote that the French people had elected a president “devoid of any character” and that Macron is “nothing but a worthless opportunist who seeks support from the French agricultural lobby”.[27]Filming in class[edit]In April 2019, Weintraub stated that the filming of teachers by students during class is a right held by the latter, calling it an “individual liberty”.[28] Responding to the minister’s statements, jurists argued that the unauthorized filming of teachers in class may violate the fundamental rights of educators, and is unconstitutional.[29]Crack conspiracy theory[edit]In a 2018 interview Weintraub claimed that crack was introduced to Brazil by communists in order to weaken the country. He also said that FARC, a Colombia guerilla movement, had been invited as honored guests to the Foro de S\u00e3o Paulo, an annual gathering of Latin American leftist parties. These comments led The Guardian to brand Weintraub as a conspiracy theorist.[30]Spelling errors[edit]On multiple occasions, the then-Minister of Education wrote incorrect or otherwise improper Portuguese, with spelling mistakes or grammatical errors, on official documents and social media. In January 2020, in a tweet to Eduardo Bolsonaro, Weintraub wrote “imprecionante” instead of “impressionante”, roughly equivalent to writing “imprecive” instead of “impressive”, in English; the tweet was later deleted by Weintraub.[31][32]References[edit]^ “Abraham Weintraub anuncia filia\u00e7\u00e3o ao Brasil 35”. Poder360 (in Portuguese). 11 February 2022. Retrieved 6 March 2022.^ “Weintraub deixa Banco Mundial para se candidatar em SP”. Poder360 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-05-24.^ “Abraham Weintraub”. 6 August 2020. Retrieved 6 August 2020.^ “Novo Ministro da Educa\u00e7\u00e3o tem liga\u00e7\u00f5es com Sorocaba”. Jornal Cruzeiro do Sul. 8 April 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2020.^ a b “Bolsonaro d\u00e1 posse a Weintraub e diz esperar jovens mais bem preparados que os pais e av\u00f3s” (in Portuguese). Minist\u00e9rio da Educa\u00e7\u00e3o. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2019.^ Shalders, Andr\u00e9; Magenta, Matheus (6 November 2018). “Governo Bolsonaro: conhe\u00e7a os integrantes da equipe de transi\u00e7\u00e3o comandada por Onyx Lorenzoni” (in Portuguese). BBC Brasil. Retrieved 15 April 2019.^ a b “Ministro da Educa\u00e7\u00e3o, Abraham Weintraub, anuncia sa\u00edda do cargo em v\u00eddeo com Bolsonaro” (in Portuguese). G1. 18 June 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2020.^ Castro, Grasielle (8 April 2019). “Bolsonaro demite V\u00e9lez e indica Abraham Weintraub para chefiar o MEC” (in Portuguese). The Huffpost. Retrieved 15 April 2019.^ Sanches, Mariana (2020-06-20). “Ideologia de G\u00eanero, ind\u00edgenas, China: as contradi\u00e7\u00f5es entre o que pensam Weintraub e o Banco Mundial” [Gender Ideology, indigenous people, China: the contradictions between what Weintraub and the World Bank think]. BBC Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-06-23.^ a b “Brazil minister offends China with ‘racist’ virus tweet”. Yahoo! News. Retrieved 2020-06-20.^ a b Chheda, Manthan (2020-04-07). “China up in arms after Brazil minister says coronavirus outbreak is part of Beijing’s plan for ‘world domination’“. International Business Times Singapore. Retrieved 2020-06-20.^ “Weintraub deixa saldo negativo e projeto sem perspectiva no Congresso”. noticias.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-06-27.^ Berm\u00fadez, Ana Carla. “Balan\u00e7a, mas n\u00e3o cai: Alvo de cr\u00edticas e pedidos de que seja cortado, Weintraub segue no MEC com gest\u00e3o marcada por erros e deboches” [Blowing hot and cold: Target of criticism and pleas for his layoff, Weintraub is still on MEC with administration stained by mistakes and mockery]. UOL (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-06-20.^ “Government threatens universities with 30% funding cut”. University World News. 2019-05-04. Retrieved 2020-06-23.^ “Ap\u00f3s usar cargo para deixar o pa\u00eds, Weintraub \u00e9 exonerado por Bolsonaro” [After using his position to leave the country, Weintraub is exonerated by Bolsonaro]. Correio Braziliense (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2020-06-20. Retrieved 2020-06-20.^ Prazeres, Leandro (2020-06-20). “Ap\u00f3s Weintraub chegar aos EUA, governo publica exonera\u00e7\u00e3o do ministro da Educa\u00e7\u00e3o” [After arriving to the US, government publishes minister of Education’s exoneration]. O Globo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-06-20.^ Salda\u00f1a, Paulo; Brant, Danielle (2020-06-20). “Bolsonaro publica demiss\u00e3o de Weintraub ap\u00f3s ex-ministro viajar para os EUA” [Bolsonaro publishes Weintraub dismissal after former minister travels to the USA]. Folha de S.Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-06-20.^ Bergamo, M\u00f4nica (2020-06-19). “Senador pede apreens\u00e3o de passaporte de Weintraub para que ele n\u00e3o saia do Brasil” [Senator requests aprehension of Weintraub’s passport so he can’t leave Brazil]. Folha de S.Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-06-20.^ Ribeiro, Luci (2020-06-23). “Governo ‘retifica’ data de exonera\u00e7\u00e3o de Abraham Weintraub” [Government ‘rectifies’ exoneration date of Abraham Weintraub]. O Estado de S.Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-06-23.^ Lindner, Julia (2020-06-19). “Governo admite que Weintraub pediu exonera\u00e7\u00e3o s\u00f3 ap\u00f3s chegar aos EUA” [Government admits Weintraub requested exoneration only after arriving in the US]. O Estado de S.Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-06-20.^ “Right-wing former Brazilian minister elected to board of World Bank”. Reuters. 31 July 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2020.^ “Funcion\u00e1rios do Banco Mundial pedem investiga\u00e7\u00e3o contra Weintraub”. ISTO\u00c9 Independente (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2021-03-11. Retrieved 2021-03-29.^ “Weintraub deixa Banco Mundial para se candidatar em SP”. Poder360 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-05-24.^ “Brazil minister quits as Supreme Court sends message to Bolsonaro”. Reuters. 2020-06-18. Retrieved 2020-06-20.^ Berm\u00fadez, Ana Carla (2019-11-22). “Sem provas, Weintraub diz que federais t\u00eam planta\u00e7\u00f5es extensivas de maconha” [Without evidence, Weintraub says federal universities have extensive cannabis plantations]. UOL (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-06-18.^ Oliveira, Mariana (2020-03-28). “STF arquiva interpela\u00e7\u00e3o ap\u00f3s Weintraub explicar fala sobre maconha em universidades” [Supreme Federal Court archives interpellation after Weintraub explains statements about cannabis in universities]. G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-06-18.^ Barcellos, Tha\u00eds. “Ministro da Educa\u00e7\u00e3o chama presidente franc\u00eas de “calhorda oportunista”“ [Minister of Education calls French president “worthless opportunist”]. UOL (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 9 December 2019.^ Agostini, Renata (28 April 2019). “Ministro da Educa\u00e7\u00e3o diz que filmar professores em aula \u00e9 direito dos alunos” [Minister of Education says filming teachers in class is a student’s right]. O Estado de S. Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 9 December 2019.^ Beraldo, Paulo (29 April 2019). “Juristas dizem que filmagem de professores viola direitos” [Jurists say filming of professors violates rights]. O Estado de S. Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 21 June 2020.^ Phillips, Dom (9 April 2019). “Brazil replaces far-right education minister with conspiracy theorist”. The Guardian. Retrieved 15 June 2019.^ “Abraham Weintraub comete mais um erro de portugu\u00eas nas redes sociais” [Abraham Weintraub makes another Portuguese mistake on social media]. CartaCapital (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2020-02-17. Retrieved 2020-06-18.^ “Ministro da Educa\u00e7\u00e3o comete erro de portugu\u00eas em rede social e depois apaga mensagem” [Minister of Education makes Portuguese mistake on social media and later deletes message]. G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2020-01-08. Retrieved 2020-06-18.External links[edit]     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki41\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki41\/abraham-weintraub-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Abraham Weintraub – Wikipedia"}}]}]