Waldir Pires

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Francisco Waldir Pires de Sousa (Acajutiba, October 21, 1926) is a politician of Brazil. He is the former Minister of Defence for President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva,[1] He was fired due to gross incompetence and inaction during Brazil's aviation crisis of 2006-2007 [2]. He was replaced by Former Supreme Court President Nelson Jobim[3]

Preceded by
José Alencar		 Minister of Defence of Brazil
2006-2007		 Succeeded by
Nelson Jobim

[edit] References

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