Antonio Palocci
Antonio Palocci (born October 4, 1960 in Ribeirão Preto , São Paulo ) is a Brazilian politician of the Partido dos Trabalhadores . He was a member of parliament, finance minister and head of cabinet.
Life
Palocci has a degree in medicine from the University of São Paulo . From January 1, 2003 to March 27, 2006, he was his country's finance minister in the cabinet of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva . In the wake of the Mensalão scandal , his housekeeper said he had seen the minister handing over money and celebrating with prostitutes . Without a legal basis, the ministry broke the housekeeper’s banking secrecy and a weekly magazine published information that the housekeeper had been bribed by the opposition to incriminate the finance minister. At the same time, the ministry initiated a money laundering process against the housekeeper. It then emerged that the reporter responsible for the article is the son of an advisor to the minister and the household's accounts did not confirm the allegations. President Lula dismissed the minister.
Palocci was a member of the Brazilian parliament from 2006 to 2010.
Under Dilma Rousseff he held the office of head of cabinet. He resigned from this post on June 7, 2011 on allegations of illegal enrichment, although the Prosecutor General dropped his case on the same day. According to the allegations, he is said to have increased his wealth twentyfold during his parliamentary term.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Head of cabinet resigns after corruption scandal. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . June 8, 2011, Retrieved June 8, 2011 .
- ↑ See also: Cabinet Rousseff I
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Palocci, Antonio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian politician (Partido dos Trabalhadores) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th October 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ribeirão Preto , São Paulo |