Orlando Silva de Jesus Júnior

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Orlando Silva de Jesus Júnior (2006)

Orlando Silva de Jesus Júnior or Orlando Silva for short (born May 27, 1971 in Salvador da Bahia ) is a Brazilian politician. He was his country's sports minister from 2006 to 2011. Orlando Silva is a member of the Partido Comunista do Brasil .

Minister of Sport

On April 3, 2006, Orlando Silva took office as Minister of Sports under President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva . As such, he was responsible for the 2014 World Cup . In response, he resigned on October 26, 2011, on charges of accepting bribes. The Supremo Tribunal Federal (Supreme Federal Court of Brazil) previously announced that it would start an investigation into the matter. The allegations were initiated by João Dias Ferreira, a former police officer. The latter claimed that Silva had personally accepted money from him that was supposed to come from a program for sports projects to support children from poor areas and should have been taken away. In 2006 Silva is said to have signed papers that put him in direct connection with João Dias Ferreira. Silva rejected all allegations. He was the fifth cabinet member since the presidency of Dilma Rousseff , who had to resign on allegations of corruption.

Further political activity

From January 1, 2013 to January 31, 2015, Orlando Silva moved up to the city council of São Paulo, because he was not elected in the 2012 local elections with the 79th rank, but received a deputy. As of February 1, 2015, following the 2014 elections in Brazil, he became a federal representative for the state of São Paulo in the Chamber of Deputies of the National Congress .

Web links

Commons : Orlando Silva de Jesus Júnior  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Brazil's Minister of Sport resigns. In: ORF . October 27, 2011, accessed October 27, 2011 .
  2. ^ A b Josef Oehrlein: Children's sports program as a source for bribes? In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . October 26, 2011, accessed October 27, 2011 .
  3. ↑ Orlando Silva - 65100 , website Eleições Brasil, Eleições 2012. Retrieved June 3, 2017 (Portuguese).
  4. ↑ Gustavo Uribe: Ex-ministro Orlando Silva assume cargo de vereador em São Paulo In: O Globo, November 28, 2012. Accessed June 3, 2017 (Portuguese).
personal data
SURNAME Silva de Jesus Júnior, Orlando
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Silva, Orlando
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian politician
DATE OF BIRTH May 27, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Salvador da Bahia