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The World Bank announced on Friday (30) that the former Minister of Education Abraham Weintraub was re-elected as executive director of the entity.
In a statement, the bank said Weintraub was re-elected by the group of countries (known as a constituency) that represents Brazil, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Haiti, Panama, the Philippines, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago. “Mr. Weintraub will serve a two-year term, starting on November 1, 2020,” he says.
Weintraub stepped down as minister in June this year and says he received an invitation, backed by Bolsonaro, to be the representative director of Brazil and eight other countries at the World Bank. The estimated annual salary is US $ 258,570, equivalent today to R $ 115.8 thousand per month without the 13th, or more than three times the current salary of the minister, of R $ 31 thousand.
The World Bank, based in Washington, is an institution that affects public exposure and controversies of any kind, especially on social media, where Weintraub was very active.
Brazil has already been represented in the organization by Pedro Malan, Murilo Portugal and Otaviano Canuto, known for their discretion and diplomacy in private and social treatment.
In July, leaf showed that Itamaraty interceded to speed up Weintraub’s entry into the US The Foreign Ministry confirmed that it interceded with the US Embassy to obtain the entry visa for the former Minister of Education.
Abraham Weintraub is investigated by the STF (Supreme Federal Court), in the framework of the investigation of fake news. During a ministerial meeting on April 22, the content of which was released by Supreme Court decision, Weintraub also said that “homeless people should be placed in jail” and “starting with the STF”.
