Abraham Weintraub

Abraham Bragança de Vasconcellos Weintraub (born 11 October 1971) is a Brazilian economist and investment banker. He served as Brazil's Minister of Education from 2019 to 2020 under President Jair Bolsonaro. After that, he was an Executive Director at the World Bank from 2020 to 2022.

Weintraub was born in São Paulo. Both of his parents were doctors. He is a professor at a federal university and has worked in the financial market for more than 20 years.

 Controversies 
During his time as Minister of Education, Weintraub was involved in several controversies:
 He made comments that were seen as racist and anti-minority.
 He accused federal universities, claimed that illegal drugs were produced in federal universities.
 He publicly insulted the wife of the French President, Emmanuel Macron.
 He was also involved in a controversy over a Wikipedia page about himself, where his office tried to have the page deleted. A court later ruled against him in a lawsuit.

 References 

Category:1971 births
Category:Living people
Category:People from São Paulo