Jaques Wagner (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈʒaks ˈvaɡneʁ]; born 16 March 1951) is a Brazilian politician who was Governor of Bahia from 2007 to 2015[1] and Minister of Defence[2] in 2015.

Wagner, whose parents were Jewish immigrants from Poland, was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1951.

He was a founding member of the Workers' Party (PT), as well as the Central Única dos Trabalhadores (CUT), a union which has organized more than seven million members.

He won reelection in the 2010 Bahia gubernatorial election.

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