Ricardo Vélez Rodríguez

Former Minister of Education of Brazil

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Ricardo Vélez Rodríguez


Minister of Education
In office 1 January 2019 – 8 April 2019
President	Jair Bolsonaro
Preceded by	Rossieli Soares
Succeeded by	Abraham Weintraub

Personal details
Born	(1943-11-15) 15 November 1943 (age 80) Bogotá, Colombia
Alma mater	Pontifical Xavierian University Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro Gama Filho University

Ricardo Vélez Rodríguez (born 15 November 1943) is a Colombian-Brazilian philosopher^[1] and former Minister of Education of Brazil.

Biography

Rodríguez was born in 1943 in Bogotá, Colombia. He received a degree in Philosophy from the Pontifical Xavierian University in 1963, and in 1967 received a degree in Theology from the Bogotá Seminar. In 1974 he received a master's degree from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro and in 1982 received a doctorate in philosophy from Universidade Gama Filho.^[2]^[1]

He is a professor of religion at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora.^[3] Rodríguez is a fierce critic of the Workers' Party, the Brazilian National High School Exam, and is a proponent of the "Escola sem Partido" ("Nonpartisan School") project.^[4] His political views have been described as far-right.^[5] He had been recommended by the philosopher Olavo de Carvalho.^[6]

On 22 November 2018, Brazilian President-elect Jair Bolsonaro announced that Rodríguez would serve as Brazil's Minister of Education in the coming administration.^[7] He took office on 1 January 2019.

References

^ ^a ^b "Ricardo Vélez Rodríguez". Ensayistas.org. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
^ "Ricardo Vélez Rodríguez". Escavador.com. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
^ "Ricardo Vélez Rodríguez". Videeditorial.com.br. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
^ "Após bancada evangélica vetar educador, Bolsonaro anuncia colombiano para Educação - Política". Politica.estadao.com.br. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
^ Venturini, Lilian (23 November 2018). "Este é o futuro ministro da Educação. E estas são suas ideias" [This is the future Minister of Education. And these are his ideas.]. Nexo Jornal (in Portuguese). Retrieved 23 January 2019.
^ "'Sou irresistível', diz Olavo de Carvalho sobre ter emplacado dois novos ministros". Oglobo.globo.com. 23 November 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
^ "Ricardo Vélez Rodríguez será o novo ministro da Educação". Exame.abril.com.br. 22 November 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2019.

Political offices
Preceded by Rossieli Soares	Minister of Education 2019	Succeeded by Abraham Weintraub

Cabinet of Jair Bolsonaro (2019–2022)

Cabinet
Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply	Tereza Cristina (2019–2022) Mauro Montes (2022)
Minister of Citizenship	Osmar Terra (2019–2020) Onyx Lorenzoni (2020–2021) João Roma (2021–2022) Ronaldo Bento (2022)
Minister of Communications	Fábio Faria (2020–2022)
Minister of Defence	Fernando Azevedo e Silva (2019–2021) Walter Souza Braga Netto (2021–2022) Paulo Sérgio Nogueira de Oliveira (2022)
Minister of Economics	Paulo Guedes (2019–2022)
Minister of Education	Ricardo Vélez Rodríguez (2019) Abraham Weintraub (2019–2020) Milton Ribeiro (2020–2022) Victor Godoy (2022)
Minister of the Environment	Ricardo Salles (2019–2021) Joaquim Alvaro Pereira Leite (2021–2022)
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Ernesto Araújo (2019–2021) Carlos Alberto França (2021–2022)
Minister of Health	Luiz Henrique Mandetta (2019–2020) Nelson Teich (2020) Eduardo Pazuello (2020–2021) Marcelo Queiroga (2021–2022)
Minister of Infrastructure	Tarcísio Gomes de Freitas (2019–2022) Marcelo Sampaio (2022)
Minister of Justice and Public Security	Sérgio Moro (2019–2020) André Mendonça (2020–2021) Anderson Torres (2021–2022)
Minister of Labour and Social Security	Onyx Lorenzoni (2021–2022) José Carlos Oliveira (2022)
Minister of Mines and Energy	Bento Costa Lima (2019–2022) Adolfo Sachsida (2022)
Minister of Regional Development	Gustavo Canuto (2019–2020) Rogério Marinho (2020–2022) Daniel de Oliveira (2022)
Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation	Marcos Pontes (2019–2022) Paulo Alvim (2022)
Minister of Tourism	Marcelo Álvaro Antônio (2019–20) Gilson Machado (2020–2022) Carlos Brito (2022)
Minister of Women, Families and Human Rights	Damares Alves (2019–2022) Cristiane Britto (2022)

Cabinet-level
Vice President	Hamilton Mourão (2019–2022)
Chief of Staff	Onyx Lorenzoni (2019–2020) Walter Souza Braga Netto (2020–2021) Luiz Eduardo Ramos (2021) Ciro Nogueira Lima Filho (2021–2022)
Attorney General	André Mendonça (2019–2020) José Levi do Amaral (2020–2021) André Mendonça (2021–21) Bruno Bianco (2021–2022)
Comptroller General	Wagner de Campos Rosário (2019–2022)
Secretary of Government	Santos Cruz (2019) Luiz Eduardo Ramos (2019–2021) Flávia Arruda (2021–2022) Célio Faria Júnior (2022)
Secretary of Institutional Security	Augusto Heleno (2019–2022)
Secretary-General of the Presidency	Gustavo Bebianno (2019) Floriano Peixoto Vieira Neto (2019) Jorge Oliveira (2019–2020) Onyx Lorenzoni (2021) Luiz Eduardo Ramos (2021–2022)