Francisco Correia Weffort (17 May 1937 – 1 August 2021) was a Brazilian political scientist, academic and politician who served as the

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from 1995 until 2002. He was a member of the

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. He was also a professor at the

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. Weffort was born in 1937 in Quatá,

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. He was educated at the

. Weffort was married to Helena Severo and had four children. Weffort died on 1 August 2021, at a hospital in

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, aged 84.Morre Francisco Weffort, ex-ministro da Cultura, aos 84 anos
He had undergone heart surgery at the time of his death.

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