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Waldir Pires
Brazilian lawyer and politician, former governor of the state of Bahia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Francisco Waldir Pires de Souza (21 October 1926 – 22 June 2018) was a Brazilian politician. He served as Minister of Defence under President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva,[1] before being fired in 2007.[2] From 1987 to 1989, he served as Governor of Bahia. He was born in Acajutiba, Brazil.
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Pires died on 22 June 2018 in Rio de Janeiro of multiple organ failure at the age of 91.[3]