| Roberto Freire | |
| Office: | Cidadania National President |
| Term Start: | 26 January 1992 |
| Term End: | 9 September 2023 |
| Successor: | Comte Bittencourt |
| Office1: | Minister of Culture |
| Term Start1: | 23 November 2016 |
| Term End1: | 22 May 2017 |
| President1: | Michel Temer |
| Predecessor1: | Marcelo Calero |
| Successor1: | João Batista de Andrade (acting) |
| Office2: | Member of the Chamber of Deputies |
| Term Start2: | 20 March 2015 |
| Term End2: | 1 February 2019 |
| Constituency2: | São Paulo |
| Term Start3: | 1 February 2011 |
| Term End3: | 1 February 2015 |
| Constituency3: | São Paulo |
| Term Start4: | 1 February 2003 |
| Term End4: | 1 February 2007 |
| Constituency4: | Pernambuco |
| Term Start5: | 1 February 1979 |
| Term End5: | 1 February 1995 |
| Constituency5: | Pernambuco |
| Office6: | Senator for Pernambuco |
| Term Start6: | 1 February 1995 |
| Term End6: | 1 February 2003 |
| Office7: | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Pernambuco |
| Term Start7: | 1 February 1975 |
| Term End7: | 1 February 1979 |
| Constituency7: | At-large |
| Birth Name: | Roberto João Pereira Freire |
| Birth Date: | 20 April 1942 |
| Birth Place: | Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil |
| Party: | Independent (2023–present) |
| Profession: | Lawyer |
Roberto João Pereira Freire (born 20 April 1942) is a Brazilian lawyer and politician.
Freire was born in Recife. He is the president of Cidadania, former Federal Deputy,[1] [2] and former Minister of Culture appointed by president Michel Temer.[3] He resigned from the office on 18 May 2017[4]
Roberto Freire resigned as minister, due to his involvement with the crimes found in the Operation Car Wash.
The biggest implicated company, Odebrecht kept an entire department to coordinate the payment of bribe to politicians. In the Car Wash Operation, officers seized several electronic spreadsheets linking the payments to nicknames. Every corrupt politician received a nickname based on physical characteristics, public trajectory, personal infos, owned cars/boats, origin place or generic preferences. Roberto Freire's nickname was 'Curitiba', alusing the city with same name.[5]
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