What is Francisco Weffort?
[[File:Francisco Weffort (4863178543) (cropped).jpg|right|200px]] [[File:Assinatura Francisco Weffort (cropped).jpg|right|200px]] '''Francisco Correia Weffort''' (17 May 1937 &ndash; 1 August 2021) was a Brazilian academic, political scientist and politician. He was born in [[Quatá]], [[São Paulo (state)|São Paulo]]. Weffort was a professor at the [[Universidade de São Paulo]]. He was also the [[Ministry of Culture (Brazil)|Minister of Culture]] from 1995 until 2002 during the [[Fernando Henrique Cardoso]] presidency. Weffort died on 1 August 2021 at a hospital in [[Petrópolis]], [[Rio de Janeiro (state)|Rio de Janeiro]] from [[heart]] [[surgery]]-related problems, aged 84.<ref>[https://www.correiobraziliense.com.br/politica/2021/08/4941246-morre-francisco-weffort-ex-ministro-da-cultura-aos-84-anos.html Morre Francisco Weffort, ex-ministro da Cultura, aos 84 anos] {{in lang|pt}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Weffort, Francisco}} [[Category:1937 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Brazilian academics]] [[Category:Political scientists]] [[Category:Brazilian writers]] [[Category:Politicians from São Paulo (state)]] {{bio-stub}}