Gilberto Occhi
Minister Gilberto Occhi in 2015
Minister of Health
In office
2 April 2018 – 1 January 2019
PresidentMichel Temer
Preceded byRicardo Barros
Succeeded byLuiz Henrique Mandetta
President of the Caixa Econômica Federal
In office
1 June 2016 – 2 April 2018
MinisterHenrique Meirelles
Preceded byMiriam Belchior
Succeeded byNelson Antônio de Souza
Minister of National Integration
In office
1 January 2015 – 13 April 2016
PresidentDilma Rousseff
Preceded byFrancisco Teixeira
Succeeded byJosélio de Andrade Moura (Acting)
Ministry of Cities
In office
17 March 2014 – 1 January 2015
PresidentDilma Rousseff
Preceded byAguinaldo Ribeiro
Succeeded byGilberto Kassab
Personal details
Born
Gilberto Magalhães Occhi

(1958-07-24) 24 July 1958
Ubá, MG, Brazil
Political partyPP
ProfessionLawyer

Gilberto Magalhães Occhi (born 24 July 1958) is a Brazilian lawyer and politician member of the Progressistas (PP). He was Minister of Cities and of National Integration during the government of president Dilma Rousseff.

On 1 June 2016, then acting president Michel Temer nominated Occhi president of the Brazilian public bank Caixa Econômica Federal.[1] Occhi left the presidency of the bank after he was nominated Minister of Health by president Temer, to substitute Ricardo Barros, who was running for reelection as federal deputy.[2]

Biography

On 29 December 2014, he was confirmed as new Minister of National Integration of the second cabinet of Dilma Rousseff.[3] On 13 April 2016, he resigned after his party, the Progressive Party, decided to support the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff.[4][5]

In October 2017, the Minister of Finance Henrique Meirelles and Occhi discussed about Caixa's statute reform. The reunion had as main theme the approval of a new statute of the bank. The changes want to turn the bank administration more transparent and adapt the financial institution to the rules provided in the State Companies Law.[6]

Yet in October 2017, Occhi was cited in the plea of the financial operator Lúcio Funaro to the Prosecutor-General of the Republic (PGR). In his testimony, Funaro defended that Gilberto Occhi had, at the time he was vice-president of Government of the financial institution, a "monthly goal" of bribes to "produce" and distribute to politicians of the Progressive Party. By his press advisor, Occhi informed that "[he] strongly deny" what was said by Lúcio Funaro about his person.[7][8]

References

  1. ↑ "Diário Oficial publica nomeações dos presidentes da Caixa, do BNDES e Ipea" (in Portuguese). Agência Brasil. 1 June 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  2. ↑ "Gilberto Occhi assume Ministério da Saúde com o compromisso de avançar na gestão eficiente do SUS" (in Portuguese). Ministério da Saúde. 2 April 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  3. ↑ "Gilberto Occhi vai para o Ministério da Integração Nacional" (in Portuguese). Agência Nacional. 29 December 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  4. ↑ "Gilberto Occhi, do PP, pede exoneração do Ministério da Integração Nacional" (in Portuguese). Época. 13 April 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  5. ↑ "PP desembarca do Governo e enfraquece ainda mais Dilma na Câmara" (in Portuguese). El País. 13 April 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  6. ↑ "Meirelles e Occhi discutem reforma do estatuto da Caixa" (in Portuguese). Agência Brasil. 6 October 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  7. ↑ "Occhi tinha 'meta mensal' de propina para distribuir a políticos do PP com dinheiro da Caixa, diz Funaro" (in Portuguese). G1. 14 October 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  8. ↑ "Funaro cita 'meta de propina' do presidente da Caixa para o PP" (in Portuguese). Estadão. 14 October 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
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