Bolsonaro accepts Decotelli's resignation request.
Worn down by allegations of fraud in his academic record, Carlos Alberto Decotelli submitted his resignation letter as head of the Ministry of Education in a meeting with Jair Bolsonaro this afternoon. The Presidential Palace is evaluating potential replacements.
247 - The Minister of Education, Carlos Alberto Decotell, He resigned from his position. On Tuesday, the 30th, in a meeting with Jair Bolsonaro. According to CNN Brazil, Bolsonaro accepted the request and is arranging the announcement of his replacement.
Decotelli's appointment was published in the Official Gazette of the Union last Thursday (25), but he did not take office, which was scheduled for this Tuesday (30) and had already been postponed. The revelations that Decotelli falsified his resume, with non-existent doctorate (in Argentina) and post-doctorates (in Germany) were the reason for the postponement. He was also accused of doing plagiarism in your master's thesis.
This Monday (29) it was revealed that Decotelli, He did not study for two years at the University of Wuppertal in Germany, as reported by the Ministry of Education (MEC) and as stated in his Lattes CV on the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq). The German institution clarified to the O Globo portal that... the minister He conducted research at the university for a period of three months in 2016, but did not complete any postdoctoral program.
The rector of the National University of RosarioIn Argentina, Franco Bartolacci denied on Twitter this Friday (26) that Brazil's new Minister of Education, Carlos Alberto Decotelli da Silva, has a doctorate from the institution.