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Decotelli confirms his resignation from the Ministry of Education.

According to CNN, the minister's resignation was motivated by FGV's denial that Decotelli had been a professor at the institution.

Carlos Alberto Decotelli da Silva (Photo: Marcelo Casal Jr/Agência Brasil)

247 - Carlos Alberto Decotelli confirmed, in an interview with William Waack of CNN, that he is leaving the Ministry of Education. According to the broadcaster, the reason for the minister's departure was FGV's denial that Decotelli had been a professor at the institution.

Throughout this Tuesday (29) it was widely reported that Decotelli prepared a resignation letter. to deliver the request to Bolsonaro, and that the head of the Executive branch would accept it. The minister was appointed to the position, but never even took office.

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.

Olavists are already pressuring Bolsonaro to reclaim the account at the Ministry of Education (MEC), under the name of Ilona Becskeházy.