# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/waldir-pires
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:28:12.433Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/waldir-pires"
name: "Waldir Pires"
slug: "waldir-pires"
description: "Francisco Waldir Pires de Souza was a Brazilian politician. He served as the Minister of Defence under President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, before being fired for gross incompetence and inaction during Brazil's aviation crisis of 2006–2007. At the time of the crisis, he was accused by some in Brazil of nearing senility. He was replaced by former Supreme Court President Nelson Jobim. He presided over the Brazilian Mission to Haiti."
tagline: "Brazilian lawyer and politician, former governor of the state of Bahia (1926–2018)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Waldir_Pires1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Brazil"
  isoCode: "BR"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1926-10-21"
deathDate: "2018-06-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.47
  momentum:             0.4054054054054053
  historical:           8.759217333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldir_Pires"
    title: "Waldir Pires"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B2_(%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A)"
    title: "والدير بيريز (سياسي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D9%BE%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "والدير پيريس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldir_Pires"
    title: "Waldir Pires"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldir_Pires"
    title: "Waldir Pires"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldir_Pires"
    title: "Waldir Pires"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldir_Pires"
    title: "Waldir Pires"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldir_Pires"
    title: "Waldir Pires"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldir_Pires"
    title: "Waldir Pires"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldir_Pires"
    title: "Waldir Pires"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2420629"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump