1. Ricardo de Aquino Salles was born on 8 June 1975 and is a Brazilian politician who has served as Minister of the Environment from 1 January 2019 to 23 June 2021, under President Jair Bolsonaro.
11 Facts About Ricardo Salles
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Ricardo Salles was born in Morumbi, Sao Paulo to a family of lawyers.
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Ricardo Salles received his law degree from the Mackenzie Presbyterian University, did postgraduate studies at the universities of Coimbra and Lisbon, and studied business administration at Fundacao Getulio Vargas.
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In 2019, after Yale confirmed that Ricardo Salles never studied there, he then alleged that the information was incorrectly provided by an aide.
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In 2006 Ricardo Salles co-founded the Movimento Endireita Brasil.
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Ricardo Salles was a candidate for state deputy in 2010 as a member of the Democrats, receiving 25,000 votes but failing to be elected.
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Ricardo Salles was a candidate for federal deputy in the 2018 elections, but was not elected, receiving 36,603 votes.
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Since 2017, Ricardo Salles is the subject of a probe by Sao Paulo state prosecutors for violating environmental laws.
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Ricardo Salles is accused of altering the management plan for a protected area in the Tiete River with the "clear intention of benefiting economic sectors"; Salles has maintained his innocence and said that the evidence of the case "corroborates his position".
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Ricardo Salles is being investigated for possible administrative misconduct for ordering the removal of a bust of Carlos Lamarca from the Rio Turvo State Park in Sao Paulo, during his tenure as state environmental secretary.
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Ricardo Salles has been criticized both in Brazil and internationally for relaxing regulations in favor of economic interests of the country's agribusiness, increasing deforestation of the Amazon rainforest and aggravating its consequences, like the 2019 wildfires, which prompted many calls for his resignation.