Gilberto Occhi
{{short description|Brazilian lawyer and politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Gilberto Occhi
|image = CMMC - Comissão Mista Permanente sobre Mudanças Climáticas (17590127446).jpg
|caption = Minister Gilberto Occhi in 2015
|office = Minister of Health
|term_start = 2 April 2018
|term_end = 1 January 2019
|president = Michel Temer
|predecessor = Ricardo Barros
|successor = Luiz Henrique Mandetta
|office1 = President of the Caixa Econômica Federal
|term_start1 = 1 June 2016
|term_end1 = 2 April 2018
|1blankname1 = Minister
|1namedata1 = Henrique Meirelles
|predecessor1 = Miriam Belchior
|successor1 = Nelson Antônio de Souza
|office2 = Minister of National Integration
|term_start2 = 1 January 2015
|term_end2 = 13 April 2016
|president2 = Dilma Rousseff
|predecessor2 = Francisco Teixeira
|successor2 = Josélio de Andrade Moura {{small|(Acting)}}
|office3 = Ministry of Cities
|term_start3 = 17 March 2014
|term_end3 = 1 January 2015
|president3 = Dilma Rousseff
|predecessor3 = Aguinaldo Ribeiro
|successor3 = Gilberto Kassab
|birth_name = Gilberto Magalhães Occhi
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1958|7|24|df=y}}
|birth_place = Ubá, MG, Brazil
|party = PP
|profession = Lawyer
}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/politica/noticia/2016-06/diario-oficial-publica-nomeacoes-dos-presidentes-da-caixa-bndes-e-do-ipea|title=Diário Oficial publica nomeações dos presidentes da Caixa, do BNDES e Ipea|publisher=Agência Brasil|language=pt|date=1 June 2016|accessdate=20 November 2018}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://portalms.saude.gov.br/noticias/agencia-saude/42928-gilberto-occhi-assume-ministerio-da-saude-com-o-compromisso-de-avancar-na-gestao-eficiente-no-sus|title=Gilberto Occhi assume Ministério da Saúde com o compromisso de avançar na gestão eficiente do SUS|publisher=Ministério da Saúde|language=pt|date=2 April 2018|accessdate=20 November 2018}}
Biography
On 29 December 2014, he was confirmed as new Minister of National Integration of the second cabinet of Dilma Rousseff.{{cite web|url=http://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/politica/noticia/2014-12/gilberto-occhi-vai-para-o-ministerio-da-integracao-nacional|title=Gilberto Occhi vai para o Ministério da Integração Nacional|publisher=Agência Nacional|language=pt|date=29 December 2014|accessdate=20 November 2018}} On 13 April 2016, he resigned after his party, the Progressive Party, decided to support the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff.{{cite web|url=https://epoca.globo.com/tempo/noticia/2016/04/gilberto-occhi-do-pp-pede-exoneracao-do-ministerio-da-integracao-nacional.html|title=Gilberto Occhi, do PP, pede exoneração do Ministério da Integração Nacional|publisher=Época|language=pt|date=13 April 2016|accessdate=20 November 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://brasil.elpais.com/brasil/2016/04/12/politica/1460490184_222652.html|title=PP desembarca do Governo e enfraquece ainda mais Dilma na Câmara|publisher=El País|language=pt|date=13 April 2016|accessdate=20 November 2018}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/economia/noticia/2017-10/meirelles-e-occhi-discutem-reforma-do-estatuto-da-caixa|title=Meirelles e Occhi discutem reforma do estatuto da Caixa|publisher=Agência Brasil|language=pt|date=6 October 2017|accessdate=20 November 2018}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://g1.globo.com/politica/operacao-lava-jato/noticia/occhi-tinha-meta-mensal-de-propina-para-distribuir-a-politicos-do-pp-com-dinheiro-da-caixa-diz-funaro.ghtml|title=Occhi tinha 'meta mensal' de propina para distribuir a políticos do PP com dinheiro da Caixa, diz Funaro|publisher=G1|language=pt|date=14 October 2017|accessdate=20 November 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://politica.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,funaro-cita-meta-de-propina-do-presidente-da-caixa-para-o-pp,70002045021|title=Funaro cita 'meta de propina' do presidente da Caixa para o PP|publisher=Estadão|language=pt|date=14 October 2017|accessdate=20 November 2018|url-access=limited}}
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Category:Government ministers of Brazil
Category:Progressistas politicians