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Roberto Alvim | |
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| Special Secretary of Culture | |
| In office 7 November 2019 – 17 January 2020 | |
| President | Jair Bolsonaro |
| Minister | Marcelo Álvaro Antônio |
| Preceded by | Henrique Pires |
| Succeeded by | Regina Duarte |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Roberto Rego Pinheiro 1973 (age 50–51) |
Roberto Alvim is a Brazilian theatre director. He was the founder and director of the Club Noir theatre in São Paulo from 2006 to 2019.[1] Since June 18, 2019, he has served as head director of Ceacen, Center of Performing Arts, in the National Foundation of the Arts (Funarte).[1][2] On November 7, 2019[3] he was nominated Special Secretary for Culture under the auspices of the Ministry of Tourism,[4] only to be fired on January 17, 2020, after plagiarizing a speech by German Nazi politician Joseph Goebbels in a government-sanctioned video.[5][6]
- ^ a b Angeleti, Gabriella (June 20, 2019). "Bolsonaro hires far-right theatre director to lead federal arts oganisation". The Art Newspaper. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
- ^ Niklas, Jan; Maia, Gustavo (June 19, 2019). "Roberto Alvim será o diretor do Centro de Artes Cênicas da Funarte". O Globo. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
- ^ Soares, Jussara (2019-11-07). "Roberto Alvim é nomeado secretário de Cultura por Bolsonaro" [Roberto Alvim nominated secretary of Culture by Bolsonaro]. O Globo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2019-11-22. (subscription required)
- ^ "NOTA À IMPRENSA - Integração Turismo e Cultura - Ministério do Turismo" [NOTE TO THE PRESS - Tourism and Culture Integration - Ministry of Tourism] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2019-11-14. Retrieved 2019-11-22.
- ^ Cowie, Sam (2020-01-17). "Brazil culture secretary fired after echoing words of Nazi Goebbels". The Guardian. Retrieved 2020-01-17.
- ^ Vasco Cotovio; Jack Guy. "Brazil's culture secretary fired after appearing to quote Nazi leader Joseph Goebbels in a video". CNN. Retrieved 2020-01-18.