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In 2015 and 2016, a series of protests in Brazil denounced corruption and the government of President Dilma Rousseff, [31] triggered by revelations that numerous politicians allegedly accepted bribes connected to contracts at state-owned energy company Petrobras between 2003 and 2010 and connected to the Workers' Party, [32] while Rousseff chaired the company's board of directors.
Petrobras sponsored the Brazilian Série A from 2009 to 2012. [80] Petrobras was a secondary sponsor for the AT&T Williams F1 Team from 1998 to 2008 and signed again with Williams F1 from 2014 onwards. [81] From 2018, Petrobras left Williams and sponsored McLaren, but cancelled their sponsorship at the end of 2019.
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, who chaired the board of Petrobras from 2003 to 2010, denied knowledge of any wrongdoing. [44] The Brazilian Supreme Court authorized the investigation of 48 current and former legislators, including former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva , in March 2016. [ 20 ]
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The head of Brazil’s state-controlled oil and gas giant Petrobras has stepped down, the company said Wednesday, following months of tensions with the federal government. Petrobras opted not to ...
The Brazilian state removes Petrobras' (PBR) chief executive officer, Joaquim Silva e Luna, from his post following a political outrage over the hike in fuel prices in the country.
José Eduardo de Barros Dutra (11 April 1957 – 4 October 2015) was a Brazilian businessman, geologist and politician. He joined Petrobras in 1983, and was CEO from 2003 to 2005. From 2007 to 2009, Dutra led the fuel distribution unit at Petrobras. He was elected president of the Workers' Party in 2009, then returned to the company in 2012.
This is a list of presidents of the Brazilian petroleum company Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras). [1] Presidents of the company are appointed by the Federal Government, represented by the President of Brazil. The Federal Government is the main shareholder and the name of the president must be approved by the common shareholders assembly ...