{{Short description|Brazilian political scientist (1937–2021)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Francisco Weffort | image = Francisco Weffort (4863178543) (cropped).jpg | office = Minister of Culture | president = Fernando Henrique Cardoso | term_start = 1995 | term_end = 2002 | predecessor = Luiz Roberto Nascimento Silva | successor = Gilberto Gil | birth_name = Francisco Correia Weffort | birth_date = {{birth date|1937|5|17|df=y}} | birth_place = Quatá, São Paulo, Brazil | death_date = {{death date and age|2021|8|1|1937|5|17|df=y}} | death_place = Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | occupation = Political scientist, politician, academic | spouse = Helena Severo | party = Workers' Party | alma_mater = University of São Paulo | signature = Assinatura Francisco Weffort (cropped).jpg }} '''Francisco Correia Weffort''' (17 May 1937 – 1 August 2021) was a Brazilian political scientist, academic and politician who served as the Minister of Culture from 1995 until 2002.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/humanities/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/weffort-francisco-correia-1937|title=Weffort, Francisco Correia (1937–) | Encyclopedia.com|website=www.encyclopedia.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.correiobraziliense.com.br/politica/2021/08/4941246-morre-francisco-weffort-ex-ministro-da-cultura-aos-84-anos.html|title=Morre Francisco Weffort, ex-ministro da Cultura, aos 84 anos|first='Correio|last=Braziliense'|date=2 August 2021|website=Política}}</ref> He was a member of the Workers' Party. He was also a professor at the University of São Paulo.
Weffort was born in 1937 in Quatá, São Paulo. He was educated at the University of São Paulo. Weffort was married to Helena Severo and had four children.
Weffort died on 1 August 2021, at a hospital in Rio de Janeiro, aged 84.<ref name=death>[https://www.correiobraziliense.com.br/politica/2021/08/4941246-morre-francisco-weffort-ex-ministro-da-cultura-aos-84-anos.html Morre Francisco Weffort, ex-ministro da Cultura, aos 84 anos] {{in lang|pt}}</ref> He had undergone heart surgery at the time of his death.<ref name=death/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://br.noticias.yahoo.com/morre-francisco-weffort-o-professor-171700294.html|title=Morre Francisco Weffort, o professor que pensava a democracia no Brasil|first=Mônica|last=Bergamo|date=2 August 2021|website=Yahoo!}}</ref>
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