Francisco Weffort

Francisco Correia Weffort (17 May 1937 – 1 August 2021) was a Brazilian academic, political scientist and politician. He was born in Quatá, São Paulo. Weffort was a professor at the Universidade de São Paulo. He was also the Minister of Culture from 1995 until 2002 during the Fernando Henrique Cardoso presidency.

Weffort died on 1 August 2021 at a hospital in Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro from heart surgery-related problems, aged 84.