<p>Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's pick for education minister quit on Tuesday, in a storm over irregularities in his curriculum vitae just five days after he was appointed and before he was sworn in.</p>.<p>Economist Carlos Decotelli's resume included a doctorate and post-doctoral work that were not completed, according to reports in the Brazilian media.</p>.<p>Decotelli told journalists on Monday he had explained the "inconsistencies" to the president. He was also accused of plagiarism in his masters degree thesis, which he denied.</p>.<p>Decotelli told newspaper Folha de S.Paulo newspaper on Tuesday that he would not take the job and his swearing-in ceremony, scheduled for Tuesday, had not taken place.</p>.<p>Bolsonaro had praised Decotelli's academic achievements when he announced the appointment on Thursday. The president's office did not reply to a request for comment on Tuesday.</p>.<p>The first Black minister named to Bolsonaro's cabinet, Decotelli was a professor at Brazil's naval academy, a military connection that led him to back Bolsonaro's election campaign in 2018 and he become involved in the transition team.</p>.<p>Decotelli was Bolsonaro's third education minister since his term began in January last year. The first served for just three months and the second, Abraham Weintraub, for 14 months.</p>.<p>Bolsonaro's ideologically conservative backers consider the education ministry key to their efforts to reinforce Christian family values and roll back what they call years of Marxist influence on education in Brazil.</p>.<p>Weintraub, one of the loudest right-wing ideologues in Bolsonaro's cabinet, resigned last week, a target of a Supreme Court probe after the release of a videotape in which he called its judges "bums" who should be jailed.</p>.<p>Bolsonaro nominated Weintraub to be an executive director at the World Bank and he left Brazil for the United States on June 19 even before his resignation became official.</p>
<p>Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's pick for education minister quit on Tuesday, in a storm over irregularities in his curriculum vitae just five days after he was appointed and before he was sworn in.</p>.<p>Economist Carlos Decotelli's resume included a doctorate and post-doctoral work that were not completed, according to reports in the Brazilian media.</p>.<p>Decotelli told journalists on Monday he had explained the "inconsistencies" to the president. He was also accused of plagiarism in his masters degree thesis, which he denied.</p>.<p>Decotelli told newspaper Folha de S.Paulo newspaper on Tuesday that he would not take the job and his swearing-in ceremony, scheduled for Tuesday, had not taken place.</p>.<p>Bolsonaro had praised Decotelli's academic achievements when he announced the appointment on Thursday. The president's office did not reply to a request for comment on Tuesday.</p>.<p>The first Black minister named to Bolsonaro's cabinet, Decotelli was a professor at Brazil's naval academy, a military connection that led him to back Bolsonaro's election campaign in 2018 and he become involved in the transition team.</p>.<p>Decotelli was Bolsonaro's third education minister since his term began in January last year. The first served for just three months and the second, Abraham Weintraub, for 14 months.</p>.<p>Bolsonaro's ideologically conservative backers consider the education ministry key to their efforts to reinforce Christian family values and roll back what they call years of Marxist influence on education in Brazil.</p>.<p>Weintraub, one of the loudest right-wing ideologues in Bolsonaro's cabinet, resigned last week, a target of a Supreme Court probe after the release of a videotape in which he called its judges "bums" who should be jailed.</p>.<p>Bolsonaro nominated Weintraub to be an executive director at the World Bank and he left Brazil for the United States on June 19 even before his resignation became official.</p>