Reinhold Stephanes

Reinhold Stephanes (born August 13, 1939, Porto União) is a Brazilian economist and politician affiliated with the Social Democratic Party, who is currently serving as the Secretary of Public Management of Paraná. He was Minister of Agriculture, Labor and Social Security during the Collor, Fernando Henrique Cardoso and Lula administrations.

Personal life A descendant of Germans, Reinhold Stephanes is the son of Oswald Stephanes and Lili Schumann Poll Stephanes, farmers from Paraná.

Public life In 1963, he was technical assistant in administration to the Central Budget Directory of the Paraná state government. He allegedly continued to use the airfare quota to which he was entitled as a deputy, after being appointed minister, despite Act 42 of the Bureau of the House of Representatives, from 2000, stating that deputies cannot use the quota while their alternates are in office.