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Alexandre Padilha
Brazilian physician and politician / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alexandre Rocha Santos Padilha is a Brazilian physician and politician affiliated with the Workers Party (PT).[1] He serves as minister of Institutional Relations in the current government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a position he previously held from 2009 to 2011. He served as minister of health under Dilma Rousseff from 2011 to 2014.[2] He unsuccessfully ran for governor of São Paulo state in the 2014 election.[3] On 1 January 2023, he was once again named Secretary of Institutional Affairs by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who reinstated the office.[4]
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Alexandre Padilha | |
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Secretary of Institutional Affairs | |
Assumed office 1 January 2023 | |
President | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva |
Preceded by | Pepe Vargas (2015) |
Federal Deputy from São Paulo | |
Assumed office 1 February 2019 | |
Municipal Secretary of Health of São Paulo | |
In office 14 August 2015 – 1 January 2017 | |
Mayor | Fernando Haddad |
Preceded by | José de Filippi Júnior |
Succeeded by | Wilson Pollara |
Minister of Health | |
In office 1 January 2011 – 2 February 2014 | |
President | Dilma Rousseff |
Preceded by | José Gomes Temporão |
Succeeded by | Arthur Chioro |
Secretary of Institutional Affairs | |
In office 28 September 2009 – 1 January 2011 | |
President | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva |
Preceded by | José Múcio Monteiro |
Succeeded by | Luiz Sérgio de Oliveira |
Personal details | |
Born | (1971-09-14) 14 September 1971 (age 52) São Paulo, Brazil |
Political party | PT (1988–present) |
Spouse |
Thaissa Alves (m. 2012) |
Occupation | Physician, Statesman |
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