Armando Monteiro (politician)

For other people name Armando Monteiro, see Armando Monteiro (disambiguation).

Armando Monteiro (born 24 February 1952) is a Brazilian politician and lawyer. He has represented Pernambuco in the Federal Senate from 2011 to 2019.^[1] He was the Minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade from 2015 to 2016, during the second term of president Dilma Rousseff.^[2] Previously he was a Deputy for Pernambuco from 1999 to 2011. He is a member of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party.^[3]

Armando Monteiro
Senator
In office 1 February 2011 – 1 February 2019
Constituency	Pernambuco
Minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade
In office 1 January 2015 – 9 May 2016
President	Dilma Rousseff
Preceded by	Mauro Borges Lemos
Succeeded by	Marcos Pereira
Federal Deputy
In office 1 January 1999 – 31 January 2011
Constituency	Pernambuco
Personal details
Born	(1952-02-24) 24 February 1952 (age 72) Recife, Pernambuco
Political party	PODE (2023–present)
Other political affiliations	PSDB (2022–2023) PTB (2003–2020) PMDB (1997–2003) PSDB (1990–1997)
Alma mater	Fundação Getulio Vargas
Profession	Lawyer

Monteiro is the son of the late Armando Monteiro Filho, who served as Minister of Agriculture of Brazil from 1961 to 1962.^[4]

References

1. "Senador Armando Monteiro". Federal Senate. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
2. "Dilma Rousseff anuncia Armando Monteiro para o Ministério do Desenvolvimento". Agência Brasil. 1 December 2014.
3. Monteiro, Renata (5 March 2021). "Armando Monteiro se filia ao PSDB e Raquel Lyra assume a presidência da sigla em Pernambuco". JC (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 16 June 2022.
4. "Ex-ministro Armando Monteiro Filho morre aos 92 anos, no Recife". GloboNews. 2 January 2018. Archived from the original on 2 January 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2018.