Alexandre Padilha

Alexandre Padilha
Minister of Health
Assumed office
10 March 2025
PresidentLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded byNísia Trindade
In office
1 January 2011 – 2 February 2014
PresidentDilma Rousseff
Preceded byJosé Gomes Temporão
Succeeded byArthur Chioro
Federal Deputy
Assumed office
1 February 2019[a]
ConstituencySão Paulo
Secretary of Institutional Affairs
In office
1 January 2023 – 10 March 2025
PresidentLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded byPepe Vargas
Succeeded byGleisi Hoffmann
In office
28 September 2009 – 31 December 2010
PresidentLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded byJosé Múcio
Succeeded byLuiz Sérgio de Oliveira
Municipal Secretary of Health of São Paulo
In office
14 August 2015 – 31 December 2016
MayorFernando Haddad
Preceded byJosé Filippi Júnior
Succeeded byWilson Pollara
Personal details
Born
Alexandre Rocha Santos Padilha

(1971-09-14) 14 September 1971
São Paulo, Brazil
Political partyPT (since 1988)
Spouse
Thássia Alves
(m. 2012)
Alma materState University of Campinas
University of São Paulo
ProfessionPhysician

Alexandre Rocha Santos Padilha (Brazilian Portuguese: [aleˈʃɐ̃dɾi ˈʁɔʃɐ ˈsɐ̃tus paˈdʒiʎɐ]; born 14 September 1971) is a Brazilian physician and politician affiliated with the Workers Party (PT).[2] 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.[3] He unsuccessfully ran for governor of São Paulo state in the 2014 election.[4] On 1 January 2023, he was once again named Secretary of Institutional Affairs by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who reinstated the office.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Juliano, Galisi. "Quem é Alexandre da Padilha, novo ministro da Saúde do governo Lula". Estadão (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 May 2025.
  2. ^ HEALTH Can we build a new health system? by Dr. Adib Jatene in "The Brazilian Economy" MARCH 2012 • vol. 4 • nº 3
  3. ^ Journalist writes that Cuban doctors arriving in Brazil came on “slave planes.” Archived 14 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine by "Black Women of Brazil"
  4. ^ Rousseff takes lead in Brazil election poll By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON, BRAD BROOKS Associated Press on 30 September 2014
  5. ^ "Diário Oficial da União de 1 de janeiro de 2023" (in Portuguese). Imprensa Nacional. Retrieved 1 January 2023.

Notes

  1. ^ Since 2023, Padilha has taken a leave of absence from his parliamentary duties to serve as Secretary of Institutional Affairs, and since March 2025, as Minister of Health.[1]