Bento Costa Lima

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Brazilian admiral

Born

Bento Costa Lima Leite de Albuquerque Júnior

(1958-08-03) 3 August 1958 (age 66)
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Bento Albuquerque


Minister of Mines and Energy
In office 1 January 2019 – 11 May 2022
President	Jair Bolsonaro
Preceded by	Moreira Franco
Succeeded by	Adolfo Sachsida

Personal details
Born	Bento Costa Lima Leite de Albuquerque Júnior (1958-08-03) 3 August 1958 (age 66) Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Alma mater	Brazilian Naval School
Military service
Allegiance	Brazil
Branch/service	Brazilian Navy
Rank	Admiral

Bento Costa Lima Leite de Alburquerque Júnior (born 3 August 1958) is a Brazilian admiral who had served as Minister of Mines and Energy.

Joined the Brazilian Navy in 1973, occupied many offices in the institution. Among them, as military observer in the UN Peacekeeping Missions in the sectors of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Dubrovnik, in the former Yugoslavia, Commander in the Submarine Base Admiral Castro e Silva, Commander-in-Chief of the Squad and Secretary of Science, Technology and Innovation of the Brazilian Navy.

Headed the Division of Technology of the Staff in 2006, which later became the Secretariat of Science, Technology and Innovation of the Navy. Between 2007 and 2008, he became parliamentary chief-assistant of the Navy Commander Cabinet, participating in the agreements of strategic partnership of the Program of Development of Submarines (Prosub) between France and Brazil.^[1]

Later, Albuquerque became Commander of the Submarine Force and Chief of Staff of the Navy Commander. In 2016, headed the General Directory of Nuclear and Technological Development of the Navy. Current, became the new Minister of Mines and Energy,^[2]

On 18 March 2020, Costa Lima had tested positive for COVID-19.^[3]

Medals and awards

During his career, Admiral Bento received many medals in awards, being some of them:^[4]

Order of the Naval Merit - Commander
Order of Defence Merit - Commander
Order of Military Merit - Commander
Order of Aeronautical Merit - Commander
Order of the Military Judiciary Merit - High Distinction

References

↑ "ENTREVISTA: Almirante Bento Costa Lima Leite de Albuquerque Jr" (in Portuguese). Marinha do Brasil. 7 November 2017. Archived from the original on 1 December 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
↑ Mazui, Guilherme (30 November 2018). "Bolsonaro anuncia almirante Bento Costa Lima como futuro ministro de Minas e Energia" (in Portuguese). G1. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
↑ Lis, Lais (18 March 2020). "Ministro de Minas e Energia Bento Albuquerque tem o novo coronavírus, diz Bolsonaro" (in Portuguese). G1. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
↑ Moreira, Roberto (6 July 2018). "Almirante de Esquadra Bento Costa Lima Leite de Albuquerque Junior abordará na FIEC os TemasL: "Programa Nuclear da Marinha" e o "Programa de Desenvolvimento de Submarinos"" (in Portuguese). Diário do Nordeste. Archived from the original on 30 November 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2020.

Political offices
Preceded by Moreira Franco	Minister of Mines and Energy 2019–2022	Succeeded by Adolfo Sachsida

Cabinet of Jair Bolsonaro (2019–2022)

Cabinet
Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply	Tereza Cristina (2019–2022) Marcos Montes (2022)
Minister of Citizenship	Osmar Terra (2019–2020) Onyx Lorenzoni (2020–2021) João Roma (2021–2022) Ronaldo Bento (2022)
Minister of Communications	Fábio Faria (2020–2022)
Minister of Defence	Fernando Azevedo e Silva (2019–2021) Walter Souza Braga Netto (2021–2022) Paulo Sérgio Nogueira de Oliveira (2022)
Minister of Economics	Paulo Guedes (2019–2022)
Minister of Education	Ricardo Vélez Rodríguez (2019) Abraham Weintraub (2019–2020) Milton Ribeiro (2020–2022) Victor Godoy (2022)
Minister of the Environment	Ricardo Salles (2019–2021) Joaquim Alvaro Pereira Leite (2021–2022)
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Ernesto Araújo (2019–2021) Carlos Alberto França (2021–2022)
Minister of Health	Luiz Henrique Mandetta (2019–2020) Nelson Teich (2020) Eduardo Pazuello (2020–2021) Marcelo Queiroga (2021–2022)
Minister of Infrastructure	Tarcísio Gomes de Freitas (2019–2022) Marcelo Sampaio (2022)
Minister of Justice and Public Security	Sergio Moro (2019–2020) André Mendonça (2020–2021) Anderson Torres (2021–2022)
Minister of Labour and Social Security	Onyx Lorenzoni (2021–2022) José Carlos Oliveira (2022)
Minister of Mines and Energy	Bento Costa Lima (2019–2022) Adolfo Sachsida (2022)
Minister of Regional Development	Gustavo Canuto (2019–2020) Rogério Marinho (2020–2022) Daniel de Oliveira (2022)
Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation	Marcos Pontes (2019–2022) Paulo Alvim (2022)
Minister of Tourism	Marcelo Álvaro Antônio (2019–20) Gilson Machado (2020–2022) Carlos Brito (2022)
Minister of Women, Families and Human Rights	Damares Alves (2019–2022) Cristiane Britto (2022)

Cabinet-level
Vice President	Hamilton Mourão (2019–2022)
Chief of Staff	Onyx Lorenzoni (2019–2020) Walter Souza Braga Netto (2020–2021) Luiz Eduardo Ramos (2021) Ciro Nogueira Lima Filho (2021–2022)
Attorney General	André Mendonça (2019–2020) José Levi do Amaral (2020–2021) André Mendonça (2021–21) Bruno Bianco (2021–2022)
Comptroller General	Wagner de Campos Rosário (2019–2022)
Secretary of Government	Santos Cruz (2019) Luiz Eduardo Ramos (2019–2021) Flávia Arruda (2021–2022) Célio Faria Júnior (2022)
Secretary of Institutional Security	Augusto Heleno (2019–2022)
Secretary-General of the Presidency	Gustavo Bebianno (2019) Floriano Peixoto Vieira Neto (2019) Jorge Oliveira (2019–2020) Onyx Lorenzoni (2021) Luiz Eduardo Ramos (2021–2022)

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