Luciana Santos (politician)
Brazilian politician
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Luciana Barbosa de Oliveira Santos (born 29 December 1965) is a Brazilian engineer and politician. Santos has served as Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation in the cabinet of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva since 2023. She is the first woman to head the ministry.[1]
PresidentLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded byPaulo César Alvim
Preceded byRenato Rabelo
GovernorPaulo Câmara
Luciana Santos | |
|---|---|
 Santos in 2023 | |
| Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation | |
| Assumed office 1 January 2023 | |
| President | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva |
| Preceded by | Paulo César Alvim |
| National President of PCdoB | |
| Assumed office 1 June 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Renato Rabelo |
| Vice Governor of Pernambuco | |
| In office 1 January 2019 – 1 January 2023 | |
| Governor | Paulo Câmara |
| Preceded by | Raul Henry |
| Succeeded by | Priscila Krause |
| Federal Deputy | |
| In office 1 February 2011 – 31 December 2018 | |
| Constituency | Pernambuco |
| Mayor of Olinda | |
| In office 1 January 2001 – 31 December 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Jacilda Urquisa |
| Succeeded by | Renildo Calheiros |
| State Deputy of Pernambuco | |
| In office 1 February 1997 – 31 December 2000 | |
| Constituency | At-large |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Luciana Barbosa de Oliveira Santos 29 December 1965 Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil |
| Party | PCdoB (since 1987) |
Santos has served as leader of the Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB) since 2015.[2] From 2019 to 2023, she served as vice governor of Pernambuco under PSB governor Paulo Câmara. Prior to this, she served as mayor of Olinda.[3]
Electoral history
| Year | Election | Party | Office | Coalition | Partners | Party | Votes | Percent | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | State Elections of Pernambuco | State Deputy | PCdoB | Pernambuco Popular Front (PSB, PT, PDT, PPS, PV, PCdoB, PMN) |
N/a | 14,126 | N/a | Not elected | |||
| 1998 | State Elections of Pernambuco | Pernambuco Popular Front (PSB, PT, PDT, PCdoB, PCB, PTB, PSD, PGT, PMN, PRTB) |
N/a | 26,594 | 0.89% | Elected | |||||
| 2000 | Municipal Election of Olinda | Mayor | Olinda Popular Opposition (PCdoB, PT, PSB, PGT, PHS, PCB) |
Paulo Valença | PCdoB | 59,066 | 30.72% | Runoff | |||
| 107,739 | 52.34% | Elected | |||||||||
| 2004 | Municipal Election of Olinda | Olinda Popular Front (PCdoB, PP, PDT, PT, PTN, PCB, PL) |
Paulo Valença | PCdoB | 121,483 | 55.78% | Elected | ||||
| 2010 | State Elections of Pernambuco | Federal Deputy | Pernambuco Popular Front for Federal and State Deputy (PRB, PP, PDT, PT, PTB, PSC, PR, PSB, PCdoB) |
N/a | 105,253 | 2.39% | Elected | ||||
| 2014 | State Elections of Pernambucp | Pernambuco Popular Front for Federal Deputy (PSB, PMDB, PCdoB, PV, PR, PSD, PPS, PSDB, SD, PPL, DEM, PROS, PP, PEN, PTC) |
N/a | 85,053 | 1.90% | Elected | |||||
| 2016 | Municipal Election of Olinda | Mayor | Olinda Popular Front (PCdoB, PSD, PP, PRTB, PDT) |
Alvaro Ribeiro | PCdoB | 32,929 | 16.57% | Not elected | |||
| 2018 | State Elections of Pernambuco | Vice Governor | Pernambuco Popular Front (PSB, PCdoB, PT, MDB, PP, PR, PMN, PTC, PRP, PATRI, PSD, PPL, SD) |
Paulo Câmara | PSB | 1,918,219 | 50.70% | Elected | |||
| 2022 | State Elections of Pernambuco | Pernambuco Popular Front (PSB, FE Brasil, MDB, Republicanos, PDT, PP) |
Danilo Cabral | PSB | 885,994 | 18.06% | Not elected | ||||
