Samara Martins

Samara Martins was born in Belo Horizonte, the capital of Minas Gerais, Brazil. She works as a dentist in the Unified Health System (SUS).^[1]

She began her political trajectory in the student movement, participating in the Metropolitan Association of Secondary Students of Greater Belo Horizonte (AMES-BH). She later joined the National Union of Students (UNE), where she served as director for women's affairs.^[1]

In addition to her party activities, Martins is involved in social movements such as the Olga Benário Women's Movement and the Black Revolutionary Front.^[3]

In 2022, Martins was the vice-presidential candidate on the ticket headed by Leonardo Péricles, representing Popular Unity. The ticket was the only one in that election composed entirely of Black candidates.^[1]

The ticket received 53,519 votes (0.05%) in the first round.^[2]

In 2026, she launched her pre-candidacy for President of Brazil and was identified as the only woman among the pre-candidates at that time.^[4]

Martins supports the decriminalization and legalization of abortion.^[5]

Her policy proposals include:

• nationalization of the banking system and popular control of finance;
• agrarian reform with land nationalization;
• public ownership of collective transport;
• elected mandates for judges;
• reduction of the workday to six hours;
• support for socialism and opposition to capitalism and imperialism.^[6][3]