Alexandre Silveira

Brazilian politician

Alexandre Silveira


Minister of Mines and Energy
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 January 2023
President	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded by	Adolfo Sachsida
Senator for Minas Gerais
In office 3 February 2022 – 1 January 2023
Member of the Chamber of Deputies for Minas Gerais
In office 1 February 2007 – 1 February 2015
Constituency	At-large

Personal details
Born	(1970-07-15) 15 July 1970 (age 53) Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Political party	PSD (2011–present)
Other political affiliations	PL (1999–2005) PPS (2005–11)

Alexandre Silveira de Oliveira (born 15 July 1970) is a former police chief, businessman and Brazilian politician, affiliated with the Social Democratic Party (PSD). He was a senator for Minas Gerais.^[1]

Political career

In 2003, Alexandre Silveira was invited by the then vice president of Brazil, José Alencar, to occupy the position of general coordinator of the 6th Terrestrial Infrastructure Unit (Unit), a body linked to the National Department of Transport Infrastructure (DNIT). In 2004, he assumed the general directorate of DNIT, remaining in that position until December 2005.

He was a federal deputy in the Legislature from 2007 to 2011, elected by the Popular Socialist Party (PPS).^[2] He was re-elected federal deputy by the PSD for the 2011–2014 term. In January 2011, Alexandre Silveira took over the Extraordinary Secretariat for Metropolitan Management in Minas Gerais. He was also Secretary of State for Health in 2014.

Also in 2014, he was elected first substitute for former governor Antonio Anastasia. He became a senator in 2022, with the resignation of Anastasia to assume the post of minister of the Federal Court of Accounts (TCU).^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] He ran for an election in his own right in 2022, but lost to Cleitinho Azevedo.

References

^ "Senador Alexandre Silveira - Senado Federal". www25.senado.leg.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-05-27.
^ "Deputado Federal Alexandre Silveira". Portal da Câmara dos Deputados (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-05-27.
^ Minas', 'Estado de (2021-12-15). "Saiba quem é Alexandre Silveira, novo senador por Minas". Política (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-05-27.
^ "Alexandre Silveira toma posse e pede união contra a fome". Senado Federal (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2022-02-02. Retrieved 2022-05-27.
^ "Alexandre Silveira assume vaga no Senado e ataca política de Guedes no governo - Política". Estadão (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-05-27.
^ Minas, Estado de (2022-02-02). "Silveira é empossado senador por Minas: 'Fome e miséria não têm partido'". Estado de Minas (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-05-27.

External links

Media related to Alexandre Silveira at Wikimedia Commons

Political offices
Preceded by Adolfo Sachsida	Minister of Mines and Energy 2023–present	Incumbent

Second cabinet of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (2023–present)

Cabinet
Minister of Agrarian Development and Family Agriculture	Paulo Teixeira (2023–present)
Minister of Agriculture and Livestock	Carlos Fávaro (2023–present)
Minister of Cities	Jader Barbalho Filho (2023–present)
Minister of Communications	Juscelino Filho (2023–present)
Minister of Culture	Margareth Menezes (2023–present)
Minister of Defence	José Múcio (2023–present)
Ministry of Development, Industry, Trade and Services	Geraldo Alckmin (2023–present)
Minister of Development and Social Assistance, Family and Fight against Hunger	Wellington Dias (2023–present)
Minister of Education	Camilo Santana (2023–present)
Minister of Entrepreneurship, Microenterprise and Small Business	Márcio França (2023–present)
Minister of Environment and Climate Change	Marina Silva (2023–present)
Minister of Finance	Fernando Haddad (2023–present)
Minister of Fishing and Aquaculture	André de Paula (2023–present)
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Mauro Vieira (2023–present)
Minister of Health	Nísia Trindade (2023–present)
Minister of Human Rights and the Citizenship	Silvio Almeida (2023–present)
Minister of Indigenous People	Sônia Guajajara (2023–present)
Minister of Integration and the Regional Development	Waldez Góes (2023–present)
Minister of Justice and Public Security	Flávio Dino (2023–2024) Ricardo Lewandowski (2024–present)
Minister of Labour and Employment	Luiz Marinho (2023–present)
Minister of Management and the Innovation in Public Services	Esther Dweck (2023–present)
Minister of Mines and Energy	Alexandre Silveira (2023–present)
Minister of Planning and Budget	Simone Tebet (2023–present)
Minister of Ports and Airports	Márcio França (2023) Sílvio Costa Filho (2023–present)
Minister of Racial Equality	Anielle Franco (2023–present)
Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation	Luciana Santos (2023–present)
Minister of Social Security	Carlos Lupi (2023–present)
Minister of Sports	Ana Moser (2023) André Fufuca (2023–present)
Minister of Tourism	Daniela Carneiro (2023) Celso Sabino (2023–present)
Minister of Transport	Renan Filho (2023–present)
Minister of Women	Cida Gonçalves (2023–present)

Cabinet-level
Vice President	Geraldo Alckmin (2023–present)
Chief of Staff of the Presidency	Rui Costa (2023–present)
Chief Advisor of the Presidency	Celso Amorim (2023–present)
President of the Central Bank	Roberto Campos Neto (2019–present)
President of the Brazilian Development Bank	Aloizio Mercadante (2023–present)
President of Petrobras	Jean Paul Prates (2023–present)
Secretary of Institutional Affairs	Alexandre Padilha (2023–present)
Institutional Security Bureau	Marco Edson Gonçalves Dias (2023) Ricardo Cappelli (interim) Marcos Antonio Amaro dos Santos (2023–present)
Secretary of Social Communication	Paulo Pimenta (2023–present)
Secretary-General of the Presidency	Marcio Macêdo (2023–present)
Comptroller General of the Union	Vinicius Carvalho (2023–present)
Attorney General of the Union	Jorge Messias (2023–present)