Aloizio Mercadante

Aloizio Mercadante
Chair of the Brazilian Development Bank
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 February 2023
Appointed by	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded by	Gustavo Montezano
Chair of the Perseu Abramo Foundation
In office 3 April 2020 – 13 February 2023
Deputy	Vivian Farias
Preceded by	Marcio Pochmann
Succeeded by	Paulo Okamotto
Minister of Education
In office 2 October 2015 – 12 May 2016
President	Dilma Rousseff
Preceded by	Renato Janine Ribeiro
Succeeded by	Mendonça Filho
In office 24 January 2012 – 3 February 2014
President	Dilma Rousseff
Preceded by	Fernando Haddad
Succeeded by	José Henrique Paim
Chief of Staff of the Presidency
In office 3 February 2014 – 2 October 2015
President	Dilma Rousseff
Preceded by	Gleisi Hoffmann
Succeeded by	Jaques Wagner
Minister of Science and Technology
In office 1 January 2011 – 23 January 2012
President	Dilma Rousseff
Preceded by	Sérgio Machado Rezende
Succeeded by	Marco Antonio Raupp
Senator for São Paulo
In office 1 February 2003 – 31 December 2010
Preceded by	José Serra
Succeeded by	Aloysio Nunes
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 1 February 1999 – 1 February 2003
Constituency	São Paulo
In office 1 February 1991 – 1 February 1995
Constituency	São Paulo
Personal details
Born	(1954-05-13) 13 May 1954 (age 69) São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Political party	Workers' Party (1980–present)
Spouse	Maria Regina Barros
Children	2
Alma mater	University of São Paulo (BEc) State University of Campinas (MEc, PhD)
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Economist

Aloizio Mercadante Oliva (born 13 May 1954 in Santos, São Paulo) is a Brazilian economist and politician^[1] who served as the Chief of Staff of Brazil^[2] between 2014 and 2015. He was a founder of the Workers' Party in February 1980 and vice-chairman of the party between 1991 and 1999, then state senator from São Paulo between 2003 and 2010. From 2011 to 2012 he was Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation in Brazil, and in 2012 he became Minister of Education, due to Fernando Haddad's departure to run for mayor of São Paulo.

Biography

The son of an Army general and former commander of ESG (War College), he graduated in economics from the University of São Paulo (FEA-USP). He holds a PhD and a master's degree in economics from the University of Campinas (Unicamp), and is a professor of economics at the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP).

Mercadante was national vice president of the PT and secretary of international relations and member of the National Directorate and the National Executive. He participated in drafting PT government programs and was coordinator of the party's presidential campaigns in 1989 and 2002. He ran for vice-president of the Republic on Lula's ticket in the 1994 elections.

In his first race for a seat as a federal deputy in 1990, he was elected with more votes than any other deputy in the Brazilian congress. In the House, he stood out in two important Parliamentary Committees of Inquiry (CPI): the PC Farias and Budget. In 1994, Mercadante waived probable re-election to his seat in the House of Representatives and ran for vice president under Lula.

In 1996 he coordinated the government program of the PT and was a candidate for deputy mayor of São Paulo on Luiza Erundina's ticket. He was a protagonist in the national economic debate, attending lectures and publishing articles proposing an alternative model of development. This period resulted in the launch of the book "The Post-Real Brazil".

In 1998, Mercadante returned to the Chamber of Deputies with the third most votes in the legislative body with 241,559 votes. In his second term, he attended several specialized committees on the economy, finances and the tax system. He chaired the Committee on the Economy, Trade and Industry (1999), was the leader of the PT's Bench (2000) and member of committees on Foreign Relations and National Defence and Finance and Taxation (2001). When running for a Senate seat in 2002, Mercadante received the second-highest vote in the history of Brazilian elections – 10,497,348, a record only surpassed by Aloysio Nunes, from the PSDB, who won 11,182,669 votes in the 2010 elections. In the Senate, he held the leadership of the government caucus until June 2006.

In 2006 he was a candidate for governor of São Paulo by the PT when he got the most votes within the state party internal elections- 6,771,582 votes. That he published a book: "Brazil – First Time", an analysis of the Lula government as the first socialist government of Brazil. From 2007 to 2008, he chaired the Economic Affairs Commission (EAC) of the Senate.

During the impeachment of Senator Renan Calheiros (PMDB-AL), Mercadante advocated combining all the accusations into a single trial, in an open session in the Senate. In his speech, he argued: "My vote was not a failure, as some have said. It was a transparent vote, of someone who believes that the correct judgment on the merits of the question can only be made based on the complete judicial process".

In January 2009, Mercadante was elected leader of the PT caucus in the Senate. On 20 August 2009, he announced his resignation from the leadership position because of the party's decision to support closing the investigation by the Ethics Committee against the President of the Senate, José Sarney.^[3] The next day, however, in a speech in the Senate, after a long night of talks with President Lula, he announced that – against the wishes of his family – he had accepted the request of the president that he continue as the Party's leader in the chamber.

In 2010, he ran as PT's candidate for governor of São Paulo: however, he was defeated in the first round by Geraldo Alckmin. Mercadante was invited to join the cabinet of President Dilma Rousseff as Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation in 2011.^[4] On 18 January 2012, he was invited to assume the Ministry of Education due to the departure of the prior minister, Fernando Haddad, to run for mayor of São Paulo.

See also

• List of Senators of São Paulo

References

External links

• Media related to Aloizio Mercadante at Wikimedia Commons

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Cabinet of Dilma Rousseff (2011–16)

Cabinet
Minister of Agrarian Development	Afonso Florence (2011–12) Pepe Vargas (2012–14) Miguel Rossetto (2014) Patrus Ananias (2015–16)
Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply	Wagner Rossi (2011) Mendes Ribeiro Filho (2011–13) Antônio Andrade (2013–14) Neri Geller (2014–15) Kátia Abreu (2015–16)
Minister of Cities	Mário Negromonte (2011–13) Aguinaldo Ribeiro (2013–14) Gilberto Occhi (2014–15) Gilberto Kassab (2015–16) Inês da Silva Magalhães (2016)
Minister of Communications	Paulo Bernardo (2011–15) Ricardo Berzoini (2015) André Figueiredo (2015–16)
Minister of Culture	Ana de Hollanda (2011–14) Marta Suplicy (2014–15) Juca Ferreira (2015–16)
Minister of Defence	Nelson Jobim (2011) Celso Amorim (2011–15) Jaques Wagner (2015) Aldo Rebelo (2015–16)
Minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade	Fernando Pimentel (2011–14) Mauro Borges Lemos (2014–15) Armando Monteiro (2015–16)
Minister of Education	Fernando Haddad (2011–12) Aloizio Mercadante (2012–14) José Henrique Paim (2014–15) Cid Gomes (2015) Renato Janine Ribeiro (2015) Aloizio Mercadante (2015–16)
Minister of the Environment	Izabella Teixeira (2011–16)
Minister of Finances	Guido Mantega (2011–15) Joaquim Levy (2015) Nelson Barbosa (2015–16)
Minister of Fishing and Aquaculture	Ideli Salvatti (2011) Luiz Sérgio Nóbrega (2011–12) Marcelo Crivella (2012–14) Eduardo Lopes (2014–15) Helder Barbalho (2015)
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Antonio Patriota (2011–13) Luiz Alberto Figueiredo (2013–15) Mauro Vieira (2015–16)
Minister of Health	Alexandre Padilha (2011–14) Arthur Chioro (2014–15) Marcelo Castro (2015–16)
Minister of Justice	José Eduardo Cardozo (2011–16) Eugênio Aragão (2016)
Minister of Labour and Employment	Carlos Lupi (2011) Brizola Neto (2012–13) Manoel Dias (2013–15) Miguel Rossetto (2015–16)
Minister of Mines and Energy	Edison Lobão (2011–15) Eduardo Braga (2015–16) Marco Antônio Almeida (2016)
Minister of National Integration	Fernando Bezerra Coelho (2011–13) Gilberto Occhi (2015–16)
Minister of Planning, Budget and Management	Miriam Belchior (2011–15) Nelson Barbosa (2015) Valdir Simão (2015–16)
Minister of Science, Technology and Innovations	Aloizio Mercadante (2011–12) Marco Antonio Raupp (2012–14) Clélio Campolina Diniz (2014–15) Aldo Rebelo (2015) Celso Pansera (2015–16)
Minister of Social Development and Fight Against Hunger	Tereza Campello (2011–16)
Minister of Social Security	Garibaldi Alves Filho (2011–15) Carlos Eduardo Gabas (2015)
Minister of Sports	Orlando Silva (2011) Aldo Rebelo (2011–15) George Hilton (2015–16) Ricardo Leyser (2016)
Minister of Tourism	Pedro Novais (2011) Gastão Vieira (2011–14) Vinicius Lages (2014–15) Henrique Eduardo Alves (2015–16) Alessandro Teixeira (2016)
Minister of Transports	Alfredo Nascimento (2011) Paulo Sérgio Passos (2011–13) César Borges (2013–14) Paulo Sérgio Passos (2014–15) Antonio Carlos Rodrigues (2015–16)
Minister of Women, Racial Equality and Human Rights	Nilma Lino Gomes (2015–16)

Cabinet-level
Secretary of Civil Aviation	Wagner Bittencourt (2011–13) Moreira Franco (2013–15) Carlos Gabas (2015–16)
Secretary of Human Rights	Maria do Rosário (2011–14) Ideli Salvatti (2014–15) Pepe Vargas (2015)
Secretary of Institutional Affairs	Luiz Sérgio Nóbrega (2011) Ideli Salvatti (2011–14) Ricardo Berzoini (2014–15) Pepe Vargas (2015)
Secretary of Micro and Small Business	Guilherme Afif Domingos (2013–15)
Secretary of Politics for Women	Iriny Lopes (2011–12) Eleonora Menicucci (2012–15)
Secretary of Promotion of Racial Equality	Luiza Helena de Bairros (2011–15) Nilma Lino Gomes (2015)
Secretary of Ports and Water Transports	Leônidas Cristino (2011–13) Antonio Pinheiro (2013–14) César Borges (2014–15) Edson Coelho Araújo (2015) Helder Barbalho (2015–16) Maurício Muniz (2016)
Secretary of Social Communication	Helena Chagas (2011–14) Thomas Traumann (2014–15) Edinho Silva (2015–16)
Secretary of Strategic Affairs	Moreira Franco (2011–13) Marcelo Neri (2015) Roberto Mangabeira (2015)
Vice President	Michel Temer (2011–16)
Chief of Staff of the Presidency	Antonio Palocci (2011) Gleisi Hoffmann (2011–14) Aloizio Mercadante (2014–15) Jaques Wagner (2015–16) Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (2016)
Attorney General	Luis Inácio Adams (2011–16) José Eduardo Cardozo (2016)
Comptroller General	Jorge Hage (2011–15) Valdir Simão (2015) Luiz Navarro de Britto (2016)
Secretary of Government	Ricardo Berzoini (2015–16)
Secretary of Institutional Security	José Elito Carvalho Siqueira (2011–15)
Chief of Military House of the Presidency	Marcos Antonio Amaro dos Santos (2015–16)
Secretary-General of the Presidency	Gilberto Carvalho (2011–15) Miguel Rossetto (2015)
President of the Central Bank	Alexandre Tombini (2011–16)