Gilson Machado Neto

Brazilian entrepreneur and politician

Gilson Machado
Machado Neto in May 2019

Chair of the Brazilian Tourist Board
In office 17 November 2022 – 13 January 2023
President	Jair Bolsonaro
Preceded by	Silvio Santos do Nascimento
Succeeded by	Marcelo Freixo
In office 20 May 2019 – 9 December 2020
Preceded by	Leônidas José de Oliveira
Succeeded by	Carlos Alberto Gomes de Brito
Minister of Tourism
In office 9 December 2020 – 31 March 2022
President	Jair Bolsonaro
Preceded by	Marcelo Álvaro Antônio
Succeeded by	Carlos Alberto Gomes de Brito

Personal details
Born	Gilson Machado Guimarães Neto Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Political party	PL (2022–present)
Other political affiliations	DEM (2005–11; 2016–18) PHS (2011–13) PMDB (2013–16) PSL (2018–20) PSC (2020–2022)
Profession	Entrepreneur

Gilson Machado Guimarães Neto, commonly known as Gilson Machado Neto, is a Brazilian entrepreneur, politician and was the Minister of Tourism under the government of Jair Bolsonaro.^[1]

He replaced the licensed federal deputy Marcelo Álvaro Antônio (PSL).^[2]^[3]

Personal life

Rural producer, entrepreneur, veterinary and leader of the band Forró da Brucelose,^[4] the minister was also President of Embratur. He is also the nephew of the deceased constituent parliamentary Gilson Machado Filho.^[5]

References

^ Fagundes, Murilo (9 December 2020). "Gilson Machado deixa Embratur para ser o novo ministro do Turismo". Poder360 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 January 2021.
^ Lages, Flávia; Paes, Cintia (4 October 2019). "Ministro do Turismo é denunciado pelo Ministério Público de MG por candidaturas-laranja do PSL". G1 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 January 2021.
^ "Demissão de Marcelo Álvaro Antônio do Ministério do Turismo é publicada no Diário Oficial". G1 (in Portuguese). 10 December 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
^ Lancelotti, Luciana (11 December 2020). "Nova sinfonia para o turismo". Isto É Dinheiro (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 January 2021.
^ "Sanfoneiro, Gilson Machado prega o fortalecimento da direita no Brasil". Valor Econômico (in Portuguese). 10 December 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2020.

External links

Gilson Machado Neto on Twitter

Political offices
Preceded by Paulo Senise	President of Embratur 2019–2020	Succeeded by Carlos Brito
Preceded by Marcelo Álvaro Antônio	Minister of Tourism 2020–2022	Succeeded by Carlos Brito

Cabinet of Jair Bolsonaro (2019–2022)

Cabinet
Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply	Tereza Cristina (2019–2022) Mauro 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	Sérgio 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)