Luciana Santos (politician)

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Luciana Santos
Santos in 2023
Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 January 2023
President	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded by	Paulo César Alvim
National President of the PCdoB
Incumbent
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 for Pernambuco
In office 1 February 2011 – 31 December 2018
Constituency	At-large
State Secretary of Science and Technology of Pernambuco
In office 27 July 2011 – 5 April 2010
Mayor of Olinda
In office 1 January 2001 – 31 December 2008
Preceded by	Jacilda Urquisa
Succeeded by	Renildo Calheiros
State Deputy for Pernambuco
In office 1 February 1997 – 31 December 2000
Constituency	At-large
Personal details
Born	Luciana Barbosa de Oliveira Santos (1965-12-29) 29 December 1965 (age 58) Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Political party	PCdoB (since 1987)

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]

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]