Luciana Santos (politician)

Luciana Santos
Santos in 2023
Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation
Assumed office
1 January 2023
PresidentLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded byPaulo César Alvim
National President of the PCdoB
Assumed office
1 June 2015
Preceded byRenato Rabelo
Vice-Governor of Pernambuco
In office
1 January 2019 – 1 January 2023
GovernorPaulo Câmara
Preceded byRaul Henry
Succeeded byPriscila Krause
Federal Deputy for Pernambuco
In office
1 February 2011 – 31 December 2018
ConstituencyAt-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 byJacilda Urquisa
Succeeded byRenildo Calheiros
State Deputy for Pernambuco
In office
1 February 1997 – 31 December 2000
ConstituencyAt-large
Personal details
Born
Luciana Barbosa de Oliveira Santos

(1965-12-29) 29 December 1965 (age 58)
Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Political partyPCdoB (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]

  1. ^ Luciana Santos takes over the Ministry of Science and Technology
  2. ^ "Luciana Santos é reeleita presidente nacional do PCdoB". www.folhape.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-09-02.
  3. ^ "Ex-prefeita de Olinda Luciana Santos é condenada por improbidade e fica inelegível por 6 anos, diz TJPE". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2 November 2019. Retrieved 2023-01-15.