Onyx Lorenzoni

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Onyx Lorenzoni
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 1 February 2003 – 31 January 2023
Constituency	Rio Grande do Sul
Minister of Labour and Social Security
In office 26 July 2021 – 31 March 2022
President	Jair Bolsonaro
Preceded by	Caio Vieira de Mello
Succeeded by	José Carlos Oliveira
General Secretary of the Presidency
In office 12 February 2021 – 26 July 2021
President	Jair Bolsonaro
Preceded by	Jorge Oliveira
Succeeded by	Luiz Eduardo Ramos
Minister of Citizenship
In office 18 February 2020 – 12 February 2021
President	Jair Bolsonaro
Preceded by	Osmar Terra
Succeeded by	João Roma
Chief of Staff of the Presidency
In office 1 January 2019 – 18 February 2020
President	Jair Bolsonaro
Preceded by	Eliseu Padilha
Succeeded by	Walter Braga Netto
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Rio Grande do Sul
In office 1 January 1995 – 1 January 2003
Constituency	At-large
Personal details
Born	Onyx Dornelles Lorenzoni (1954-10-03) 3 October 1954 (age 70) Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Political party	PL (2022–present)
Other political affiliations	PL (1987–1997) DEM (1997–2022)
Parents	Rheno Julio Lorenzoni (father) Dalva Dornelles Lorenzoni (mother)
Education	Federal University of Santa Maria (BA)

Onyx Dornelles Lorenzoni (born 3 October 1954) is a Brazilian politician, businessman, and veterinarian. A member of the Liberal Party (PL), he served as a federal deputy from Rio Grande do Sul for five terms. After the 2018 Brazilian general election, the president-elect Jair Bolsonaro invited Lorenzoni to be his Chief of Staff.^[1] He was also designated leader of the transition team.^[2]

In 2022, he ran to become Rio Grande do Sul's governor. In the 2022 gubernatorial elections, he came in 1st place with 37.5% of the vote in the 1st round. However, he failed to get elected in the second round, receiving 42.88% of the vote against Eduardo Leite.^[3]