Paulo Pimenta | |
|---|---|
&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:01.01.2023_-_Posse_de_Paulo_Pimenta,_Ministro_de_Estado_da_SECOM_(52626632859)_(cropped).jpg) Paulo Pimenta in 2023 | |
| Secretary of Social Communication | |
| In office 1 January 2023 – 15 May 2024 | |
| Preceded by | André de Sousa Costa |
| Succeeded by | Laércio Portela (interim) |
| Secretary of Support for Reconstruction of Rio Grande do Sul | |
| Assumed office 15 May 2024[1] | |
| President | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| Assumed office 1 February 2003 | |
| Constituency | Rio Grande do Sul |
| Vice Mayor of Santa Maria | |
| In office 2001–2002 | |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Rio Grande do Sul | |
| In office 1999–2000 | |
| Constituency | At-large |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Paulo Roberto Severo Pimenta 19 March 1965 Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil |
| Political party | PT (1985–present) |
Paulo Roberto Severo Pimenta (born 19 March 1965) is a Brazilian journalist, agricultural technician, and politician, who is the current of Secretary of Social Communication under president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.[2] He has been a member of the Workers' Party (PT) since 1985.[3]
During the course of his political career, he was a councilman for the PT in his hometown of Santa Maria, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, and was elected state deputy in 1998. In 2000, he was elected vice-mayor of Santa Maria, with Valdeci Oliveira as mayor.[4] Since 2003, he has been a federal deputy from the state of Rio Grande do Sul.[5] In 2008, he ran to be the mayor of Santa Maria but came in second place.[6] In 2010, he was the most voted for candidate from the PT in Rio Grande do Sul, with 153,172 votes.[7] In 2014, he was reelected as a federal deputy with the most votes for a PT candidate, with 140,868 votes, becoming the 6th most voted federal deputy in Rio Grande do Sul.
- ^ Mazui, Guilherme (15 May 2024). "Lula cria secretaria extraordinária para reconstrução do RS; Paulo Pimenta vai comandar órgão". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 15 May 2024.
- ^ "Diário Oficial da União de 1 de janeiro de 2023 - Seção 2 - Edição Especial". Imprensa Nacional. 1 January 2023. pp. 1–3. ISSN 1677-7050. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- ^ "Relação de Filiados". TSE. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- ^ "Pimenta concorre pela primeira vez na cabeça de chapa à prefeitura de Santa Maria". Zero Hora - ClicRBS. 4 July 2008. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- ^ "Perfil Paulo Pimenta no ClicRBS". RBS. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- ^ "Veja quem são os 31 deputados federais eleitos pelo Rio Grande do Sul". G1. 8 October 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- ^ "Pimenta é o campeão de votos do PT via ClicRBS". RBS. Retrieved 4 January 2024.[dead link]