Aloizio Mercadante

Aloizio Mercadante
Aloizio Mercadante
Chair of the Brazilian Development Bank
Assumed office
6 February 2023
Appointed byLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded byGustavo Montezano
Chair of the Perseu Abramo Foundation
In office
3 April 2020 – 13 February 2023
DeputyVivian Farias
Preceded byMarcio Pochmann
Succeeded byPaulo Okamotto
Minister of Education
In office
2 October 2015 – 12 May 2016
PresidentDilma Rousseff
Preceded byRenato Janine Ribeiro
Succeeded byMendonça Filho
In office
24 January 2012 – 3 February 2014
PresidentDilma Rousseff
Preceded byFernando Haddad
Succeeded byJosé Henrique Paim
Chief of Staff of the Presidency
In office
3 February 2014 – 2 October 2015
PresidentDilma Rousseff
Preceded byGleisi Hoffmann
Succeeded byJaques Wagner
Minister of Science and Technology
In office
1 January 2011 – 23 January 2012
PresidentDilma Rousseff
Preceded bySérgio Machado Rezende
Succeeded byMarco Antonio Raupp
Senator for São Paulo
In office
1 February 2003 – 31 December 2010
Preceded byJosé Serra
Succeeded byAloysio Nunes
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
1 February 1999 – 1 February 2003
ConstituencySão Paulo
In office
1 February 1991 – 1 February 1995
ConstituencySão Paulo
Personal details
Born (1954-05-13) 13 May 1954 (age 70)
São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Political partyWorkers' Party (1980–present)
SpouseMaria Regina Barros
Children2
Alma materUniversity of São Paulo (BEc)
State University of Campinas (MEc, PhD)
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionEconomist

Aloizio Mercadante Oliva (born 13 May 1954 in Santos, São Paulo) is a Brazilian economist and politician[1] who served as the Chief of Staff of Brazil[2] between 2014 and 2015. He was a founder of the Workers' Party in February 1980 and vice-chairman of the party between 1991 and 1999, then state senator from São Paulo between 2003 and 2010. From 2011 to 2012 he was Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation in Brazil, and in 2012 he became Minister of Education, due to Fernando Haddad's departure to run for mayor of São Paulo.

  1. ^ "Mercadante fica na liderança do PT "em respeito a pedido de Lula"". A Tarde on Line. 21 August 2009. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
  2. ^ "Brazil's Rousseff shifts Cabinet into election gear". Reuters. Retrieved 8 March 2014.[dead link]