Marcelo Calero

Marcelo Calero
Marcelo Calero in 2016
Secretary of Government and Public Integrity of Rio de Janeiro
In office
1 January 2021 – 1 April 2022
MayorEduardo Paes
Preceded byPaulo Albino Santos Soares
Succeeded byTony Chalita
Federal Deputy for Rio de Janeiro
Assumed office
1 February 2019
Minister of Culture
In office
24 May 2016 – 18 November 2016
PresidentMichel Temer
Preceded byJuca Ferreira
Succeeded byRoberto Freire
Secretary of Culture of Rio de Janeiro
In office
15 January 2015 – 18 May 2016
MayorEduardo Paes
Preceded bySérgio Sá Leitão
Succeeded byJúnior Perim
Personal details
Born (1982-07-07) 7 July 1982 (age 42)
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Political partyPSD (2022–present)
Other political
affiliations
Alma materRio de Janeiro State University (LLB)

Marcelo Calero Faria Garcia (born 7 July 1982) is a Brazilian diplomat and politician. He was Minister of Culture of the government Michel Temer.[1]

In 2018, Calero was elected as a deputy with the Cidadania Party with the endorsement of Livres, a classical liberal political movement. He is openly gay and is the second LGBT person to be elected as a Member of Congress.[2]

  1. ^ Brasil, Portal. "Novo secretário diz que sua missão é resgatar a dignidade dos "fazedores de cultura"". Portal Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2016-11-28.
  2. ^ "Ex ministro gay denuncia tráfico de influência no governo Temer". Revista Lado A (in Portuguese). 25 November 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2020.