Alexandre Padilha
Alexandre Padilha | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Health | |
| Assumed office 10 March 2025 | |
| President | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva |
| Preceded by | Nísia Trindade |
| In office 1 January 2011 – 2 February 2014 | |
| President | Dilma Rousseff |
| Preceded by | José Gomes Temporão |
| Succeeded by | Arthur Chioro |
| Federal Deputy | |
| Assumed office 1 February 2019 | |
| Constituency | São Paulo |
| Secretary of Institutional Affairs | |
| In office 1 January 2023 – 10 March 2025 | |
| President | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva |
| Preceded by | Pepe Vargas |
| Succeeded by | Gleisi Hoffmann |
| In office 28 September 2009 – 31 December 2010 | |
| President | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva |
| Preceded by | José Múcio |
| Succeeded by | Luiz Sérgio de Oliveira |
| Municipal Secretary of Health of São Paulo | |
| In office 14 August 2015 – 31 December 2016 | |
| Mayor | Fernando Haddad |
| Preceded by | José Filippi Júnior |
| Succeeded by | Wilson Pollara |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Alexandre Rocha Santos Padilha 14 September 1971 São Paulo, Brazil |
| Political party | PT (since 1988) |
| Spouse |
Thássia Alves (m. 2012) |
| Alma mater | State University of Campinas University of São Paulo |
| Profession | Physician |
Alexandre Rocha Santos Padilha (Brazilian Portuguese: [aleˈʃɐ̃dɾi ˈʁɔʃɐ ˈsɐ̃tus pad͡ʒiʎɐ]; born 14 September 1971) is a Brazilian physician and politician affiliated with the Workers Party (PT). He serves as minister of Institutional Relations in the current government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a position he previously held from 2009 to 2011. He served as minister of health under Dilma Rousseff from 2011 to 2014. He unsuccessfully ran for governor of São Paulo state in the 2014 election. On 1 January 2023, he was once again named Secretary of Institutional Affairs by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who reinstated the office.