Alexandre Padilha

Alexandre Padilha
Minister of Health
Assumed office
10 March 2025
PresidentLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded byNísia Trindade
In office
1 January 2011  2 February 2014
PresidentDilma Rousseff
Preceded byJosé Gomes Temporão
Succeeded byArthur Chioro
Federal Deputy
Assumed office
1 February 2019
ConstituencySão Paulo
Secretary of Institutional Affairs
In office
1 January 2023  10 March 2025
PresidentLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded byPepe Vargas
Succeeded byGleisi Hoffmann
In office
28 September 2009  31 December 2010
PresidentLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded byJosé Múcio
Succeeded byLuiz Sérgio de Oliveira
Municipal Secretary of Health of São Paulo
In office
14 August 2015  31 December 2016
MayorFernando Haddad
Preceded byJosé Filippi Júnior
Succeeded byWilson Pollara
Personal details
Born
Alexandre Rocha Santos Padilha

(1971-09-14) 14 September 1971
São Paulo, Brazil
Political partyPT (since 1988)
Spouse
Thássia Alves
(m. 2012)
Alma materState University of Campinas
University of São Paulo
ProfessionPhysician

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.