José Gomes Temporão

José Gomes Temporão
41st Minister of Health of Brazil
In office
16 March 2007  31 December 2010
PresidentLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded byAgenor Álvares
Succeeded byAlexandre Padilha
Personal details
Born (1951-10-20) 20 October 1951
Merufe, Monção, Portugal
NationalityBrazilian, Portuguese
Political partyBrazilian Socialist Party
Alma materFederal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro State University, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
OccupationDoctor

José Gomes Temporão (born 20 October 1951) is a Brazilian public health physician and politician, formerly of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party, who later joined the Brazilian Socialist Party. He was Brazilian Minister of Health from 2007 to 2010, during the second term of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's administration.