Alexandre Silveira

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Minister of Mines and Energy
Assumed office
1 January 2023

Alexandre Silveira de Oliveira (born 15 July 1970) is a former police chief, businessman and Brazilian politician, affiliated with the Social Democratic Party (PSD). He was a senator for Minas Gerais. [1]

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Political career

In 2003, Alexandre Silveira was invited by the then vice president of Brazil, José Alencar, to occupy the position of general coordinator of the 6th Terrestrial Infrastructure Unit (Unit), a body linked to the National Department of Transport Infrastructure (DNIT). In 2004, he assumed the general directorate of DNIT, remaining in that position until December 2005.

He was a federal deputy in the Legislature from 2007 to 2011, elected by the Popular Socialist Party (PPS). [2] He was re-elected federal deputy by the PSD for the 2011–2014 term. In January 2011, Alexandre Silveira took over the Extraordinary Secretariat for Metropolitan Management in Minas Gerais. He was also Secretary of State for Health in 2014.

Also in 2014, he was elected first substitute for former governor Antonio Anastasia. He became a senator in 2022, with the resignation of Anastasia to assume the post of minister of the Federal Court of Accounts (TCU). [3] [4] [5] [6] He ran for an election in his own right in 2022, but lost to Cleitinho Azevedo.

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References

  1. "Senador Alexandre Silveira - Senado Federal". www25.senado.leg.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-05-27.
  2. "Deputado Federal Alexandre Silveira". Portal da Câmara dos Deputados (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-05-27.
  3. Minas', 'Estado de (2021-12-15). "Saiba quem é Alexandre Silveira, novo senador por Minas". Política (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-05-27.
  4. "Alexandre Silveira toma posse e pede união contra a fome". Senado Federal (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2022-02-02. Retrieved 2022-05-27.
  5. "Alexandre Silveira assume vaga no Senado e ataca política de Guedes no governo - Política". Estadão (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-05-27.
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Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Mines and Energy
2023–present
Incumbent