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Anielle Franco
Franco in 2023
Minister of Racial Equality
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 January 2023
President	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded by	Nilma Lino Gomes
Personal details
Born	Anielle Francisco da Silva (1985-05-03) 3 May 1985 (age 39) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Political party	PT (2024–present)
Relations	Marielle Franco (sister)
Alma mater	Rio de Janeiro State University Louisiana Tech University North Carolina Central University (B.A.)[1] Florida A&M University (M.A. in Journalism)
Occupation	journalist political activist

Anielle Francisco da Silva (born 3 May 1985) is a Brazilian politician from the Workers' Party^[2] who has been Minister of Racial Equality in the second cabinet of Lula da Silva since 1 January 2023.^[3][4][5]

Her sister Marielle Franco, was also a politician who was assassinated in 2018.^[6] After her death, the family established the Marielle Franco Institute with the aim to seek justice and continue her work.^[7][8] Anielle was the director of the institute.^[8]

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Franco was appointed as Minister of Racial Equality in the second cabinet of Lula da Silva in 2023. In 2024, she was named by the Brazilian media outlet Metrópoles as having filed a sexual misconduct complaint against human rights minister Silvio Almeida, who was subsequently dismissed by Lula in September.^[9]

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