Marina Silva

Marina Silva
Silva in 2022
Minister of the Environment
Assumed office
1 January 2023
PresidentLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded byJoaquim Alvaro Pereira Leite
In office
1 January 2003 – 13 May 2008
PresidentLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded byJosé Carlos Carvalho
Succeeded byCarlos Minc
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Elect
Assuming office
1 February 2023
ConstituencySão Paulo
Spokesperson of the Sustainability Network
In office
22 September 2015 – 8 April 2018
Serving with Zé Gustavo
Succeeded byPedro Ivo Batista
Laís Garcia
Senator for Acre
In office
15 May 2008 – 1 February 2011
Preceded bySibá Machado
Succeeded byJorge Viana
In office
1 February 1995 – 2 February 2003
Preceded byAluísio Bezerra
Succeeded bySibá Machado
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Acre
In office
1 February 1991 – 1 February 1995
ConstituencyAt-large
Member of the Municipal Chamber of Rio Branco
In office
1 January 1989 – 1 February 1991
ConstituencyAt-large
Personal details
Born
Maria Osmarina da Silva

(1958-02-08) 8 February 1958 (age 66)
Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil
Political partyREDE (2015–present)
Other political
affiliations
  • PT (1986–2008)
  • PV (2008–11)
  • PSB (2013–15)
Spouse(s)
Fábio Vaz de Lima
​
(m. 1986)​
Children4
Alma materFederal University of Acre
Websitewww.marinasilva.org.br

Maria Osmarina Marina Silva Vaz de Lima[1] (born 8 February 1958) is a Brazilian politician. She was a presidential candidate in the 2018 Brazilian elections. She is a member of the Sustainability Party (REDE). She is known both for her pro-environmental views and her conservative social views.[2][3] In the 2022 election, she was elected to the Chamber of Deputies. In 2023, she became the Minister of the Environment. She held this role from 2003 to 2008.

Political career

Silva was a member of the Worker's Party (PT) until 2009. She was a Senator before becoming Minister of the Environment in 2003. She ran for president in the 2010 Brazilian elections as the candidate for the Green Party (PV).[4]

In April 2014, Eduardo Campos announced his candidacy for the fall 2014 Presidential Election, naming Marina Silva as his Vice Presidential candidate.[5] After Campos's death in a plane crash on August, she was selected to run as the Socialist Party's candidate for the Presidency.[6]

Honors

In 2012 she was one of eight people chosen to carry the flag for the opening ceremonies of the London Olympic Games.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Profile at Federal Senate website
  2. ↑ "Brazilian presidential candidate drops short-lived gay marriage pledge | Gay Star News". 2014-09-09. Archived from the original on 2014-09-09. Retrieved 2018-05-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ↑ Griffin, Jo (2018-04-26). "Brazilian women braced for battle amid simmering fears over abortion | Jo Griffin". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  4. ↑ "Eleições 2010 – Apuração" (in Portuguese). uol.com.br. 2010. Retrieved 2013-06-03.
  5. ↑ Campos-Silva ticket confirmed in Brazil 2014 election
  6. ↑ Jonathan Watts (14 August 2014). "Marina Silva emerges as obvious successor after Campos death". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  7. ↑ "Liberty Director carries the Olympic Flag in opening ceremony". 27 July 2012. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2018.

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