Alexandre Padilha | |
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Ministry of Health of Brazil | |
In office 1 January 2011 – 2 February 2014 |
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Preceded by | José Gomes Temporão |
Succeeded by | Arthur Chioro |
Personal details | |
Born |
São Paulo, SP |
14 September 1971
Nationality | Brazilian |
Political party | Workers' Party |
Occupation | physician Statesman |
Alexandre Rocha Santos Padilha is a Brazilian physician and politician affiliated with the Workers Party (PT). He was also minister of Institutional Relations in the Lula administration and Minister of Health under Dilma Rousseff. He unsuccessfully ran for governor of São Paulo state in the 2014 election.