José Gomes Temporão
| José Gomes Temporão | |
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| 41st Ministry of Health (Brazil) | |
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In office 16 March 2007 – 31 December 2010 |
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| President | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva |
| Preceded by | Agenor Álvares |
| Succeeded by | Alexandre Padilha |
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| Born |
20 October 1951 Merufe, Monção, Portugal |
| Nationality | Brazilian, Portuguese |
| Political party | Brazilian Socialist Party |
| Alma mater | Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro State University, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation |
| Occupation | Doctor |
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.
José Gomes Temporão was born in the freguesia of Merufe, in the town of Monção, on the north of Portugal, on October 20, 1951. His parents, Sara Gomes and José Temporão, emigrated to Brazil when he was just one month old, settling in Rio de Janeiro. his father is the owner of Mosteiro, one of the most well-reputed bars in downtown Rio.
Temporão graduated on the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Medical School on 1977. He became a researcher in tropical diseases on that same university and became a master in public health on the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation. He later also got a PhD in Social Medicine on the Rio de Janeiro State University.
From March 1991 to April 1992, he was Sub-Secretary of Health for the State of Rio de Janeiro, appointed by the late Leonel Brizola.
Temporão states that abortion should be treated by the government as a matter of public health. This represents the position of President Lula, as well. This caused outrage from more conservative sectors of the Brazilian society, such as the National Conference of Brazilian Bishops, and his own mother, described by him as a very devout Catholic. During Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Brazil, he ceased to give statements about the issue, at the request of his mother.
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