{{Short description|Brazilian politician (born 1956)}} {{Portuguese name|Rebelo|Figueiredo}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Aldo Rebelo | image = Aldo Rebelo (16654292721) (cropped).jpg | caption = Rebelo in 2015 | office = Municipal Secretary of International Affairs of São Paulo | term_start = 18 January 2024 | term_end = 17 July 2024 | 1blankname = Mayor | 1namedata = Ricardo Nunes | predecessor = Marta Suplicy | successor = Ricardo Gomyde | office1 = Chief of Staff to the Governor of São Paulo | term_start1 = 22 August 2018 | term_end1 = 31 December 2018 | governor1 = Márcio França | predecessor1 = Samuel Moreira | successor1 = Gilberto Kassab | office2 = Minister of Defence | term_start2 = 2 October 2015 | term_end2 = 12 May 2016 | president2 = Dilma Rousseff | predecessor2 = Jaques Wagner | successor2 = Raul Jungmann | office3 = Minister of Science, Technology and Innovations | term_start3 = 1 January 2015 | term_end3 = 1 October 2015 | president3 = Dilma Rousseff | predecessor3 = Clelio Campolina Diniz | successor3 = Celso Pansera | office4 = Minister of Sports | term_start4 = 27 October 2011 | term_end4 = 31 December 2014 | president4 = Dilma Rousseff | predecessor4 = Orlando Silva | successor4 = George Hilton | office5 = President of the Chamber of Deputies | term_start5 = 28 September 2005 | term_end5 = 1 February 2007 | predecessor5 = Severino Cavalcanti | successor5 = Arlindo Chinaglia | office6 = Minister of Institutional Affairs | term_start6 = 23 January 2004 | term_end6 = 20 July 2005 | president6 = Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | predecessor6 = Office established | successor6 = Jaques Wagner | office7 = Federal Deputy | term_start7 = 1 February 1991 | term_end7 = 1 February 2015 | constituency7 = São Paulo | office8 = Councillor of São Paulo | term_start8 = 1 January 1989 | term_end8 = 1 February 1991 | constituency8 = At-large | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|2|23|df=yes}} | birth_place = Viçosa, Alagoas, Brazil | party = DC (since 2025) | other_party = {{Plainlist| * MDB (1980–1985) * PCdoB (1985–2017) * PSB (2017–2018) * Solidariedade (2018–2019) * PDT (2022–2024) * MDB (2024–2025) }} }}
'''José Aldo Rebelo Figueiredo''' (born 23 February 1956) is a Brazilian politician and a federal deputy elected by the state of São Paulo. He was President of the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil from 2005 to 2007.<ref name="camara">{{Cite web|url=https://www2.camara.leg.br/a-camara/conheca/historia/presidentes/index.html|title=Presidentes da Câmara dos Deputados|website=Portal da Câmara dos Deputados}}</ref>
With President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Venezuela and Vice President José Alencar undergoing medical tests in the United States, Rebelo became the first communist to assume the duties of acting President of Brazil on 12 November 2006. His brief period in office lapsed the next day upon Lula's return.<ref>''International Herald Tribune'', November 13, 2006. [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/13/america/LA_POL_Brazil_Communist.php]</ref>
He was the main author of a controversial project to change Brazil's Forest Code introduced in the 1960s. Those changes, lobbied by Brazilian farmers, aimed to extend the areas that can be legally deforested. Although President Rousseff vetoed some parts of the law drafted under Rebelo's leadership and finally passed in May 2012, critics such as the WWF saw the law as a catastrophe for the Amazon forest.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.science.org/content/article/climate-change-skeptic-takes-reins-brazil-s-science-ministry | title=Climate change skeptic takes reins of Brazil's science ministry| date=2015-01-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.scienceforbrazil.com/aldo-rebelo-bark-or-bite/| title=Aldo Rebelo: Bark or Bite?| date=2015-01-07| access-date=2017-02-17| archive-date=2021-02-27| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227235031/https://www.scienceforbrazil.com/aldo-rebelo-bark-or-bite| url-status=dead}}</ref>
Rebelo was the Minister of Sports from 27 October 2011 until 31 December 2014. He was the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation from 1 January 2015 to 1 October 2015.<ref>[http://www2.planalto.gov.br/presidencia/ministros/ministerio-da-ciencia-tecnologia-e-inovacao/ministerio-da-ciencia-tecnologia-e-inovacao Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação {{in lang|pt}}]</ref> He was the Minister of Defense in the cabinet of President Dilma Rousseff from 1 October 2015 to 12 May 2016, when he was replaced by the acting president Michel Temer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/2016/05/raul-jungmann-pps-ministro-da-defesa-do-governo-temer.html|title=Raul Jungmann (PPS), ministro da Defesa do governo Temer|date=2016-05-12|website=Política|language=pt-BR|access-date=2016-05-14}}</ref> He left the Communist Party in August, but then joined the Brazilian Socialist Party in September 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://politica.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,apos-40-anos-no-pcdob-aldo-rebelo-vai-se-filiar-ao-psb,70002015857|title=Após 40 anos no PCdoB|publisher=Estadão|first=Isadora|last=Peron|language=pt|date=September 25, 2017|accessdate=September 25, 2017}}</ref> On 12 April 2018, he left the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB) for being against a possible candidacy of the former minister of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) Joaquim Barbosa. Rebelo joined Solidariedade (SD) on the same day.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aldo Rebelo fecha com Paulinho e disputará Presidência pelo Solidariedade |url=https://veja.abril.com.br/politica/aldo-rebelo-fecha-com-paulinho-e-disputara-presidencia-pelo-solidariedade/ |access-date=2022-05-05 |website=VEJA |language=pt-BR}}</ref> On 26 July 2018, Rebelo officially withdrew his candidacy after the party announced support for Geraldo Alckmin along with other parties in the political center, and the name of Rebelo himself as a running mate of Alckmin was also discarded.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moura |first=Athos |title=Aldo Rebelo retira candidatura e se diz à disposição de Alckmin |url=https://blogs.oglobo.globo.com/lauro-jardim/post/aldo-rebelo-retira-candidatura-e-se-se-diz-disposicao-de-alckmin.html |access-date=2022-05-05 |website=Lauro Jardim - O Globo |date=26 July 2018 |language=pt-br}}</ref> On 18 August 2018, he took over as State Secretary of Chief of Staff on Márcio França's government (PSB), who became governor of São Paulo with Alckmin's resignation.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-08-23 |title=Aldo Rebelo é empossado como secretário chefe da Casa Civil paulista |url=https://www.saopaulo.sp.gov.br/spnoticias/aldo-rebelo-e-empossado-como-secretario-da-casa-civil-do-governo-paulista/ |access-date=2022-05-05 |website=Governo do Estado de São Paulo |language=pt-BR}}</ref> In December 2019, he left Solidariedade.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-12-08 |title=Aldo Rebelo deixa o Solidariedade |url=https://oantagonista.uol.com.br/brasil/aldo-rebelo-deixa-o-solidariedade/ |access-date=2022-05-05 |website=O Antagonista |language=pt-BR}}</ref> In August 2021, he launched himself as a presidential candidate again, besides not being affiliated with any party.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-08-03 |title=Aldo Rebelo organiza cerimônia para se lançar candidato à Presidência |url=https://www.metropoles.com/colunas/guilherme-amado/aldo-rebelo-organiza-cerimonia-para-se-lancar-candidato-a-presidencia |access-date=2022-05-05 |website=Metrópoles |language=pt-BR}}</ref> In March 2022, Rebelo joined the Democratic Labour Party (PDT).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-01 |title=Alagoano Aldo Rebelo se filia ao PDT e pode ser o vice de Ciro Gomes |url=https://folhadealagoas.com.br/2022/03/31/alagoano-aldo-rebelo-se-filia-ao-pdt-e-pode-ser-o-vice-de-ciro-gomes-da-redacao-o-alagoano-de-vicosa-aldo-rebelo-se-filou-ao-pdt-partido-do-presidenciavel-ciro-gomes-atraves-das-suas-redes-soc/ |access-date=2022-05-05 |website=Folha de Alagoas |language=pt-BR}}</ref> In April 2024, he joined to MDB.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Porto |first=Douglas |title=Aldo Rebelo volta ao MDB quatro décadas depois; nome é cotado para vice de Nunes |url=https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/eleicoes/aldo-rebelo-volta-ao-mdb-quatro-decadas-depois-nome-e-cotado-para-vice-de-nunes/ |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=CNN Brasil}}</ref>
Football fan, is a declared fan of Palmeiras.<ref>{{cite web|language=pt|title=Palmeirense fanático, o ministro do Esporte revelou, durante homenagem entregue pelo clube, que não perde uma oportunidade de presentear autoridades estrangeiras com uma camisa do Verdão|url=https://www.brasil247.com/geral/ministro-aldo-rebelo-se-assume-embaixador-do-palmeiras|author=brasil247.com|date=29 May 2012}}</ref>
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