# Alexandre Padilha > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alexandre_Padilha > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alexandre_Padilha.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandre_Padilha > Source revision: 1352705903 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Brazilian physician and politician (born 1971)}} {{Portuguese name|Rocha|Santos Padilha}} {{Expand Portuguese|topic=bio|name=Alexandre Padilha|date=October 2022}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Alexandre Padilha | image = 01.01.2023 - Posse de Alexandre Padilha, Ministro de Estado de Relações Institucionais (52625761867) (cropped).jpg | title = [Minister of Health](/source/Ministry_of_Health_(Brazil)) | term_start = 10 March 2025 | president = [Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva](/source/Luiz_In%C3%A1cio_Lula_da_Silva) | predecessor = [Nísia Trindade](/source/N%C3%ADsia_Trindade) | term_start1 = 1 January 2011 | term_end1 = 2 February 2014 | president1 = [Dilma Rousseff](/source/Dilma_Rousseff) | predecessor1 = [José Gomes Temporão](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Gomes_Tempor%C3%A3o) | successor1 = [Arthur Chioro](/source/Arthur_Chioro) | title2 = [Federal Deputy](/source/Chamber_of_Deputies_(Brazil)) | term_start2 = 1 February 2019{{efn|Since 2023, Padilha has taken a leave of absence from his parliamentary duties to serve as Secretary of Institutional Affairs, and since March 2025, as Minister of Health.{{cite web |last1=Juliano |first1=Galisi |title=Quem é Alexandre da Padilha, novo ministro da Saúde do governo Lula|url=https://www.estadao.com.br/politica/quem-e-alexandre-padilha-novo-ministro-da-saude-governo-lula-demissao-nisia-trindade-nprp/?srsltid=AfmBOoqQjjzF7lT-Fb5sZXKNPc_KTBsHKXHPsA-r9cXPhLkDMqsx43fk |website=Estadão|language=pt|access-date=9 May 2025}}}} | constituency2 = [São Paulo](/source/S%C3%A3o_Paulo_(state)) | title3 = [Secretary of Institutional Affairs](/source/Secretariat_of_Institutional_Affairs) | term_start3 = 1 January 2023 | term_end3 = 10 March 2025 | president3 = Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | predecessor3 = [Pepe Vargas](/source/Pepe_Vargas) | successor3 = [Gleisi Hoffmann](/source/Gleisi_Hoffmann) | term_start4 = 28 September 2009 | term_end4 = 31 December 2010 | president4 = Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | predecessor4 = [José Múcio](/source/Jos%C3%A9_M%C3%BAcio) | successor4 = Luiz Sérgio de Oliveira | title5 = Municipal Secretary of Health of São Paulo | term_start5 = 14 August 2015 | term_end5 = 31 December 2016 | 1blankname5 = Mayor | 1namedata5 = [Fernando Haddad](/source/Fernando_Haddad) | predecessor5 = José Filippi Júnior | successor5 = Wilson Pollara | birth_name = Alexandre Rocha Santos Padilha | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|09|14|df=y}} | birth_place = São Paulo, Brazil | party = [PT](/source/Workers'_Party_(Brazil)) (since 1988) | spouse = {{Marriage|Thássia Alves|2012}} | alma_mater = [State University of Campinas](/source/State_University_of_Campinas)
[University of São Paulo](/source/University_of_S%C3%A3o_Paulo) | profession = Physician }} '''Alexandre Rocha Santos Padilha''' ({{IPA|pt-BR|aleˈʃɐ̃dɾi ˈʁɔʃɐ ˈsɐ̃tus paˈdʒiʎɐ|lang}}; born 14 September 1971) is a [Brazilian](/source/Brazilians) physician and politician affiliated with the [Workers Party](/source/Workers'_Party_(Brazil)) (PT).[http://www.gwu.edu/~ibi/FGV%20Report%20Files/2012_March.pdf HEALTH Can we build a new health system?] by Dr. Adib Jatene in "The Brazilian Economy" MARCH 2012 • vol. 4 • nº 3 He served as minister of Institutional Relations in the current government of President [Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva](/source/Luiz_In%C3%A1cio_Lula_da_Silva) from 2023 to 2025, a position he previously held from 2009 to 2011. He served as minister of health under [Dilma Rousseff](/source/Dilma_Rousseff) from 2011 to 2014.[http://blackwomenofbrazil.co/2013/09/11/journalist-writes-that-cuban-doctors-arriving-in-brazil-came-on-slave-planes/ Journalist writes that Cuban doctors arriving in Brazil came on “slave planes.”] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130914053450/http://blackwomenofbrazil.co/2013/09/11/journalist-writes-that-cuban-doctors-arriving-in-brazil-came-on-slave-planes/ |date=14 September 2013 }} by "Black Women of Brazil" He unsuccessfully ran for governor of [São Paulo](/source/S%C3%A3o_Paulo_(state)) state in the 2014 election.[http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/sep/30/rousseff-takes-lead-in-brazil-election-poll/ Rousseff takes lead in Brazil election poll] By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON, BRAD BROOKS [Associated Press](/source/Associated_Press) on 30 September 2014 On 1 January 2023, he was once again named Secretary of Institutional Affairs by President [Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva](/source/Luiz_In%C3%A1cio_Lula_da_Silva), who reinstated the office.{{Cite web|url=https://pesquisa.in.gov.br/imprensa/jsp/visualiza/index.jsp?data=01/01/2023&jornal=702&pagina=1|title=Diário Oficial da União de 1 de janeiro de 2023|publisher=Imprensa Nacional|language=pt|access-date=1 January 2023}} ==See also== *[Central Única dos Trabalhadores](/source/Central_%C3%9Anica_dos_Trabalhadores) *[World Health Organization](/source/World_Health_Organization) ==References== ==Notes== {{notelist}} == External links == * {{commons category-inline}} {{s-start}} {{s-off}} {{s-bef|before=José Múcio Monteiro}} {{s-ttl|title=Secretary of Institutional Affairs|years=2009–2011}} {{s-aft|after=Luiz Sérgio de Oliveira}} |- {{s-bef|before=[José Gomes Temporão](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Gomes_Tempor%C3%A3o)}} {{s-ttl|title=[Minister of Health](/source/Ministry_of_Health_(Brazil))|years=2011–2014}} {{s-aft|after=Arthur Chioro}} |- {{s-bef|before=José de Filippi Júnior}} {{s-ttl|title=Municipal Secretary of Health of São Paulo|years=2015–2017}} {{s-aft|after=Wilson Pollara}} |- {{s-bef|before=Pepe Vargas}} {{s-ttl|title=[Secretary of Institutional Affairs](/source/Secretariat_of_Institutional_Affairs)|years=2023–2025}} {{s-aft|after=[Gleisi Hoffmann](/source/Gleisi_Hoffmann)}} |- {{s-bef|before=[Nísia Trindade](/source/N%C3%ADsia_Trindade)}} {{s-ttl|title=[Minister of Health](/source/Ministry_of_Health_(Brazil))|years=2025–present}} {{s-inc}} |- {{s-ppo}} {{s-bef|before=[Aloizio Mercadante](/source/Aloizio_Mercadante)}} {{s-ttl|title=[PT](/source/Workers'_Party_(Brazil)) nominee for [Governor of São Paulo](/source/Governor_of_S%C3%A3o_Paulo)|years=[2014](/source/2014_S%C3%A3o_Paulo_gubernatorial_election)}} {{s-aft|after=[Luiz Marinho](/source/Luiz_Marinho)}} {{s-end}} {{G20-Health}} {{Rousseff cabinet}} {{Second Lula cabinet}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Padilha, Alexandre}} Category:1971 births Category:Living people Category:Ministers of health of Brazil Category:Politicians from São Paulo Category:Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil) from São Paulo (state) Category:Workers' Party (Brazil) politicians Category:21st-century Brazilian medical doctors Category:State University of Campinas alumni Category:Brazilian infectious diseases specialists --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Alexandre Padilha](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandre_Padilha) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandre_Padilha?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.