Patrus Ananias

{{Portuguese name|'''Ananias'''|'''de Sousa'''}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Patrus Ananias |image = CRA - Comissão de Agricultura e Reforma Agrária (18009405490).jpg |office = Federal Deputy from Minas Gerais |term_start = 1 February 2015 |term_end = |term_start1 = 1 February 2003 |term_end1 = 1 February 2007 |office2 = 5th Academic of the 39th Chair of the Mineira Academy of Letters |term_start2 = 1996<ref>{{cite web|url=http://academiamineiradeletras.org.br/academicos/patrus-ananias-de-sousa/|title=Patrus Ananias de Sousa|publisher=Academia Mineira de Letras|language=pt|accessdate=5 February 2018}}</ref> |term_end2 = |predecessor2 = Edgar Mata Machado |office3 = Minister of Agrarian Development |term_start3 = 19 April 2016 |term_end3 = 12 May 2016 |president3 = Dilma Rousseff |predecessor3 = Maria Fernanda Ramos Coelho {{small|(acting)}} |successor3 = Paulo Teixeira (in 2023; office abolished 2016-22) |term_start4 = 1 January 2015 |term_end4 = 14 April 2016 |president4 = Dilma Rousseff |predecessor4 = Laudemir André Müller {{small|(acting)}} |successor4 = Maria Fernanda Ramos Coelho {{small|(acting)}} |office5 = Minister of Social Development and Fight Against Hunger |term_start5 = 23 January 2004 |term_end5 = 31 March 2010 |president5 = Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva |successor5 = Márcia Lopes |office6 = Mayor of Belo Horizonte |term_start6 = 1 January 1993 |term_end6 = 1 January 1997 |predecessor6 = Eduardo Azeredo |successor6 = Célio de Castro |office7 = Councilman of Belo Horizonte |term_start7 = 1 January 1989 |term_end7 = 1 January 1993 |birth_name = Patrus Ananias de Sousa |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|1|26|df=y}} |birth_place = Bocaiúva, MG, Brazil |party = PT {{small|(Since 1981)}} |mother=Maria Tereza Patrus Ananias |father = Jair Ananias de Sousa |education = Federal University of Minas Gerais {{small|(B)}} Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais {{small|(M)}} {{small|(L)}} Complutense University of Madrid {{small|(D)}} |occupation = Professor, lawyer }} '''Patrus Ananias de Sousa''' (Bocaiúva, 26 January 1952) is a Brazilian lawyer and politician affiliated with the Workers' Party (PT). He was Minister of Agrarian Development during the second term of president Dilma Rousseff.<ref name="cabinet">{{cite web|url=http://politica.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,veja-lista-completa-de-ministros-anunciados-por-dilma,1613931|title=Veja lista completa de ministros anunciados por Dilma|publisher=Estadão|language=pt|date=31 December 2014|accessdate=4 February 2018}}</ref><ref name="impeachment">{{cite web|url=http://g1.globo.com/politica/processo-de-impeachment-de-dilma/noticia/2016/04/governo-publica-renomeacao-de-ministros-deputados.html|title=Governo publica renomeação de ministros deputados|publisher=G1|language=pt|date=19 April 2016|accessdate=4 February 2018}}</ref>

==Biography== ===Mayor of Belo Horizonte=== In 1992, he was elected mayor of Belo Horizonte, with Célio de Castro (PSB) as Vice Mayor, defeating former mayor Maurício Campos (PL) on the second round, as well as Sérgio Ferrara (PMDB) and the then federal deputy Aécio Neves (PSDB), who finished in 3rd place.

His term as mayor was marked by structural reforms in city administration, changes in city hall organization, in public planning, and in public policy. He engaged in a social development agenda, with policies to address poverty, food security, jobs and income promotion, as well as investments in education and in health. He also implemented a participatory budget. His public administration was recognized as model through an award from the United Nations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldfuturecouncil.org/future-policy-award-celebrated-first-time/|title=The Future Policy Award was celebrated for the first time|publisher=World Future Council|date=1 October 2009|accessdate=5 February 2018}}</ref>

===Federal Deputy=== In 2002, he was elected federal deputy by the PT, reaching more than 520,000 votes. He is, until nowadays, the biggest voting get by a candidate to federal deputy in Minas Gerais, corresponding to 5.4% of the valid votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eleicoes.uol.com.br/2002/resultados/r_deputados.jhtm|title=Eleições 2002|publisher=Uol|language=pt|date=6 October 2002|accessdate=5 February 2018}}</ref> In the Federal Chamber, assumed the vice presidency of the Constitution and Justice Committee and became member of the Ethics and Parliamentary Decour Council. Participated, also, the Regional Development and Urban and Interior Development Committees.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.camara.leg.br/deputados/pesquisa/layouts_deputados_biografia?pk=74160|title=Patrus Ananias - PT/MG|publisher=Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil|language=pt|accessdate=5 February 2018}}</ref>

===Minister of Social Development=== In 2004, amid a political crisis involving the social policies promoted by the Federal Government, Ananias was invited by president Lula to assume the Ministry of Social Development and Fight Against Hunger, an office in which he was kept until March 2010. It was during his administration as minister that Bolsa Família, a federal program for families currently in poverty or extreme poverty, was implemented. In this period, almost 13 million families were granted Bolsa Família.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://noticias.r7.com/brasil/pai-do-bolsa-familia-patrus-ananias-diz-que-programas-de-fhc-tinham-cadastro-com-dados-equivocados-20102013|title=Pai do Bolsa Família, Patrus Ananias diz que programas de FHC tinham 'cadastro com dados equivocados'|publisher=R7|language=pt|first=Flávia|last=Martins y Miguel|date=20 October 2013|accessdate=5 February 2018}}</ref>

===Election for Mayor of Belo Horizonte=== In the beginning of 2010, he faced the former mayor of Belo Horizonte, Fernando Pimentel, in the PT primaries for Governor of Minas Gerais. He lost the nomination but, on 31 March 2010, left the Ministry to run for office as candidate to Vice Governor in the opposition ticket with the then Minister of Communications and senator Hélio Costa.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://oglobo.globo.com/politica/lula-da-posse-dez-novos-ministros-dilma-mais-nove-deixam-governo-3031900|title=Lula dá posse a dez novos ministros. Dilma e mais nove deixam governo|publisher=O Globo|language=pt|first1=Chico|last1=de Gois|first2=Luiza|last2=Damé|date=31 March 2010|accessdate=5 February 2018}}</ref> On 7 June 2010, he officialized his candidacy for Vice Governor of the State of Minas Gerais, along with Hélio Costa.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://g1.globo.com/especiais/eleicoes-2010/noticia/2010/06/pt-e-pmdb-oficializam-candidatura-de-helio-costa-ao-governo-de-minas.html|title=PT e PMDB oficializam candidatura de Hélio Costa ao governo de Minas|publisher=G1|language=pt|date=7 June 2010|accessdate=5 February 2018}}</ref> They were defeated by the then Governor Antônio Anastasia (PSDB), elected Vice Governor in 2006 along with Aécio Neves, who left the office to run for Senator.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://placar.eleicoes.uol.com.br/2010/1turno/mg/|title=Apuração de votos e candidatos eleitos (1° turno)|publisher=Uol|language=pt|date=3 October 2010|accessdate=5 February 2018}}</ref>

In 2012, he ran again for Mayor of Belo Horizonte against Márcio Lacerda (PSB) and was defeated in the first round. He obtained 40% of the votes, against his opponent's 54%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://g1.globo.com/minas-gerais/eleicoes/2012/noticia/2012/10/lacerda-tem-55-e-patrus-40-dos-votos-validos-em-bh-diz-ibope.html|title=Lacerda tem 55%, e Patrus, 40% dos votos válidos em BH diz Ibope|publisher=G1|language=pt|date=6 October 2012|accessdate=5 February 2018}}</ref> He was chosen for that election after the rupture of the alliance PT-PSB, then in the command of the state's capital. It had been set to feature the federal deputy Miguel Corrêa, someone close to minister Fernando Pimentel, as Márcio Lacerda's Vice Mayor.

===Minister of Agrarian Development=== On 29 December 2014, he was officially announced as the new Minister of Agrarian Development in Dilma Rousseff's second cabinet.<ref name="cabinet"/> On 14 April 2016, he left the Ministry temporarily due to the vote of the ''impeachment'' proceedings against Dilma Rousseff. On 19 April, he returned to office,<ref name="impeachment"/> which he kept until Rousseff's suspension and acting president Michel Temer's swearing in.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www20.opovo.com.br/app/politica/2016/05/12/noticiaspoliticas,3612971/conheca-cada-ministro-do-governo-de-michel-temer.shtml|title=Conheça cada ministro do governo de Michel Temer|publisher=O Povo|language=pt|date=12 May 2016|accessdate=5 February 2018}}</ref>

He is also a member of the World Future Council.

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{Official website|patrusananias.com.br}}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ananias, Patrus}} Category:1952 births Category:Living people Category:Workers' Party (Brazil) politicians Category:Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil) from Minas Gerais Category:Government ministers of Brazil Category:Brazilian people of Lebanese descent Category:People from Bocaiúva