Find out who Alexandre Silveira is, the Minister of Mines and Energy

Alexandre Silveira was a senator from Minas Gerais and was the rapporteur for the Transition PEC in the Senate.

In Lula's first term, Silveira was general director of the National Department of Transport Infrastructure (DNIT).

The new minister was also Antonio Anastasia's substitute in the Federal Senate, when the colleague resigned to take up a seat at the Federal Audit Court (TCU). Thus, Silveira became the holder of the senator's mandate. Furthermore, the new Minister of Mines and Energy served as the state secretary of Metropolitan Management and was also the state secretary of Health of Minas Gerais.

The Mines and Energy portfolio has Petrobras under its umbrella.

Minister's profile

• Affiliated to the Social Democratic Party (PSD)
• He graduated in Law from the Monsenhor Messias Educational Foundation in 1994.
• In 1998 he assumed the position of Delegate of the Civil Police of Minas Gerais.
• In 2002 he was a candidate for the Legislative Assembly of Minas Gerais and was a substitute.
• He was elected federal deputy in 2006.
• In 2022 he assumed the position of senator, after the resignation of Anastasia, who went to TCU.

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