Alexandre Rocha Santos Padilha is a
Brazilian physician and politician affiliated with the
Workers Party (PT). He was also minister of Institutional Relations in the
Lula administration and Minister of Health under
Dilma Rousseff
Dilma Vana Rousseff (; born 14 December 1947) is a Brazilian economist and politician who served as the 36th president of Brazil, holding the position from 2011 until her impeachment and removal from office on 31 August 2016. She is the first ...
. He unsuccessfully ran for governor of
São Paulo
São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for ' Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the Ga ...
state in the 2014 election.
Rousseff takes lead in Brazil election poll
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON, BRAD BROOKS Associated Press
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on 30 September 2014
See also
*Central Única dos Trabalhadores
Central Única dos Trabalhadores ( en, Unified Workers' Central), commonly known by the acronym CUT, is the main national trade union center in Brazil.
History
CUT was formed on 28 August 1983 in São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo, during the Fi ...
*World Health Organization
The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. The WHO Constitution states its main objective as "the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of ...
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1971 births
Living people
Health ministers of Brazil
São Paulo (state) politicians
Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil) from São Paulo
Workers' Party (Brazil) politicians
21st-century Brazilian physicians
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