Ricardo Garcia Cappelli (born 11 February 1972) is a Brazilian journalist and politician. He was appointed the Executive Secretary to the Ministry of Justice and Public Security on 1 January 2023, and additionally the Federal Intervenor in the Secretariat for Public Security of the

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on 8 January 2023.

Career

Cappelli was born in Rio de Janeiro and studied data science at the University of Estácio de Sá. Cappelli was an adviser to a Rio councillor on youth policy from 2000 to 2002, when he unsuccessfully ran on a

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ticket for the

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. He was National Secretary for sport, education, recreation and social inclusion in the Ministry of Sports from 2003 to 2006, Secretary of development of

Nova Iguaçu Nova Iguaçu (, locally: or , ''New Iguaçu'') is a municipality in Rio de Janeiro state in Brazil. Location The city is named after the Iguaçu River that runs through it and empties into Guanabara Bay (not to be confused with the Iguaçu Ri ...

in 2008, and Secretary of Communication of

Maranhão Maranhão () is a state in Brazil. Located in the country's Northeast Region, it has a population of about 7 million and an area of . Clockwise from north, it borders on the Atlantic Ocean for 2,243 km and the states of Piauí, Tocantins and ...

during the term of Flávio Dino as governor; he followed Dino in leaving the communists and joining the Ministry of Justice and Public Security. On 8 January 2023, he was named Federal Intervenor to the Secretariat for Public Security of the Federal District by the newly inaugurated President Lula da Silva, in the light of the

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of the

Praça dos Três Poderes Praça dos Três Poderes (; ''Three Powers Plaza'') is a plaza in Brasília, the Capital (political), capital of Brazil. The name is derived from the presence of the three governmental powers around the plaza: the Executive (government), Executive, ...

government buildings by supporters of his predecessor,

Jair Bolsonaro Jair Messias Bolsonaro (; born 21 March 1955) is a Brazilian politician and retired military officer who has been the 38th president of Brazil since 1 January 2019. He was elected in 2018 as a member of the Social Liberal Party, which he turn ...

. On 19 April 2023, he was named interim head and, at the same time, Executive-Secretary of the Institutional Security Bureau after the resignation of generals Gonçalves Dias and Ricardo Nigri. He was temporarily substituted by Diego Galdino during his absence in the Ministry of Justice. On 3 May, Cappelli returned to his position as Executive Secretary following the appointment of General Amaro as Chief of the Security Cabinet.

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* , - , - {{DEFAULTSORT:Cappelli, Ricardo Communist Party of Brazil politicians 1972 births Living people Politicians from Rio de Janeiro (city) 21st-century Brazilian politicians Brazilian Socialist Party politicians