Aldo Rebelo

José Aldo Rebelo Figueiredo (born 23 February 1956, in Viçosa) is a Brazilian politician, member of the Solidariedade (SD) and a federal deputy elected by the state of São Paulo. He was President of the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil from 2005 to 2007.[1]

Aldo Rebelo
Minister of Defence
In office
October 2, 2015 – May 12, 2016
PresidentDilma Rousseff
Preceded byJaques Wagner
Succeeded byRaul Jungmann
Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation
In office
January 1, 2015 – October 1, 2015
PresidentDilma Rousseff
Preceded byClelio Campolina Diniz
Succeeded byCelso Pansera
Minister of Sports
In office
October 27, 2011 – January 1, 2015
PresidentDilma Rousseff
Preceded byOrlando Silva
Succeeded byGeorge Hilton
President of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
September 28, 2005 – February 1, 2007
Preceded bySeverino Cavalcanti
Succeeded byArlindo Chinaglia
Minister of Institutional Affairs
In office
January 23, 2004 – July 20, 2005
PresidentLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byJaques Wagner
Federal Deputy for São Paulo
In office
February 1, 1991 – February 1, 2015
Alderman of São Paulo
In office
January 1, 1989 – February 1, 1991
Personal details
Born (1956-02-23) February 23, 1956
Viçosa, Alagoas, Brazil
Political partyPCdoB (1977–2017)
PSB (2017–2018)
SD (2018–present)

With President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Venezuela and Vice President José Alencar undergoing medical tests in the United States, Rebelo became the first communist to assume the duties of acting president of Brazil on November 12, 2006. His brief period in office lapsed the next day upon Lula's return.[2]

He was the main author of a controversial project to change Brazil's Forest Code introduced in the 1960s. Those changes, lobbied by Brazilian farmers, aimed to extend the areas that can be legally deforested. Although President Rousseff vetoed some parts of the law drafted under Rebelo's leadership and finally passed in May 2012, critics such as the WWF saw the law as a catastrophe for the Amazon forest.[3][4]

Rebelo was the Minister of Sports from 27 October 2011 until 1 January 2015. He was the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation from 1 January 2015 to 1 October 2015.[5] He was the Minister of Defense in the cabinet of President Dilma Rousseff from 1 October 2015 to 12 May 2016, when he was replaced by the acting president Michel Temer.[6] He left the Communist Party in August, but then joined the Brazilian Socialist Party in September[7]. Football fan, is a declared fan of Palmeiras.[8]

References
  1. "Presidentes da Câmara dos Deputados". Portal da Câmara dos Deputados.
  2. International Herald Tribune, November 13, 2006.
  3. "Climate change skeptic takes reins of Brazil's science ministry". 2015-01-09.
  4. "Aldo Rebelo: Bark or Bite?". 2015-01-07.
  5. Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação (in Portuguese)
  6. "Raul Jungmann (PPS), ministro da Defesa do governo Temer". Política (in Portuguese). 2016-05-12. Retrieved 2016-05-14.
  7. Peron, Isadora (September 25, 2017). "Após 40 anos no PCdoB" (in Portuguese). Estadão. Retrieved September 25, 2017.
  8. brasil247.com (29 May 2012). "Palmeirense fanático, o ministro do Esporte revelou, durante homenagem entregue pelo clube, que não perde uma oportunidade de presentear autoridades estrangeiras com uma camisa do Verdão" (in Portuguese).
Political offices
Preceded by
Severino Cavalcanti		 President of the Chamber of Deputies
2005–2007		 Succeeded by
Arlindo Chinaglia
Government offices
New office Minister of Institutional Affairs
2004–2005		 Succeeded by
Jaques Wagner
Preceded by
Orlando Silva		 Minister of Sports
2011–2015		 Succeeded by
George Hilton
Preceded by
Clelio Campolina Diniz		 Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation
2015		 Succeeded by
Celso Pansera
Preceded by
Jaques Wagner		 Minister of Defence
2015–2016		 Succeeded by
Raul Jungmann
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