Brazilian environmentalist and politician (born 1958)
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Marina Silva
Silva in 2023
Minister of the Environment and Climate Change[a]
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 January 2023
President
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded by
Joaquim Alvaro Pereira Leite
In office 1 January 2003 – 13 May 2008
President
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded by
José Carlos Carvalho
Succeeded by
Carlos Minc
Spokesperson of the Sustainability Network
In office 22 September 2015 – 8 April 2018
Serving with Zé Gustavo
Succeeded by
Pedro Ivo Batista Laís Garcia
Senator for Acre
In office 15 May 2008 – 1 February 2011
Preceded by
Sibá Machado
Succeeded by
Jorge Viana
In office 1 February 1995 – 2 February 2003
Preceded by
Aluísio Bezerra
Succeeded by
Sibá Machado
Federal Deputy for São Paulo
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 February 2023
State Deputy of Acre
In office 1 February 1991 – 1 February 1995
Constituency
At-large
Councillor of Rio Branco
In office 1 January 1989 – 1 February 1991
Constituency
At-large
Personal details
Born
Maria Osmarina da Silva
(1958-02-08) 8 February 1958 (age 66) Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil
Political party
REDE (2015–present)
Other political affiliations
PT (1986–2008)
PV (2008–2011)
PSB (2013–2015)
Spouse
Fábio Vaz de Lima
(m. 1986)
Children
4
Alma mater
Federal University of Acre
Website
www.marinasilva.org.br
Maria Osmarina Marina da Silva Vaz de Lima[1] (born Maria Osmarina da Silva; 8 February 1958), known as Marina Silva, is a Brazilian politician and environmentalist, currently serving as Minister of the Environment and Climate Change, a position she previously held from 2003 to 2008. She is the founder and former spokeswoman of the Sustainability Network (REDE). A former senator for the state of Acre between 1995 and 2011, she has been a federal deputy for the state of São Paulo since 2023. She ran unsuccessfully for president in 2010, 2014 and 2018.
Silva was a member of the PT until 2009, and served as a senator before becoming Minister of the Environment in 2003. She ran for president in the 2010 Brazilian elections as the candidate for the Green Party, coming in 3rd with 19% of the first-round vote.[2] In April 2014, Eduardo Campos announced his candidacy for the fall 2014 presidential election, naming Marina Silva as his vice presidential candidate.[3] After Campos's death in a plane crash on August, she was selected to run as the Socialist Party's candidate for the presidency, winning 21% of the vote and coming in 3rd.[4][5] She again ran for president in the 2018 election, this time as the nominee for the Sustainability Network, finishing in 8th place with 1% of the vote.
Silva has won a number of awards from US and international organizations in recognition of her environmental activism. In 2010, she, along with Cécile Duflot, Monica Frassoni, Elizabeth May and Renate Künast, were named by Foreign Policy magazine to its list of top global thinkers[6] for taking Green mainstream. She was one of eight people chosen to carry the Olympic flag for the opening ceremonies of the 2012 London Summer Olympics.[7]
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