Anielle Franco | |
Office: | Minister of Racial Equality |
Termstart: | 1 January 2023 |
President: | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva |
Predecessor: | Nilma Lino Gomes |
Birth Name: | Anielle Francisco da Silva |
Birth Date: | 3 May 1985 |
Birth Place: | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
Party: | PT (2024–present) |
Occupation: | journalist political activist |
Relations: | Marielle Franco (sister) |
Anielle Francisco da Silva (born 3 May 1985) is a Brazilian politician from the Workers' Party[1] who has been Minister of Racial Equality in the second cabinet of Lula da Silva since 1 January 2023.[2] [3] [4]
Her sister Marielle Franco, was also a politician who was assassinated in 2018.[5] After her death, the family established the Marielle Franco Institute with the aim to seek justice and continue her work.[6] [7] Anielle was the director of the institute.