Luciana Santos | |
Office1: | Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation |
Term Start1: | 1 January 2023 |
President1: | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva |
Predecessor1: | Paulo César Alvim |
Office2: | National President of the PCdoB |
Term Start2: | 1 June 2015 |
Predecessor2: | Renato Rabelo |
Office3: | Vice-Governor of Pernambuco |
Term Start3: | 1 January 2019 |
Term End3: | 1 January 2023 |
Governor3: | Paulo Câmara |
Predecessor3: | Raul Henry |
Successor3: | Priscila Krause |
Office4: | Federal Deputy for Pernambuco |
Term Start4: | 1 February 2011 |
Term End4: | 31 December 2018 |
Constituency4: | At-large |
Office5: | State Secretary of Science and Technology of Pernambuco |
Term Start5: | 27 July 2011 |
Term End5: | 5 April 2010 |
Office6: | Mayor of Olinda |
Term Start6: | 1 January 2001 |
Term End6: | 31 December 2008 |
Predecessor6: | Jacilda Urquisa |
Successor6: | Renildo Calheiros |
Office7: | State Deputy for Pernambuco |
Term Start7: | 1 February 1997 |
Term End7: | 31 December 2000 |
Constituency7: | At-large |
Birth Name: | Luciana Barbosa de Oliveira Santos |
Birth Date: | 29 December 1965 |
Birth Place: | Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil |
Party: | PCdoB (since 1987) |
Luciana Barbosa de Oliveira Santos (born 29 December 1965) is a Brazilian engineer and politician. Santos has served as Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation in the cabinet of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva since 2023. She is the first woman to head the ministry.[1]
Santos has served as leader of the Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB) since 2015.[2] From 2019 to 2023, she served as vice governor of Pernambuco under PSB governor Paulo Câmara. Prior to this, she served as mayor of Olinda.[3]