| Luiz Marinho | |
| Office: | Minister of Labour |
| Term Start: | 1 January 2023 |
| President: | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva |
| Predecessor: | José Carlos Oliveira |
| Term Start1: | 12 July 2005 |
| Term End1: | 29 March 2007 |
| President1: | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva |
| Predecessor1: | Ricardo Berzoini |
| Successor1: | Carlos Lupi |
| Office2: | President of the Workers' Party of São Paulo |
| Term Start2: | 8 May 2017 |
| Predecessor2: | Emídio de Souza |
| Office3: | Mayor of São Bernardo do Campo |
| Term Start3: | 1 January 2009 |
| Term End3: | 1 January 2017 |
| 1Namedata3: | Frank Aguiar |
| Predecessor3: | William Dib |
| Successor3: | Orlando Morando |
| Office4: | Minister of Social Security |
| Term Start4: | 29 March 2007 |
| Term End4: | 3 June 2008 |
| President4: | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva |
| Predecessor4: | Nelson Machado |
| Successor4: | José Pimentel |
| Birth Name: | Luiz Marinho |
| Birth Date: | 20 May 1959 |
| Birth Place: | Cosmorama, SP, Brazil |
| Party: | PT (1980–present) |
| Spouse: | Nilza de Oliveira[1] |
| Profession: | Unionist |
Luiz Marinho (born 20 May 1959 in Cosmorama) is a Brazilian politician and unionist. He was minister of Labor and Employment[2] and minister of Social Security[3] in the government of president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. He also was mayor of São Bernardo do Campo between 2009 and 2017.[4]
Marinho is married to Nilza de Oliveira[1] and is the father of two children. Have a Bachelor of Law degree and is a former metalworker in the '70s, when met Lula da Silva. His first and only register in his work permit is from July 1978, when he was hired to work in the painting sector of Volkswagen in São Bernardo do Campo, where he also began his unionist career as member of the Internal Commission of Accidente Prevention (CIPA).
Among the public acknowledgments, Marinho collects the Highlight of the Year Award of 1999, granted by the magazine Livre Mercado.
Also in 1999, he was appointed by Time/CNN as one of the 50 Latin American Leaders for the New Millennium, because of his negotiations with Volkswagen, which avoided the dismissal of 10,000 workers.[1]