Tilden Santiago Explained

Tilden Santiago
Office:Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Term Start:1 February 1991
Term End:31 January 2003
Office1:Ambassador of Brazil to Cuba
Term Start1:25 April 2003
Term End1:23 January 2007
Birth Date:13 July 1940
Birth Place:Nova Era, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Death Place:Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Party:PT (1980-2007)
PSB (2008-2019)
PSOL (2020-2021)
Cidadania (2021-2022)

Tilden José Santiago (13 July 1940 — 2 February 2022) was a Brazilian politician and diplomat. He served as a federal deputy for Minas Gerais from 1991 to 2023 and ambassador to Cuba from 2003 to 2007. He was also special advisor to the presidency of CEMIG.

Political career

Graduating in Philosophy and Journalism, Santiago joined the Ação Libertadora Nacional (ALN) after the 1964 military coup, and became one of the founders of the Central Única dos Trabalhadores (CUT) and the Workers' Party (PT).[1] [2] He was ordained a priest in 1967, abandoning the priesthood in the 1970s.[3]

Santiago worked in the government of Itamar Franco as secretary of the Environment and Sustainable Development. He was a federal deputy for three consecutive terms.[4]

In 2002, Santiago came third in the election for Senator in Minas Gerais, an election in which the two most voted were elected. He received 3,301,171 votes, equivalent to 20.57% of the total.[5] For assuming a position at the state-owned company CEMIG during the state government Aécio Neves in 2007, his membership in the Workers' Party was suspended.[6] In the second half of 2008, Santiago joined the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB).[7] [8]

Santiago was the Brazilian ambassador to Cuba during President Lula's first term (2003–2006).[9] [10] [11] His position as ambassador generated some controversy.

In July 2010, Santiago was announced as the second alternate on Aécio Neves' Senate ticket. The first alternate was Elmiro Nascimento, from the DEM, while the other seat for the Senate race went to former president of the Republic Itamar Franco, a member of the PPS,[12] who died in 2011.

In 2012, Santiago was threatened with expulsion from the PSB for denouncing the party for fraud in the election in Contagem, in which the party supported Durval Ângelo (PT), while Santiago declared support for Carlin Moura (PCdoB).[13] [14]

Death

Santiago died of COVID-19 on 2 February 2022, at the age of 81.[15] [16]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: PT de Minas suspende filiação de ex-embaixador em Cuba. 20 November 2007. G1.
  2. Web site: Irmão de arma de Dilma, Tilden prefere Marina. 27 September 2010. Estadão.
  3. Web site: Morre Tilden Santiago, ex-presidente do SJPMG. 3 February 2022. 2022-02-03. FENAJ.
  4. Web site: Tilden Santiago - PT/MG. Câmara dos Deputados.
  5. Web site: Página Oficial do Tribunal Regional Eleitoral de Minas Gerais (TRE-MG) . 1 September 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101204153147/http://www.tre-mg.jus.br/eleicoes/eleicoes_2002/eleicoes2002/Eleicoes1turno/MenuPrincipal.htm . 4 December 2010 . dead .
  6. Web site: Página oficial do PT . 11 January 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090210021318/http://www.pt.org.br/portalpt/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8832&Itemid=195 . 10 February 2009 . dead .
  7. Web site: PSB - Tilden Santiago reforça a campanha de Léo Antunes. Jornal Folha de Contagem.
  8. Web site: Por integrar equipe de Aécio, Tilden Santiago troca PT por PSB. Jornal Folha de S. Paulo. 12 August 2008. Pablo Peixoto.
  9. Web site: Novo embaixador do Brasil em Cuba visita Aécio Neves. 24 April 2003. 2014-04-30. Agência Minas. https://web.archive.org/web/20140430204042/http://www.agenciaminas.mg.gov.br/noticias/novo-embaixador-do-brasil-em-cuba-visita-aecio-neves/. 2014-04-30. dead.
  10. Web site: Lula oficializa saída de Tilden Santiago da embaixada em Cuba. 24 November 2006. G1.
  11. Web site: 1 December 2006 . Diário Oficial .
  12. Web site: Deputado estadual do DEM será o primeiro suplente de Aécio ao Senado . 29 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110522081608/http://www.valoronline.com.br/?online%2Fpolitica%2F6%2F6357767%2Fdeputado-estadual-do-dem-sera-o-primeiro-suplente-de-aecio-ao-senado&scrollX=0&scrollY=196&tamFonte=%2F . 22 May 2011 . dead.
  13. Web site: PSB pode expulsar Tilden por dissidência. 8 July 2012. Luciana Coelho.
  14. Web site: PSB ameaça expulsar o ex-embaixador Tilden Santiago. 9 July 2012. Brasil 247.
  15. Web site: montesclaros.com - Um olhar para o que é notícia em toda parte. 2022-02-04. montesclaros.com.
  16. Web site: Morre, de Covid, Tilden Santiago: fundador do PT e ex-embaixador em Cuba. 2 February 2021. 2 February 2021.