Alexandre Padilha

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Rocha and the second or paternal family name is Santos Padilha.

Alexandre Rocha Santos Padilha (Brazilian Portuguese: [aleˈʃɐ̃dɾi ˈʁɔʃɐ ˈsɐ̃tus paˈdʒiʎɐ]; born 14 September 1971) is a Brazilian physician and politician affiliated with the Workers Party (PT).^[2] He served as minister of Institutional Relations in the current government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva from 2023 to 2025, a position he previously held from 2009 to 2011. He served as minister of health under Dilma Rousseff from 2011 to 2014.^[3] He unsuccessfully ran for governor of São Paulo state in the 2014 election.^[4] On 1 January 2023, he was once again named Secretary of Institutional Affairs by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who reinstated the office.^[5]

Alexandre Padilha
Minister of Health
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 March 2025
President	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded by	Nísia Trindade
In office 1 January 2011 – 2 February 2014
President	Dilma Rousseff
Preceded by	José Gomes Temporão
Succeeded by	Arthur Chioro
Federal Deputy
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 February 2019[a]
Constituency	São Paulo
Secretary of Institutional Affairs
In office 1 January 2023 – 10 March 2025
President	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded by	Pepe Vargas
Succeeded by	Gleisi Hoffmann
In office 28 September 2009 – 31 December 2010
President	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded by	José Múcio
Succeeded by	Luiz Sérgio de Oliveira
Municipal Secretary of Health of São Paulo
In office 14 August 2015 – 31 December 2016
Mayor	Fernando Haddad
Preceded by	José Filippi Júnior
Succeeded by	Wilson Pollara
Personal details
Born	Alexandre Rocha Santos Padilha (1971-09-14) 14 September 1971 (age 54) São Paulo, Brazil
Political party	PT (since 1988)
Spouse	Thássia Alves ​ (m. 2012)​
Alma mater	State University of Campinas University of São Paulo
Profession	Physician

See also

• Central Única dos Trabalhadores
• World Health Organization