Eliseu Padilha

Eliseu Lemos Padilha (23 December 1945 – 13 March 2023) was a Brazilian lawyer and politician, who was appointed by then-President Dilma Rousseff as the minister of the Brazilian Civil Aeronautics Government Department. He was in office from 1 January 2015 to 1 December 2015.^[2] He also served as minister of Transport and Infrastructure between 1997 and 2001 (appointed by then-President Fernando Henrique Cardoso) and for four terms as federal congressman of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, his birthplace.

Eliseu Padilha
Chief of Staff of the Presidency
In office 12 May 2016 – 1 January 2019
President	Michel Temer
Preceded by	Eva Chiavon (acting)
Succeeded by	Onyx Lorenzoni
Minister of Labor (Acting)[1]
In office 5 July 2018 – 10 July 2018
President	Michel Temer
Preceded by	Helton Yomura
Succeeded by	Caio Vieira de Mello
Minister of Civil Aviation
In office 1 January 2015 – 1 December 2015
President	Dilma Rousseff
Preceded by	Moreira Franco
Succeeded by	Mauro Lopes
Federal Deputy
In office 23 August 2011 – 1 January 2015
Constituency	Rio Grande do Sul
In office 1 February 2003 – 1 February 2011
Constituency	Rio Grande do Sul
In office 1 February 1995 – 1 February 1999
Constituency	Rio Grande do Sul
Minister of Transport
In office 22 May 1997 – 16 November 2001
President	Fernando Henrique Cardoso
Preceded by	Alcides Saldanha
Succeeded by	Alderico Lima
Mayor of Tramandaí
In office 1 January 1989 – 1 January 1993
Preceded by	Elói Brás Sessim
Succeeded by	Edegar Rapaki
Personal details
Born	Eliseu Lemos Padilha (1945-12-23)23 December 1945 Canela, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Died	13 March 2023(2023-03-13) (aged 77) Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Political party	MDB (1966–2023)
Alma mater	University of Rio dos Sinos Valley
Website	Official website

Padilha was one of the few ministers to have resigned from a ministerial office because of a divergent position from their government's policies.

Padilha died on 13 March 2023, at age 77.^[3]