Gleisi Hoffmann

Gleisi Helena Hoffmann ([ˈɡlejzj ɛˈlẽnɐ ˈʁɔfmɐ̃]; born 6 September 1965) is a Brazilian lawyer and politician.^[1] She was the Chief of Staff of Brazil from 8 June 2011 to 2 February 2014, during the presidency of Dilma Rousseff. Following her tenure as Chief of Staff, she became a Senator for Paraná and in 2017 became national president of the Workers' Party.

Gleisi Hoffmann
Gleisi in 2025
Secretary of Institutional Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 March 2025
President	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded by	Alexandre Padilha
Federal Deputy
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 February 2019
Constituency	Paraná
National President of the Workers' Party
In office 3 June 2017 – 7 March 2025
Preceded by	Rui Falcão
Succeeded by	Humberto Costa (interim)
Senator for Paraná
In office 1 February 2011 – 1 February 2019
Chief of Staff of the Presidency
In office 8 June 2011 – 2 February 2014
President	Dilma Rousseff
Preceded by	Antonio Palocci
Succeeded by	Aloizio Mercadante
Personal details
Born	(1965-09-06) 6 September 1965 (age 59) Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
Political party	PT (1989–present)
Spouse	Paulo Bernardo ​ ​ (m. 1998; div. 2019)​
Domestic partner	Lindbergh Farias (2020–present)
Children	2
Alma mater	Curitiba Faculty of Law

Biography

Gleisi Hoffmann began her involvement in politics in the student movement during her youth, becoming a Workers' Party' member in 1989. She graduated in law in the Centro Universitário Curitiba (Faculdade de Direito de Curitiba).

Known for her public management skills, Hoffmann has served as state secretary in Mato Grosso do Sul and as municipal secretary in the city of Londrina.

She was a member of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's presidential transition team in 2002, and served as the financial director at the Itaipu Binacional hydroelectric dam from 2003 to 2006.

She ran for the Federal Senate of Brazil in 2006 and for the office of mayor of Curitiba in 2008, losing both elections. At the time, she was the president of PT in the state of Paraná.

In October 2010, Hoffmann was elected to the Senate, receiving over 3.1 million votes, the most voted senator from the state of Paraná and the first woman to hold the office. After four months in office, she was appointed Chief of Staff,^[2] the highest-ranking member of Brazil's Executive Office, by President Dilma Rousseff.^[3]

In March 2025, Hoffman resigned as president of the Workers Party upon her appointment as Secretary of Institutional Affairs in the second Lula presidency.

Hoffmann was accused of receiving R$1.000.000,00 of embezzlement money from Petrobras in her campaign to the Senate in 2010. In 2018, Hoffmann was cleared of charges in the Supreme Court.

Gleisi was married to the ex-Communications Minister Paulo Bernardo; they divorced in 2019. They have two children.

Electoral history

Year	Election	Party		Office	Coalition	Partners	Party		Votes	Percent	Result
2006	State Election of Paraná		PT	Senator	United Paraná (PT, PL, PCdoB, PRB, PAN, PHS)	Nereu Faustino		PCdoB	2,299,088	45.14%	Not elected
						Shinji Gohara		PHS
2008	Municipal Election of Curitiba			Mayor	Curitiba for All (PT, PSC, PMN, PRB, PHS, PTC)	Borges dos Reis		PSC	183,027	18.17%	Not elected
2010	State Elections of Paraná			Senator	The Union Makes a New Tomorrow (PDT, PMDB, PT, PSC, PCdoB, PTdoB)	Sérgio Souza		MDB	3,196,468	29.50%	Elected
						Pedro Tonelli		PCdoB
2014	State Elections of Paraná			Governor	Paraná Looking Forward (PT, PDT, PCdoB, PRB, PTN)	Haroldo Ferreira		PDT	881,857	14.87%	Not elected
2018	State Elections of Paraná			Federal Deputy	—				212,513	3.71%	Elected
2022	State Elections of Paraná				—				261,247	4.26%	Elected