Guilherme Afif Domingos

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Afif and the second or paternal family name is Domingos.

Guilherme Afif Domingos (born 18 September 1943) is a Brazilian company administrator, entrepreneur, politician, and member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD). A longtime leader in the São Paulo business community, he was a close ally of former governor Paulo Maluf, serving in economic and technocratic state offices.

Guilherme Afif Domingos OMM
Chief Minister of the Secretariat for Micro and Small Enterprises
In office 6 May 2013 – 2 October 2015
President	Dilma Rousseff
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Carlos Leony (as Special Secretary)
Lieutenant Governor of São Paulo
In office 1 January 2011 – 1 January 2015
Governor	Geraldo Alckmin
Preceded by	Alberto Goldman
Succeeded by	Márcio França
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 1 February 1987 – 1 February 1991
Constituency	São Paulo
Secretary of State of São Paulo
2023–present	Strategic Projects
2011	Economic Development, Science and Technology
2007–2010	Labour and Employment
1980–1982	Agriculture and Supply
Municipal Secretary of São Paulo
1998	Planning
Personal details
Born	Guilherme Afif Domingos (1943-09-18) 18 September 1943 (age 81) São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Political party	PSD (2011–present)
Other political affiliations	PDS (1981–85) PL (1985–92) PFL (1992–2007) DEM (2007–11)
Spouse	Silvia Maria Dellivenneri ​ ​ (m. 1970)​
Parents	Jamil Domingos (father) Henriette Afif (mother)
Profession	Company administrator, entrepreneur

Elected Federal Deputy in 1987, Afif ran for President of Brazil as a member of the Liberal Party, being defeated in the first round of the 1989 election.

More recently Afif was Vice Governor of São Paulo between 2011 and 2014,^[1][2] chief-minister of the Secretariat of Micro and Small Business of the Presidency of the Republic under Dilma Rousseff between 2013 and 2015,^[3] and president of the Sebrae between 2015 and 2018.^[4] From 2019 to 2022, he served as a special advisor to Paulo Guedes, Jair Bolsonaro's Minister of the Economy.^[5] Afif currently serves as Special Secretary for Strategic Projects of the State of São Paulo under Tarcísio de Freitas.^[6]

Early life and career

Afif was born on 18 September, 1943 in São Paulo, São Paulo, the second son of Jamil Domingos and Henriette Afif Domingos, of both Lebanese and Italian descent. Until the age of 7, he lived in the interior of São Paulo in the municipality of Casa Branca. Afif attended Colégio Elvira Brandão until 1955 where he entered Colégio São Luís. Graduating from with a degree in Business Administration from the Faculty of Economics, he worked as a young man in his father's small textile business. While studying business in the 1960s, Afif organized freshman dances to the music of the Dick Farney orchestra and became president of the school's Academic Center.^[7][8][9]

Business career

In 1972 Afif became director of Indiana Seguros S/A [pt], a family insurance comany initially registered in 1945 by his maternal grandfather.^[8][9]

In 1976, Afif became director of the Commercial Association of São Paulo (ACSP). In 1979, he was appointed president of the Development Bank of the State of São Paulo (Badesp) – through which position he held and presided over the first Brazilian Congress of Small Businesses.^[8]

After the leaving of former Minister of Finance Henrique Meirelles from the PSD, Afif started his pre-campaign to be confirmed as the party candidate for President of Brazil in the July convention.^[10]

Personal life

In 1970, Afif married the writer Silvia Maria Dellivenneri, with whom he had four children and ten grandchildren. On 13 October 2024, she died at the age of 74 in the municipality of São Paulo.^[11]