Marcelo Calero

Marcelo Calero Faria Garcia (born 7 July 1982) is a Brazilian diplomat and politician. He had served as Minister of Culture of the government Michel Temer.^[1]

Marcelo Calero
Official portrait for the 2022 election
Secretary of Government and Public Integrity of Rio de Janeiro
In office 1 January 2021 – 1 April 2022
Mayor	Eduardo Paes
Preceded by	Paulo Albino Santos Soares
Succeeded by	Tony Chalita
Federal Deputy
In office 1 February 2019 – 1 February 2023
Constituency	Rio de Janeiro
Minister of Culture
In office 24 May 2016 – 18 November 2016
President	Michel Temer
Preceded by	Juca Ferreira
Succeeded by	Roberto Freire
Secretary of Culture of Rio de Janeiro
In office 15 January 2015 – 18 May 2016
Mayor	Eduardo Paes
Preceded by	Sérgio Sá Leitão
Succeeded by	Júnior Perim
Personal details
Born	(1982-07-07) 7 July 1982 (age 43) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Political party	PSD (2022–present)
Other political affiliations	PSDB (2009–2015) PMDB (2016–2018) PPS (2018–2019) Cidadania (2019–2022)
Alma mater	Rio de Janeiro State University (LLB)

In 2018, Calero was elected as a deputy with the Cidadania Party with the endorsement of Livres, a classical liberal political movement. He is openly gay and is the second LGBT person to be elected as a Member of Congress.^[2]