Pedro Parente

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Pullen and the second or paternal family name is Parente.

Pedro Pullen Parente (born February 21, 1953, in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian engineer, politician, administrator, and former president of the state oil company Petrobras.^[1]

Pedro Parente
President of Petrobras
In office 1 June 2016 – 1 June 2018
Appointed by	Michel Temer
Preceded by	Aldemir Bendine
Succeeded by	Ivan Monteiro
Chief of Staff of the Presidency
In office 1 January 1999 – 1 January 2003
President	Fernando Henrique Cardoso
Preceded by	Clóvis Carvalho
Succeeded by	José Dirceu
Minister of Mines and Energy Acting
In office 8 March 2002 – 3 April 2002
President	Fernando Henrique Cardoso
Preceded by	José Jorge
Succeeded by	Francisco Gomide
Minister of Planning, Budget and Management Acting
In office 6 May 1999 – 18 June 1999
President	Fernando Henrique Cardoso
Preceded by	Paulo de Tarso
Succeeded by	Martus Tavares
Personal details
Born	Pedro Pullen Parente (1953-02-21) 21 February 1953 (age 72) Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Spouse	Joana Henning Generoso Parente
Alma mater	University of Brasília (UnB)
Occupation	Engineer, administrator

History

Born into a family with great political connections,^[2] Pedro Parente started his career in the public administration at 20 years old while studying to receive his bachelor's degree in electronic engineering. He was moved from the Bank of Brazil to the Ministry of Planning of Andrea Calabi, under request of his executive secretary João Sayad, to help create the Secretary of National Treasury. Years later, he worked in the governments of José Sarney and Fernando Collor de Mello until he played greater roles during the administration of Fernando Henrique Cardoso.^[3]

Under Cardoso's presidency, Parente was Chief of Staff from January 1, 1999, to January 1, 2003; Minister of Planning, Budget, and Management from May 6 to July 18, 1999; executive secretary of the Ministry of Finance; and also occupied the position of Minister of Mines and Energy in 2002. During that time he was known as "blackout minister", for being the coordinator of the crisis management team during the power outages that happened in that very year.^[4] He left the public administration for the private sector once Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva came to office and was appointed as vice-president of the Brazilian media conglomerate RBS group until 2010, when he accepted the position of CEO and president of Bunge Brazil, one of the largest trading companies in the world, which made its sugar and alcohol productions assets available for sale to concentrate on more profitable operations in grains, seeds oils and processed foods.^[5][6]

On May 19, 2016, Parente was appointed by then acting president Michel Temer to the office of president of Petrobras.^[7] His name was submitted and approved by the Administrative Council of the company, an essential requirement to take office.^[8] He was sworn in on June 1, 2017.^[9]

On June 1, 2018, after a week long trucker's strike against fuel prices, Parente resigned from the presidency of Petrobras.^[10]