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Macaé Evaristo
Minister of Humans Rights and Citizenship of Brazil
Incumbent
Assumed office
9 September 2024
PresidentLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded byEsther Dweck (interim)
State deputy of Minas Gerais
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 February 2023
Councilor of Belo Horizonte
In office
1 January 2021 – 31 January 2023
Secretary of Education of Minas Gerais
In office
1 January 2015 – 31 January 2018
Secretary of Education of Belo Horizonte
In office
2005–2012
Personal details
Born (1965-04-03) April 3, 1965 (age 59)
São Gonçalo do Pará, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Political partyWorkers' Party
Alma materPontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais, Federal University of Minas Gerais
Occupationteacher, social worker, politician

Macaé Maria Evaristo dos Santos (born 3 April 1965) is a Brazilian teacher, social worker and politician, affiliated with the Workers' Party and current Minister of Human Rights and Citizenship of Brazil.[1][2] She is a state deputy of Minas Gerais, and is currently licensed.[3][4]

She has a degree in Social Work from the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais (PUC Minas) and a master's degree in education from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG). She has been a teacher in the Belo Horizonte municipal school system since the age of 19 and was the first black woman to hold the positions of Municipal Secretary of Education of Belo Horizonte, from 2005 to 2012, and State Secretary of Education of Minas Gerais, from 2015 to 2018.[3][5][6][7] She was also head of the Ministry of Education's Secretariat for Continuing Education, Literacy, Diversity and Inclusion, from 2013 to 2014, under the Dilma Rousseff government.[8]

In the 2020 elections, she was elected to the Belo Horizonte City Council by the Workers' Party with 5,985 votes.[9] In 2022, she was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Minas Gerais with 50,416 votes.[10] She was part of the Lula government's transition team, in the education working group,[11] working in the areas of diversity and inclusion.

Her cousin is the writer Conceição Evaristo.[5] On 15 September 2020, the analytical biography Macaé Evaristo – Uma Força Negra Na Cena Pública, by the authors Jailson de Souza e Silva and Eliana Sousa e Silva was published by Eduniperiferias.[12]

References

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  1. ^ "Decreto de 9 de setembro de 2024". Diário Oficial da União – Edição: 174-B | Seção: 2 – Extra B. 9 September 2024. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Ministério dos Direitos Humanos 'está de pé', diz Macaé em cerimônia de posse 18 dias após nomeação". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 27 September 2024. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Perfil da Vereadora Macaé Evaristo nos site da Câmara Municipal de Belo Horizonte". CMBH (in Brazilian Portuguese). 26 November 2022.
  4. ^ ""Depois de eleita, existe muito mais luta para transformar a política", diz Macaé". Brasil de Fato (in Brazilian Portuguese). 26 November 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Lula anuncia Macaé Evaristo como ministra dos Direitos Humanos no lugar de Silvio Almeida" (in Brazilian Portuguese). G1. 9 September 2024. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  6. ^ "Macaé Evaristo se despede da gestão da Secretaria de Estado de Educação". Secretaria de Educação de MG (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  7. ^ "Macaé Evaristo (PT), candidata a deputada estadual". Campanha de Mulher (in Brazilian Portuguese). 26 November 2022.
  8. ^ "Macaé Evaristo: "A legitimidade das diferenças na escola pública: por um projeto de (re)existência e trajetórias plurais"". Revista Periferias (in Brazilian Portuguese). 26 November 2022.
  9. ^ "Belo Horizonte/MG: apuração em tempo real de prefeito e vereador". noticias.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  10. ^ "Eleições 2022: apuração dos votos em Minas Gerais". noticias.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  11. ^ Guimarães, Levy (14 November 2022). "Transição: Lula define nomes para Educação, Cidades, Infraestrutura e Esporte | O TEMPO". www.otempo.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  12. ^ Dalle, Isaías (November 2022). "Reconexão Periferias" (PDF). Revista Reconexão Periferias (40). Fundação Perseu Abramo: 5. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
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