Marcelo Calero
Marcelo Calero in 2016
Secretary of Government and Public Integrity of Rio de Janeiro
In office
1 January 2021 – 1 April 2022
MayorEduardo Paes
Preceded byPaulo Albino Santos Soares
Succeeded byTony Chalita
Federal Deputy for Rio de Janeiro
Assumed office
1 February 2019
Minister of Culture
In office
24 May 2016 – 18 November 2016
PresidentMichel Temer
Preceded byJuca Ferreira
Succeeded byRoberto Freire
Secretary of Culture of Rio de Janeiro
In office
15 January 2015 – 18 May 2016
MayorEduardo Paes
Preceded bySérgio Sá Leitão
Succeeded byJúnior Perim
Personal details
Born (1982-07-07) 7 July 1982 (age 41)
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Political partyPSD (2022–present)
Other political
affiliations
Alma materRio de Janeiro State University (LLB)

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

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]

References

  1. ^ Brasil, Portal. "Novo secretário diz que sua missão é resgatar a dignidade dos "fazedores de cultura"". Portal Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2016-11-28.
  2. ^ "Ex ministro gay denuncia tráfico de influência no governo Temer". Revista Lado A (in Portuguese). 25 November 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
Political offices Preceded bySérgio Sá Leitão Secretary of Culture of Rio de Janeiro 2015–2016 Succeeded byJúnior Perim Preceded byJuca Ferreira Minister of Culture 2016–2018 Succeeded byRoberto Freire Preceded byPaulo Albino Santos Soares Secretary of Government and Public Integrity of Rio de Janeiro 2021–2022 Succeeded byTony Chalita
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