Patrus Ananias
Federal Deputy from Minas Gerais
Assumed office
1 February 2015
In office
1 February 2003 – 1 February 2007
5th Academic of the 39th Chair of the Mineira Academy of Letters
Assumed office
1996[1]
Preceded byEdgar Mata Machado
Minister of Agrarian Development
In office
19 April 2016 – 12 May 2016
PresidentDilma Rousseff
Preceded byMaria Fernanda Ramos Coelho (acting)
Succeeded byPaulo Teixeira (in 2023; office abolished 2016-22)
In office
1 January 2015 – 14 April 2016
PresidentDilma Rousseff
Preceded byLaudemir André Müller (acting)
Succeeded byMaria Fernanda Ramos Coelho (acting)
Minister of Social Development and Fight Against Hunger
In office
23 January 2004 – 31 March 2010
PresidentLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Succeeded byMárcia Lopes
Mayor of Belo Horizonte
In office
1 January 1993 – 1 January 1997
Preceded byEduardo Azeredo
Succeeded byCélio de Castro
Councilman of Belo Horizonte
In office
1 January 1989 – 1 January 1993
Personal details
Born
Patrus Ananias de Sousa

(1952-01-26) 26 January 1952 (age 71)
Bocaiúva, MG, Brazil
Political partyPT (Since 1981)
Parents
  • Jair Ananias de Sousa (father)
  • Maria Tereza Patrus Ananias (mother)
EducationFederal University of Minas Gerais (B)
Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais (M) (L)
Complutense University of Madrid (D)
OccupationProfessor, lawyer

Patrus Ananias de Sousa (Bocaiúva, 26 January 1952) is a Brazilian lawyer and politician, member of the Workers' Party (PT). He was Minister of Agrarian Development during the second term of president Dilma Rousseff.[2][3]

Biography

Mayor of Belo Horizonte

In 1992, he was elected mayor of Belo Horizonte, with Célio de Castro (PSB) as Vice Mayor, defeating former mayor Maurício Campos (PL), who was defeated in the second round, and Sérgio Ferrara (PMDB), the then federal deputy Aécio Neves (PSDB), who finished in 3rd place.

His term as mayor was marked with structural reforms in city administration, with changes in city hall organization, in public planning, and in public politics, engaging in an agenda of social development, with politics of fighting against poverty, of food security, of promotion of jobs and income, as well as investments in education and health. Implemented, also, the participative budget. His administration was awarded by the United Nations Organization as model of public administration.[4]

Federal Deputy

In 2002, he was elected federal deputy by the PT, reaching more than 520,000 votes. He is, until nowadays, the biggest voting get by a candidate to federal deputy in Minas Gerais, corresponding to 5.4% of the valid votes.[5] In the Federal Chamber, assumed the vice presidency of the Constitution and Justice Committee and became member of the Ethics and Parliamentary Decour Council. Participated, also, the Regional Development and Urban and Interior Development Committees.[6]

Minister of Social Development

In 2004, in a context of crisis involving the social politics promoted by the Federal Government, Ananias was invited by president Lula to assume the Ministry of Social Development and Fight Against Hunger, an office in which the minister was kept until March 2010. It was during his administration as minister that Bolsa Família was implemented, a program of the Federal Government for families in situations of poverty or extreme poverty. In this period, almost 13 million families were granted with the Bolsa Família.[7]

Election for Mayor of Belo Horizonte

In the beginning of 2010, disputed against former mayor of Belo Horizonte, Fernando Pimentel, the PT primaries for Governor of Minas Gerais. He loses the nomination, but, on 31 March 2010, leaves the Ministry to run in the elections, in the condition of candidate for Vice Governor in the opposition ticket with the then Minister of Communications senator Hélio Costa.[8] On 7 June 2010, officialize his candidacy for Vice Governor of the State of Minas Gerais, along with Hélio Costa.[9] They were defeated by the then Governor Antônio Anastasia (PSDB), elected Vice Governor in 2006 along with Aécio Neves, who left the office to run for Senator.[10]

In 2012, he again ran for Mayor of Belo Horizonte against Márcio Lacerda (PSB), being defeated in the first round. Got 40% of the votes, against 54% of his opponent.[11] In that election, he was chosen after the rupture of the alliance PT-PSB, then in the command of the state's capital, which was already sealed, having the federal deputy Miguel Corrêa, close to the minister Fernando Pimentel, as Vice Mayor of Márcio Lacerda.

Minister of Agrarian Development

On 29 December 2014, he was officially announced as new Minister of Agrarian Development of the second cabinet of Dilma Rousseff.[2] On 14 April 2016, he left temporarily the Ministry because of the voting of the impeachment proceedings against Dilma Rousseff. Returned to office in 19 April,[3] whom he was kept until the Rousseff's suspension and the swearing-in of acting president Michel Temer.[12]

He is also a member of the World Future Council. https://www.worldfuturecouncil.org/

References

  1. ^ "Patrus Ananias de Sousa" (in Portuguese). Academia Mineira de Letras. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Veja lista completa de ministros anunciados por Dilma" (in Portuguese). Estadão. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Governo publica renomeação de ministros deputados" (in Portuguese). G1. 19 April 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  4. ^ "The Future Policy Award was celebrated for the first time". World Future Council. 1 October 2009. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  5. ^ "Eleições 2002" (in Portuguese). Uol. 6 October 2002. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  6. ^ "Patrus Ananias - PT/MG" (in Portuguese). Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  7. ^ Martins y Miguel, Flávia (20 October 2013). "Pai do Bolsa Família, Patrus Ananias diz que programas de FHC tinham 'cadastro com dados equivocados'" (in Portuguese). R7. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  8. ^ de Gois, Chico; Damé, Luiza (31 March 2010). "Lula dá posse a dez novos ministros. Dilma e mais nove deixam governo" (in Portuguese). O Globo. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  9. ^ "PT e PMDB oficializam candidatura de Hélio Costa ao governo de Minas" (in Portuguese). G1. 7 June 2010. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  10. ^ "Apuração de votos e candidatos eleitos (1° turno)" (in Portuguese). Uol. 3 October 2010. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  11. ^ "Lacerda tem 55%, e Patrus, 40% dos votos válidos em BH diz Ibope" (in Portuguese). G1. 6 October 2012. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  12. ^ "Conheça cada ministro do governo de Michel Temer" (in Portuguese). O Povo. 12 May 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2018.

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Honorary titles Preceded byEdgar Mata Machado 5th Academic of the 39th Chairof the Mineira Academy of Letters 1996–present Incumbent Political offices Preceded byEduardo Azeredo Mayor of Belo Horizonte 1993–1997 Succeeded byCélio de Castro Office established Minister of Social Development and Fight Against Hunger 2004–10 Succeeded byMárcia Lopes Preceded byLaudemir André Müller (acting) Minister of Agrarian Development 2015–16 Succeeded byMaria Fernanda Ramos Coelho (acting) Preceded byMaria Fernanda Ramos Coelho (acting) Succeeded byPaulo Teixeira
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