Luciana Barbosa de Oliveira Santos (born 29 December 1965) is a Brazilian engineer and politician. Santos has served as Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation in the cabinet of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva since 2023. She is the first woman to head the ministry.Luciana Santos takes over the Ministry of Science and Technology
Santos has served as leader of the Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB) since 2015. From 2019 to 2023, she served as vice governor of Pernambuco under PSB governor Paulo Câmara. Prior to this, she served as mayor of Olinda.
Electoral history YearElectionPartyOfficeCoalitionPartnersPartyVotesPercentResult 1994 State Elections of Pernambuco State Deputy Pernambuco Popular Front colspan="3" 14,126 1998 State Elections of Pernambuco Pernambuco Popular Front colspan="3" 26,594 0.89% 2000 Municipal Election of Olinda Mayor Olinda Popular Opposition Paulo Valença 59,066 30.72% 107,739 52.34% 2004 Municipal Election of Olinda Olinda Popular Front Paulo Valença 121,483 55.78% 2010 State Elections of Pernambuco Federal Deputy Pernambuco Popular Front for Federal and State Deputy colspan="3" 105,253 2.39% 2014 State Elections of Pernambucp Pernambuco Popular Front for Federal Deputy colspan="3" 85,053 1.90% 2016 Municipal Election of Olinda Mayor Olinda Popular Front Alvaro Ribeiro 32,929 16.57% 2018 State Elections of Pernambuco Vice Governor Pernambuco Popular Front Paulo Câmara 1,918,219 50.70% 2022 State Elections of Pernambuco Pernambuco Popular Front Danilo Cabral 885,994 18.06%
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