Affiliated to the PT since 1982, he was Minister of Social Development at the 2nd Government of President Lula
Márcia Lopes was this Monday (5.MAI.2025) to command the Ministry of Women. The president (PT) invited the petista about 1 month ago. She accepted and has already taken office. The decision to the exchange will be made official in the extra publication of the DOU (Official Gazette of the Union).
Affiliated to the PT since 1982, Márcia Lopes, 67, was Minister of Social Development at the 2nd Government of Lula. Before, he was executive secretary of the organ. He is also a social worker and teacher.
Now Minister of Women, the petista is the sister of the National Secretary of Solidarity Economy of the Ministry of Labor, Gilberto Carvalho, former Minister of the General Secretariat of the Presidency (2011 to 2015) and former Chief of Staff of Lula (2003-2010). In 2012, he was a candidate for Londrina City Hall (PR) by the PT, but was in 3rd place.
Lula met with former Minister Cida Gonçalves on Friday (2.Mai), at the Planalto Palace. The meeting lasted less than 20 minutes.
The executive chief was expected to be dismissed before the Labor Day holiday on May 1, but the decision was postponed because of the resignation of.
With the departure of Cida Gonçalves, the petista government reaches the mark of since the beginning of the 3rd term.
