Marina Silva
Marina Silva | |
|---|---|
Silva in 2024 | |
| Minister of the Environment and Climate Change | |
| Assumed office 1 January 2023 | |
| President | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva |
| Preceded by | Joaquim Alvaro Pereira Leite |
| In office 1 January 2003 – 13 May 2008 | |
| President | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva |
| Preceded by | José Carlos Carvalho |
| Succeeded by | Carlos Minc |
| Spokesperson of the Sustainability Network | |
| In office 22 September 2015 – 8 April 2018 Serving with Zé Gustavo | |
| Succeeded by | Pedro Ivo Batista Laís Garcia |
| Senator for Acre | |
| In office 15 May 2008 – 1 February 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Sibá Machado |
| Succeeded by | Jorge Viana |
| In office 1 February 1995 – 2 February 2003 | |
| Preceded by | Aluísio Bezerra |
| Succeeded by | Sibá Machado |
| Federal Deputy for São Paulo | |
| Assumed office 1 February 2023 | |
| State Deputy of Acre | |
| In office 1 February 1991 – 1 February 1995 | |
| Constituency | At-large |
| Councillor of Rio Branco | |
| In office 1 January 1989 – 1 February 1991 | |
| Constituency | At-large |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Maria Osmarina da Silva 8 February 1958 Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil |
| Political party | REDE (2015–present) |
| Other political affiliations | |
| Spouse |
Fábio Vaz de Lima (m. 1986) |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | Federal University of Acre |
| Website | www |
Maria Osmarina Marina da Silva Vaz de Lima (born Maria Osmarina da Silva; 8 February 1958), known as Marina Silva, is a Brazilian politician and environmentalist, currently serving as Minister of the Environment and Climate Change, a position she previously held from 2003 to 2008. She is the founder and former spokeswoman of the Sustainability Network (REDE). A former senator for the state of Acre between 1995 and 2011, she has been a federal deputy for the state of São Paulo since 2023. She ran unsuccessfully for president in 2010, 2014 and 2018.
Silva was a member of the PT until 2009, and served as a senator before becoming Minister of the Environment in 2003. She ran for president in the 2010 Brazilian elections as the candidate for the Green Party, coming in 3rd with 19% of the first-round vote. In April 2014, Eduardo Campos announced his candidacy for the fall 2014 presidential election, naming Marina Silva as his vice presidential candidate. After Campos's death in a plane crash on August, she was selected to run as the Socialist Party's candidate for the presidency, winning 21% of the vote and coming in 3rd. She again ran for president in the 2018 election, this time as the nominee for the Sustainability Network, finishing in 8th place with 1% of the vote.
Silva has won a number of awards from US and international organizations in recognition of her environmental activism. In 2010, she, along with Cécile Duflot, Monica Frassoni, Elizabeth May and Renate Künast, were named by Foreign Policy magazine to its list of top global thinkers for taking Green mainstream. She was one of eight people chosen to carry the Olympic flag for the opening ceremonies of the 2012 London Summer Olympics.