By Andrea Hargraves 
Luciana Barbosa de Oliveira Santos, Announced This Thursday (22) As Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation in the Government of Louise Ignatius Lula Da Silva (PT)He is the Lieutenant Governor of Pernambuco and the National President of the PCdoB since 2015.
Santos wrote on his personal Facebook page after the announcement: “It’s an honor! A job that I take on with so much commitment and so much disposition. After four years of denial, science will once again become a priority in this country.”
will replace Civil engineer Paolo Elvimchosen by the government Jair Bolsonaro (PL) after leaving Marcos Pontes (PL)She will be the first woman to actively hold this position. In 2016, lawyer Emilia María Silva Ribeiro Curie temporarily took over the position after Celso Pancera.
As expected binding🇧🇷 His name was gaining traction behind the scenes🇧🇷 As a former member of the Chamber’s Science and Technology Committee, Santos was seen as the most respected candidate for the purse, and her selection was seen as a way to strike back at the PCdoB, who supported Lula during the campaign.
Born in Recife on December 29, 1965, Santos studied electrical engineering at UFPE (Federal University of Pernambuco) and, while graduating, joined the student movement.
She was President of the Academic Directory of Engineering and Computing at UFPE, Director of the Central Directory of Students and Vice President of the Regional National Union of Students (UNE) in Pernambuco.
In 1992, after completing graduation, Santos ran for Olinda’s advisor position and was awarded her first alternate position.
Two years later, she was also an understudy when she ran for state deputy. In 1996, he assumed the vacant position and maintained his direct involvement with the grassroots movements during his tenure.
In 1998, she was re-elected as a state representative, and in 2000, she was elected mayor of Olinda with over 107,000 votes. In 2004, she was re-elected in the first round, with about 122,000 votes.
From 2009 to 2010, she served as Secretary of State for Science, Technology and the Environment of Pernambuco, during the Governor’s administration Edward Campos (PSB)He left the position to search for a vacancy in the House of Representatives.
He held two consecutive terms in Brasília, from 2011 to 2014 and from 2015 to 2018, and made several proposals, among them the creation of a culture voucher.
Recently, in this year’s election period, Santos won the seat as a candidate for senator for Pernambuco, but was forced to concede the position to Teresa Letão (Workers’ Party-PE).
challenges
The final report of the transitional cabinet lists some of the challenges the future minister faced, starting with the reconfiguration and expansion of CT&I funding, with the full release of resources from the FNDCT (National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development).
“The allocation of these resources should be directed towards structuring and mobilizing national projects, as well as (not replacing) restoring and expanding the budget of the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism and its units.
and agencies, especially the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) special resources,” the text reads.
The document states that it is necessary to develop a national strategy for science, technology and innovation as a long-term policy of the state, and for this, it is necessary to rebuild the structure of the ministry. Finally, he stressed the need to resume dialogue to define public policies in the region and to hold a new national conference on science, technology and innovation.