51 Notable alumni of
University of Brasilia
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The University of Brasilia is 917th in the world, 30th in Latin America, and 9th in Brazil by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 51 notable alumni from the University of Brasilia sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Nelson Piquet
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- Formula One driverracing automobile driverbusinessperson
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Nelson Piquet Souto Maior is a Brazilian retired racing driver and businessman who won the World Drivers' Championship three times in the years 1981, 1983 and 1987.
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Fernando Collor de Mello
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- politicianwriter
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Fernando Affonso Collor de Mello is a Brazilian politician who served as the 32nd president of Brazil from 1990 to 1992, when he resigned in a failed attempt to stop his impeachment trial by the Brazilian Senate. Collor was the first President democratically elected after the end of the Brazilian military dictatorship. He became the youngest president in Brazilian history, taking office at the age of 40. After he resigned from the presidency, the impeachment trial on charges of corruption continued. Collor was found guilty by the Senate and disqualified from holding elected office for eight years (1992–2000). He was later acquitted of ordinary criminal charges in his judicial trial before Brazil's Supreme Federal Court, for lack of valid evidence.
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Gilmar Mendes
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- university teacherlawyerjuristpoliticianjudge
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Gilmar Ferreira Mendes is a Brazilian Justice of the Supremo Tribunal Federal (Brazilian Supreme Federal Court), appointed by then President Fernando Henrique Cardoso in 2002. Mendes was the Chief Justice of the Court for the 2008–2010 term. Earlier, he had been the Attorney General from 2000 to 2002.
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Joaquim Barbosa
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- judge
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Joaquim Benedito Barbosa Gomes is a former Justice of the Supreme Federal Court in Brazil. He served as the president of the court (Chief Justice) between 2012 and 2014.
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Ana Paula Padrão
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- journalist
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Ana Paula de Vasconcelos Padrão, also known as Ana Paula Padrão is a Brazilian journalist, chief editor, entrepreneur, writer and television presenter. She has been a journalist for over thirty years, working for several Brazilian television networks, including Manchete, Rede Globo, SBT and Record. Currently she works for Band Networks, where she hosts MasterChef Brazil, MasterChef Profissionais and MasterChef Para Tudo. She also presents Conexão com The New York Times in BandNews TV.
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Miriam Leitão
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- journalisteconomistwritertelevision presenter
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Miriam Azevedo de Almeida Leitão is a Brazilian journalist and television presenter. She has a program at GloboNews and is a commentator on economics at TV Globo's Bom Dia Brasil and writes the column Panorama Econômico in the newspaper O Globo. She is the mother of two sons, Vladimir Netto (1973) and Matheus Leitão (1977).
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Gilberto Kassab
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- politicianengineereconomist
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Gilberto Kassab is a Brazilian politician and former mayor of São Paulo. His term ended in 2012. A civil engineer and economist, one of the most famous Brazilians of Syrian descent, Kassab took over from José Serra, after Serra decided to run for governor of São Paulo.
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Juliano Cazarré
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- television actoractor
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Juliano Cazarré is a Brazilian actor and writer. He appeared in more than thirty films since 2002.
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Osmar Terra
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- physicianpolitician
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Osmar Gasparini Terra is a Brazilian politician and physician, affiliated to the Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB), current Minister of Citizenship and former Minister of Social and Agrarian Development.
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André Mendonça
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- judgelawyer
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André Luiz de Almeida Mendonça is a Brazilian attorney, Presbyterian pastor, and politician currently serving as Justice of the Supreme Federal Court. He is the third evangelical Christian positioned to join the top court, and former Minister of Justice and Public Security and Attorney General of the Union in the administration of President Jair Bolsonaro. Prior to assuming this role, he served as Attorney General of Brazil in the same administration.
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Roberto Azevêdo
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- engineerinternational forum participantpoliticiandiplomat
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Roberto Carvalho de Azevêdo is a Brazilian career diplomat who served as Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) from 2013 until 2020. Since 2020, he has been Executive Vice President and Director of Corporate Affairs at PepsiCo.
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Geddel Vieira Lima
- Enrolled in the University of Brasilia
- Studied business administration
- Occupations
- managerpoliticianplanterrancher
- Biography
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Geddel Vieira Lima is a Brazilian politician who served in the Cabinet of Brazil under President Michel Temer until his resignation on 25 November 2016, amid accusations that he and the President had pressured Minister of Culture Marcelo Calero to approve a real estate project to build a 30-floor apartment building in a historic district of Ladeira da Barra.
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Raquel Dodge
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- lawyer
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Raquel Elias Ferreira Dodge is a former Prosecutor General of Brazil. Previously, she was a sub-prosecutor general of the Republic and served as the Prosecutor General of the Republic from 2017 to 2019.
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Ernesto Araújo
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- diplomatpoliticianinternational forum participant
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Ernesto Henrique Fraga Araújo is a Brazilian diplomat and Brazil's former Minister of Foreign Affairs. Chosen by Brazil's president Jair Bolsonaro in January 2019 following a suggestion made by Olavo de Carvalho, Araújo subscribes to theories such as man-made climate change is untrue and a "communist plot", "globalism" is a process driven by "cultural Marxism", and the COVID-19 pandemic is the result of another communist plot he dubbed "comunavirus".
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Leilane Neubarth
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- journalistwriternews presenter
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Leilane Neubarth Teixeira is a Brazilian journalist, news presenter and writer.
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Hugo Gloss
- Enrolled in the University of Brasilia
- Studied journalism
- Occupations
- journalistYouTuberbloggertelevision presenter
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Bruno Rocha da Fonseca, known as Hugo Gloss, is a Brazilian presenter, journalist, voice actor, blogger and YouTuber.
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Pedro Parente
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- entrepreneurpoliticianministerengineerinternational forum participant
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Pedro Pullen Parente is a Brazilian engineer, politician, administrator, and former president of the state oil company Petrobras.
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Paulo Bernardo
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- politiciantrade unionist
- Biography
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Paulo Bernardo Silva is a Brazilian politician, member of the Workers' Party (PT). He was Minister of Communications during the government of Dilma Rousseff and Minister of Planning during the government of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
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Roseana Sarney
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- sociologistpolitician
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Roseana Sarney Murad is a Brazilian politician and sociologist, who previously served as the Governor of Maranhão from 1995 to 2002 and from 2009 to 2014. Sarney served as a Senator from 2003 to 2009 and a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1991 to 1994 and from 2023 to present. A member of the Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB), Sarney is the daughter of former President and senator José Sarney.
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Renan Filho
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- economistpolitician
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José Renan Vasconcelos Calheiros Filho is a Brazilian economist and politician. He is a former governor of Alagoas, who served from January 2015 to April 2022. He is affiliated with the Brazilian Democratic Movement.
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Rodrigo Rollemberg
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- politician
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Rodrigo Sobral Rollemberg is a Brazilian politician and member of the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB). He served as Governor of the Federal District from 2015 to 2019.
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Jorge Viana
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- politicianengineer
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Jorge Viana is a Brazilian engineer and politician. He has represented Acre in the Federal Senate since 2011. Previously, he was Governor of Acre from 1999 to 2007. He is a member of the Workers' Party. After Renan Calheiros lost the presidency of the Senate, Viana is now the president of the Brazilian Senate.
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Jessé Souza
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- juristwriteruniversity teachersociologist
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Jessé José Freire de Souza or simply Jessé Souza is a Brazilian professor and researcher.
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Alexandre Tombini
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- bankerinternational forum participanteconomist
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Alexandre Antônio Tombini is a Brazilian economist. He was President of the Central Bank of Brazil until June 13, 2016, when he was replaced by Ilan Goldfajn. Since September 2019 he is Chief Representative for the Americas, based in Mexico City, of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS).
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Tonye Cole
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- international forum participant
- Biography
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Tonye Patrick Cole is a Nigerian billionaire businessman, he is the co-founder and former Group Executive Director of Sahara Group an energy conglomerate with operations spanning the entire energy chain in Nigeria and neighbouring West African countries to East Africa and beyond. The Group operates in 38 countries around the world with over 4,000 employees and annual turnover of $11 billion. He was directly responsible for building the Group's global expansion and upholding her corporate governance principles, maintaining her status with global institutions like the World Economic Forum, where he was a key member of Partnering Against Corruption Initiative (PACI), The United Nations), where he was a pioneer member of the advisory board of the Private Sector Advisory Group for the UNDP Sustainable Development Group Fund (SDG-F), The African Philanthropy Forum amongst others.
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Tizuka Yamasaki
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- screenwriterfilm director
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Tizuka Yamasaki is a Brazilian film director.
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Debora Diniz
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- anthropologistcivil servant
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Debora Diniz Rodrigues, is an anthropologist and law professor at the University of Brasilia, and a co-founder and researcher at Anis: Institute for Bioethics. She is also a researcher, writer and documentary filmmaker. Her research projects focus on bioethics, feminism, human rights and health. She was a visiting researcher at the University of Leeds, the University of Michigan, the University of Toronto, among other institutions.
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Ellen Oléria
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- songwriterguitaristsingeractorcomposer
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Ellen Gomes de Oléria, known as Ellen Oléria is a Brazilian singer, musician, songwriter, and actress.
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Izabella Teixeira
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- biologistpoliticianofficialbiochemistinternational forum participant
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Izabella Teixeira was the Brazilian Minister of the Environment. She is the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2013.
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Arlindo Chinaglia
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- physicianpolitician
- Biography
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Arlindo Chinaglia is a Brazilian politician and former President of the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil 2007–2009. He represents the state of São Paulo in the National Congress of Brazil for the Workers' Party.
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Erenice Guerra
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- lawyer
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Erenice Alves Guerra was the 41st Chief of Staff of Brazil. She is best known for resigning from the post of Chief of Staff due to credible allegations of corruption and nepotism for which she was publicly reprimanded by the President's Public Ethics Committee. She was born in Brasília and is a law graduate, specialized in health law.
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Daniella Ribeiro
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- deputypolitician
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Daniella Velloso Borges Ribeiro is a federal senator of Brazil representing her home state of Paraíba. She was previously served in the Legislative Assembly of Paraíba from 2011 to 2019 and was vereador of Campina Grande from 2009 to 2011.
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Teotonio Vilela Filho
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- economistpolitician
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Teotônio Brandão Vilela Filho is a Brazilian economist, politician and Governor of Alagoas from 2007 to 2015. He graduated at the Universidade de Brasília and then specialized in Business Administration at the Fundação Getúlio Vargas. He is a son of Alagoas couple Teotônio Brandão Vilela and Lenita Quintela. Brandão Vilela's degree in economics from the University of Brasilia (UNB), majoring in Business Administration from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV).
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Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti
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- diplomat
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Maria Luiza Viotti is the Chef de Cabinet to UN Secretary General António Guterres. Viotti was the Ambassador of Brazil to Germany from 2013 until 2016, Permanent Representative of Brazil to the United Nations from 2007 until 2013, and President of the United Nations Security Council for the month of February 2011. She is married to Eduardo Baumgratz Viotti and has a son.
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Célia Xakriabá
- Enrolled in the University of Brasilia
- 2016-2018 graduated with master's degree in sustainable development
- Occupations
- activistpolitician
- Biography
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Célia Nunes Correa, better known as Célia Xakriabá [ˈsɛli.ɐ ʃɐˌkɾi.ɐˈba], is an indigenous educator and activist of the Xakriabá people of Brazil. She is best known for holding debates and lectures at universities in Brazil promoting, among other things, advancement of the status and rights of indigenous women, indigenous land rights, and indigenous education.
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Edison Lobão Filho
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- politician
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Edison Lobão Filho is a Brazilian politician and businessman. He represented Maranhão in the Federal Senate from 2011 to 2015. He is a member of the PMDB.
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Hélio José
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- politician
- Biography
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Hélio José is a Brazilian politician. He has represented Distrito Federal in the Federal Senate since 2015. He is a member of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party.
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Carlos Alberto Franco França
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- diplomatpoliticiancivil servant
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Carlos Alberto Franco França is a Brazilian diplomat who served as Brazil's Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2021 to 2022. He was appointed by President Jair Bolsonaro on 29 March 2021 to replace outgoing Minister Ernesto Araújo.
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Marlui Miranda
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- composerethnomusicologistguitaristsingersongwriter
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Marlui Miranda is a Brazilian singer, musician, and researcher known for her performances of indigenous music from the Amazon. She has collaborated with Brazilian musicians Gilberto Gil, Egberto Gismonti, Milton Nascimento, and Nana Vasconcelos.
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Casildo Maldaner
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- politician
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Casildo Maldaner was a Brazilian politician and lawyer. He represented Santa Catarina in the Federal Senate from 2011 to 2015. He was governor of Santa Catarina from 1990 to 1991. He was a member of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party.
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Paulo Gonet Branco
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Brazil - Occupations
- academic
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Paulo Gustavo Gonet Branco is a Brazilian jurist, professor and prosecutor. A member of the Federal Public Ministry of Brazil since 1987, he is the current Prosecutor General of the Republic.
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Roberto de Figueiredo Caldas
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- judgelawyer
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Roberto de Figueiredo Caldas is a judge of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (mandate from 2013 to 2018). He is also an attorney, partner and chairman of the Legal-Administrative Board of the Law Office Alino & Roberto e Advogados.
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Helena Chagas
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- journalist
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Helena Maria de Freitas Chagas is a Brazilian journalist. The daughter of political journalist Carlos Chagas, she served as Secretary of Social Communication for the Presidency of Brazil from 2011 to 2014. Today, she is a communication consultant and sporadically writes for the Jornal O Globo's Blog do Noblat.
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Dyogo Henrique de Oliveira
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- economistpolitician
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Dyogo Henrique de Oliveira is a Brazilian economist and former minister of Planning, Budget and Management in the government of Michel Temer, who assumed the office temporarily after the departure of senator Romero Jucá. In 31 March 2017, he was confirmed as minister. In March 2018, Oliveira was confirmed by president Temer as the new president of the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES).
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Adolfo Sachsida
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- economist
- Biography
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Adolfo Sachsida is a Brazilian lawyer and economist.
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Jaqueline Jesus
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- writerLGBTQI+ rights activistpsychologistresearcheractivist
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Jaqueline Gomes de Jesus is a Brazilian psychologist, writer, and LGBT activist.
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Laura Martignon
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- mathematicianteacher
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Laura Martignon is a Colombian and Italian professor and scientist. From 2003 until 2020 she served as a Professor of Mathematics and Mathematical Education at the Ludwigsburg University of Education. Until 2017 she was an Adjunct Scientist of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin, where she previously worked as Senior Researcher. She also worked for ten years as a Mathematics Professor at the University of Brasilia and spent a period of one and a half years, as visiting scholar, at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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Rico Malvar
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- computer scientist
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Henrique "Rico" S. Malvar is a distinguished Brazilian engineer and a signal processing researcher at Microsoft Research's largest laboratory in Redmond, Washington, United States. He was the managing director of the lab following the departure of long-time Managing Director Dan Ling in 2007, when he oversaw about 350 researchers. He was a Distinguished Engineer at Microsoft for over 15 years. He retired from Microsoft in January 2023, and later received the title of Microsoft Emeritus Researcher.
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Yasodara Córdova
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- designer
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Yasodara Córdova, also known as Yaso, is an activist, coder, designer and researcher. Her work has focused on technologies to improve the democratic process, using open data, online identity, and privacy approaches. She is currently a research fellow at the Digital Harvard Kennedy School, and affiliate to the Berkman Klein Center at Harvard. She has been part of several Ministries in Brazil, the United Nations and the W3C. As an activist, she is co-founder and advisor of multiple initiatives around Internet hacktivism.
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Maria de Lourdes Abadia
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- politician
- Biography
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Maria de Lourdes Abadia is a Brazilian politician. She was the Governor of Federal District of Brazil in 2006.
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Marisa von Bülow
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- researcherpolitical scientistcivil servant
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Marisa von Bülow is a Brazilian political scientist and sociologist. She is a professor in the Political Science Institute at the University of Brasilia. She studies networks in international trade, the theory of social movements, and the collective action problems that confront international organizations.
