Anna Maria Alvim Buarque de Hollanda (born 12 August 1948) was the
Minister of Culture
A culture minister or a heritage minister is a common cabinet position in governments. The culture minister is typically responsible for cultural policy, which often includes arts policy (direct and indirect support to artists and arts organizatio ...
of
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
from 2011 to 2012.
She worked as a singer before, and is the sister of singer-songwriter
Chico Buarque
Francisco Buarque de Hollanda (born 19 June 1944), popularly known simply as Chico Buarque, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, composer, playwright, writer, and poet. He is best known for his music, which often includes social, economic, ...
and daughter of sociologist
Sérgio Buarque de Holanda.
References
1948 births
Living people
Ministers of Culture of Brazil
People from São Paulo
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Brazilian Communist Party politicians
Women government ministers of Brazil