Carlos Eduardo Xavier Marun (born 21 November 1960 in Porto Alegre) is a Brazilian politician, member of the Chamber of Deputies, lawyer and civil engineer. He is part of the

Brazilian Democratic Movement Party The Brazilian Democratic Movement (, MDB) is a Brazilian political party. It is considered a " big tent party" and it is one of the parties with the greatest representation throughout the national territory, with the most numbers of senators, ...

(PMDB). Currently, is

Secretary of Government The Secretary of Government of Brazil (Portuguese language, Portuguese: ''Secretaria de Governo do Brasil'') was a Cabinet of Brazil, cabinet-level federal government of Brazil, federal list of federal institutions of Brazil, minister in Federati ...

, nominated by president

Michel Temer Michel Miguel Elias Temer Lulia (; born 23 September 1940) is a Brazilian politician, lawyer and writer who served as the 37th president of Brazil from 31 August 2016 to 1 January 2019. He took office after the Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, impe ...

. While

Eduardo Cunha Eduardo Cosentino da Cunha (born 29 September 1958), is a Brazilian politician and radio host, born in Rio de Janeiro. He was President of the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil from February 2015 until 5 May 2016, when he was removed from the posi ...

was president of the

Chamber of Deputies The chamber of deputies is the lower house in many bicameral legislatures and the sole house in some unicameral legislatures. Description Historically, French Chamber of Deputies was the lower house of the French Parliament during the Bourb ...

, Marun was one of his chief deputies in the chamber. He filled this position along with other deputies, such as Paulinho da Força,

Waldir Maranhão Waldir Maranhão Cardoso (born 4 August 1955) is a Brazilian politician and a member of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB). He was rector of the State University of Maranhão ( Universidade Estadual do Maranhão) before being elected t ...

and André Moura. During the session that later expelled the former president of the Chamber, he was the only one who defended Cunha from being expelled. After the session that archived the complaint against president

, Marun danced saying that "everything is in its place, thank God", mentioning a song from Brazilian singer Benito di Paula, and that they "once again overcame the opposition, which can't win anything". On 22 November 2017, Marun was announced as the new Chief Minister of the

, replacing

Antônio Imbassahy Antônio José Imbassahy da Silva, or simply Antônio Imbassahy, (born 12 March 1948) is a Brazilian politician and electrical engineer, former governor of Bahia and former mayor of Salvador. Elected federal deputy by the Brazilian Social Democra ...

. Later the same day, the nomination was suspended. Was nominated again after the resignation of Imbassahy on 8 December 2017.

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Deputado Carlos Marun

{{DEFAULTSORT:Marun, Carlos 1960 births Living people Government ministers of Brazil People from Porto Alegre Brazilian Democratic Movement politicians Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil) from Mato Grosso do Sul