Tereza Helena Gabrielli Barreto Campello (born August 12, 1962) is a Brazilian economist graduated from the
Federal University of Uberlândia
The Federal University of Uberlândia (, UFU) is a Brazilian public university, located in the southwest of Minas Gerais, in Uberlândia, Brazil. The students are admitted through both annual exams, the vestibular, and the National High School ...
and Doctor in Public Health from
FioCruz
The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Portuguese language, Portuguese ''Fundação Oswaldo Cruz'', also known as FIOCRUZ) is a scientific institution for research and development in biological sciences located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; it is considered ...
. She was the
minister of Social Development and Fight against Hunger during the government of President
Dilma Rousseff
Dilma Vana Rousseff (; born 14 December 1947) is a Brazilian economist and politician who served as the 36th president of Brazil from 2011 until her impeachment and removal from office on 31 August 2016. She is the only woman to have held the ...
. She is international consultant on social development and social protection, visiting fellow in th
Future Food Beacon of Excellenceat University of Nottingham (UK)
University of Nottingham
The University of Nottingham is a public research university in Nottingham, England. It was founded as University College Nottingham in 1881, and was granted a royal charter in 1948.
Nottingham's main campus (University Park Campus, Nottingh ...
(UK) and professor and research associate at the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ, Brazil)
Biography
Campello was born in Descalvado, in the state of São Paulo. Her career in public administration began in Rio Grande do Sul, where she participated as coordinated the Office of Planning and Participatory Budgeting of the capital in the governments of Olivio Dutra and Tarso Genro, former mayors of Porto Alegre. She was Assistant Secretary General of the State Secretariat of Rio Grande do Sul, when Olívio Dutra was state governor coordinating strategic government policies, responsible for the design and implementation of monitoring and evaluation systems for public policies.
In Brasília, she assisted the transition team of President
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (; born Luiz Inácio da Silva; 27 October 1945), known Mononym, mononymously as Lula, is a Brazilian politician, trade unionist and former metalworker who has served as the 39th president of Brazil since 2023. A mem ...
in 2002. During the administration of the former President
Lula da Silva (2003 - 2011), Ms. Campello participated in the coordination of the workgroup that created the
Bolsa Família
Bolsa Família (, ''Family Allowance'') is the current social welfare program of the Government of Brazil, part of the Fome Zero network of federal assistance programs. Bolsa Família provided financial aid to poor Brazilian families. In or ...
Programme, (Brazil's conditional cash transfer programme) and she was also the deputy advisor and coordinator of Articulation and Monitoring in the Executive Office of the President of Brazil, where she led top priority programmes in the area of development, such as the “Citizenship Territories”, Biodiesel and Ethanol Programs; the National Plan on Climate Change; and the Green Arch Effort (Mutirão Arco Verde), which made some public services, land regulation, and a sustainable development project available for the Amazon region.
Ministry of Social Development and Fight against Hunger
She acted as the Minister of Social Development of Brazil from 2011 to May 2016. In the period, she coordinated the design and implementation o
the national policy to eradicate extreme povertynamed
“Brazil sem Miséria”Brazil without Extreme Poverty, which contributed decisively for the elevation o
22 million people out of extreme poverty She also coordinated the National Social Assistance Policy, the National Food Security Policy, the Bolsa Família Program, the Cistern Program.
References
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1962 births
Living people
Brazilian economists
Brazilian women economists
Workers' Party (Brazil) politicians
People from Descalvado