Anielle Franco

{{Short description|Brazilian politician (born 1985)}}

{{Expand Portuguese|Anielle Franco|topic=bio|date=February 2023}}

{{Portuguese name|Francisco|Silva}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Anielle Franco

| image = 11.01.2023 - Cerimônias de assunção nos cargos das ministras da Igualdade Racial, Anielle Franco, e dos Povos Indígenas, Sônia Guajajara (52651255955) (cropped).jpg

| caption = Franco in 2023

| office = Minister of Racial Equality

| termstart = 1 January 2023

| president = Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

| predecessor = Nilma Lino Gomes

| birth_name = Anielle Francisco da Silva

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|5|3|df=y}}

| birth_place = Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

| party = PT (2024–present)

| alma_mater = {{Plainlist|

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| occupation = journalist
political activist

| relations = Marielle Franco (sister)

}}

Anielle Francisco da Silva (born 3 May 1985) is a Brazilian politician from the Workers' Party{{Cite web |date=2024-04-02 |title=Anielle se filia ao PT e Lula cita 'perspectiva política' da ministra no RJ |url=https://noticias.uol.com.br/politica/ultimas-noticias/2024/04/02/filiacao-de-anielle-franco-ao-pt.htm |access-date=2024-04-03 |website=UOL |language=pt-br}} who has been Minister of Racial Equality in the second cabinet of Lula da Silva since 1 January 2023.{{Cite web |title=Saiba quem é Anielle Franco, anunciada ministra da Igualdade Racial |url=https://oglobo.globo.com/brasil/noticia/2022/12/saiba-quem-e-anielle-franco-anunciada-ministra-da-igualdade-racial.ghtml |access-date=2023-01-01 |date=2022-12-22 |website=O Globo |language=pt-br}}{{Cite web |title=Tebet exalta paridade de gênero em sua equipe; Sonia Guajajara e Anielle Franco assumem ministérios |url=https://jovempan.com.br/programas/jornal-da-manha/tebet-exalta-paridade-de-genero-em-sua-equipe-sonia-guajajara-e-anielle-franco-assumem-ministerios.html |access-date=2023-01-16 |date=2022-01-11 |website=Jovem Pan |language=pt-br}}{{Cite news |date=2023-02-08 |title=How Lula's government plans to boost racial equality in Brazil |work=Financial Times |url=https://www.ft.com/content/811fff50-a001-48fe-b42b-f84a3118a3bb |access-date=2023-02-11}}

Family

Her sister Marielle Franco, was also a politician who was assassinated in 2018.{{Cite news |date=2018-03-22 |title=Marielle Franco: Vivacious fighter shaped by the favela |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-43484449 |access-date=2023-01-01}} After her death, the family established the Marielle Franco Institute with the aim to seek justice and continue her work.{{Cite web |title=EN |url=https://www.institutomariellefranco.org/en |access-date=2023-02-11 |website=Junte-se ao Instituto Marielle Franco! |language=pt-BR}}{{Cite web |title="We Still Have a Lot of Struggles Ahead": A Conversation with Anielle Franco |url=https://nacla.org/news/2022/01/04/marielle-franco-anielle-solidarity |access-date=2023-02-11 |website=NACLA |language=en}} Anielle was the director of the institute.

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Cabinet

Franco was appointed as Minister of Racial Equality in the second cabinet of Lula da Silva in 2023. In 2024, she was named by the Brazilian media outlet Metrópoles as having filed a sexual misconduct complaint against human rights minister Silvio Almeida, who was subsequently dismissed by Lula in September.{{Cite web |date=2024-09-07 |title=Brazil's Lula fires minister accused of sexual harassment |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240906-brazil-s-lula-fires-minister-accused-of-sexual-harassment |access-date=2024-09-07 |website=AP News |language=en}}

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