Gilson Machado Neto

{{Short description|Brazilian entrepreneur and politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Gilson Machado

| image = Gilson Machado Neto (cropped).jpg

| caption = Machado Neto in May 2019

| office = Chair of the Brazilian Tourist Board

| president = Jair Bolsonaro

| term_start = 17 November 2022

| term_end = 13 January 2023

| predecessor = Silvio Santos do Nascimento

| successor = Marcelo Freixo

| term_start1 = 20 May 2019

| term_end1 = 9 December 2020

| predecessor1 = Leônidas José de Oliveira

| successor1 = Carlos Alberto Gomes de Brito

| office2 = Minister of Tourism

| term_start2 = 9 December 2020

| term_end2 = 31 March 2022

| president2 = Jair Bolsonaro

| predecessor2 = Marcelo Álvaro Antônio

| successor2 = Carlos Alberto Gomes de Brito

| birth_name = Gilson Machado Guimarães Neto

| birth_place = Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

| party = PL (2022–present)

| otherparty = {{Plainlist|

• DEM (2005–11; 2016–18)
• PHS (2011–13)
• PMDB (2013–16)
• PSL (2018–20)
• PSC (2020–2022)

}}

| profession = Entrepreneur

}}

Gilson Machado Guimarães Neto, commonly known as Gilson Machado Neto, is a Brazilian entrepreneur, politician and was the Minister of Tourism under the government of Jair BolsonaroArrested on June 13, 2025 by the Brasilian Federal Police on suspicion of attempted obstruction of justice .{{cite web|url=https://www.poder360.com.br/governo/gilson-machado-deixa-embratur-para-ser-o-novo-ministro-do-turismo/|title=Gilson Machado deixa Embratur para ser o novo ministro do Turismo|website=Poder360|language=pt|first=Murilo|last=Fagundes|date=9 December 2020|accessdate=1 January 2021}}

He replaced the licensed federal deputy Marcelo Álvaro Antônio (PSL).{{cite web|url=https://g1.globo.com/mg/minas-gerais/noticia/2019/10/04/ministro-do-turismo-e-denunciado-pelo-ministerio-publico-de-mg-por-candidaturas-laranja-do-psl-1.ghtml|title=Ministro do Turismo é denunciado pelo Ministério Público de MG por candidaturas-laranja do PSL|website=G1|language=pt|first1=Flávia|last1=Lages|first2=Cintia|last2=Paes|date=4 October 2019|accessdate=1 January 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://g1.globo.com/jornal-nacional/noticia/2020/12/10/demissao-de-marcelo-alvaro-antonio-do-ministerio-do-turismo-e-publicada-no-diario-oficial.ghtml|title=Demissão de Marcelo Álvaro Antônio do Ministério do Turismo é publicada no Diário Oficial|website=G1|language=pt|date=10 December 2020|accessdate=1 January 2021}}