Luciana Santos (politician)

{{Short description|Brazilian politician}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Luciana Santos

| image = 2023 - CERIMÔNIA DE TRANSMISSÃO DO CARGO DE MINISTRO DE ESTADO DA CIÊNCIA, TECNOLOGIA E INOVAÇÃO - 52602647182.jpg

| caption = Santos in 2023

| office1 = Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation

| term_start1 = 1 January 2023

| president1 = Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

| predecessor1 = Paulo César Alvim

| office2 = National President of the PCdoB

| term_start2 = 1 June 2015

| predecessor2 = Renato Rabelo

| office3 = Vice-Governor of Pernambuco

| term_start3 = 1 January 2019

| term_end3 = 1 January 2023

| governor3 = Paulo Câmara

| predecessor3 = Raul Henry

| successor3 = Priscila Krause

| office4 = Federal Deputy for Pernambuco

| term_start4 = 1 February 2011

| term_end4 = 31 December 2018

| constituency4 = At-large

| office5 = State Secretary of Science and Technology of Pernambuco

| term_start5 = 27 July 2011

| term_end5 = 5 April 2010

| office6 = Mayor of Olinda

| term_start6 = 1 January 2001

| term_end6 = 31 December 2008

| predecessor6 = Jacilda Urquisa

| successor6 = Renildo Calheiros

| office7 = State Deputy for Pernambuco

| term_start7 = 1 February 1997

| term_end7 = 31 December 2000

| constituency7 = At-large

| birth_name = Luciana Barbosa de Oliveira Santos

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|12|29|df=y}}

| birth_place = Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

| party = PCdoB (since 1987)

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Luciana Barbosa de Oliveira Santos (born 29 December 1965) is a Brazilian engineer and politician. Santos has served as Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation in the cabinet of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva since 2023. She is the first woman to head the ministry.[https://folhanobre.com.br/2023/01/02/luciana-santos-takes-over-the-ministry-of-science-and-technology/355303/ Luciana Santos takes over the Ministry of Science and Technology]

Santos has served as leader of the Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB) since 2015.{{Cite web |title=Luciana Santos é reeleita presidente nacional do PCdoB |url=https://www.folhape.com.br/colunistas/blogdafolha/luciana-santos-e-reeleita-presidente-nacional-do-pcdob/27554/ |access-date=2022-09-02 |website=www.folhape.com.br |language=pt-br}} From 2019 to 2023, she served as vice governor of Pernambuco under PSB governor Paulo Câmara. Prior to this, she served as mayor of Olinda.{{Cite web |title=Ex-prefeita de Olinda Luciana Santos é condenada por improbidade e fica inelegível por 6 anos, diz TJPE |url=https://g1.globo.com/pe/pernambuco/noticia/2019/11/01/ex-prefeita-de-olinda-luciana-santos-e-condenada-pela-justica-por-improbidade-e-fica-inelegivel-por-6-anos.ghtml |access-date=2023-01-15 |website=G1 |date=2 November 2019 |language=pt-br}}