Marcelo Castro

{{Short description|Brazilian politician (born 1950)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Marcelo Castro

| image = Senador Marcelo Castro.jpg

| office = Senator for Piauí

| term_start = 1 February 2019

| term_end =

| office1 = Minister of Health

| term_start1 = 1 October 2015

| term_end1 = 17 February 2016

| president1 = Dilma Rousseff

| predecessor1 = Arthur Chioro

| successor1 = Agenor Álvares

| office2 = Federal Deputy from Piauí

| term_start2 = 1 February 1999

| term_end2 = 1 February 2019

| office3 = State Deputy of Piauí

| term_start3 = 1 February 1983

| term_end3 = 1 February 1995

| birth_name = Marcelo Costa e Castro

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|6|9|df=y}}

| birth_place = São Raimundo Nonato, Piauí, Brazil

| party = MDB (since 1980)

| otherparty = ARENA (1978–1979)

| alma_mater = Federal University of Piauí (M.B.)

| profession = Medic

}}

Marcelo Costa e Castro (born 9 June 1950) is a Brazilian politician who is a congressman in the Federal Senate and former Minister of Heath.{{cite web|title=Brazil is 'badly losing' the battle against Zika virus, says health minister|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/26/brazil-zika-virus-health-minister-armed-forces-eradication|website=The Guardian|accessdate=12 April 2016}}