Simone Tebet#Presidential campaign

Tebet was born to governor, senator, and President of the National Congress Ramez Tebet and Fairte Nassar Tebet, a philanthropist, in 1970. She is of Lebanese descent on both her mother and father's sides.{{Cite web |date=2019-08-18 |title=Bolsonaro ainda não vestiu o terno de presidente, diz Simone Tebet |url=https://exame.com/brasil/bolsonaro-ainda-nao-vestiu-o-terno-de-presidente-diz-simone-tebet/ |access-date=2022-10-01 |website=Exame |language=pt-br |archive-date=4 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004140724/https://exame.com/brasil/bolsonaro-ainda-nao-vestiu-o-terno-de-presidente-diz-simone-tebet/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=De Temer a Haddad e Amin, políticos de origem libanesa lamentam explosão |url=https://www.bol.uol.com.br/noticias/2020/08/04/temer-amin-abi-ackel-politicos-de-origem-libanesa-lamentam-explosao.htm |access-date=2022-10-01 |website=www.bol.uol.com.br |language=pt-br |archive-date=1 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001180316/https://www.bol.uol.com.br/noticias/2020/08/04/temer-amin-abi-ackel-politicos-de-origem-libanesa-lamentam-explosao.htm |url-status=live }}

Tebet graduated in law from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and is a specialist in legal science from the Escola Superior de Magistratura, and has masters in state law from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo. She began her career as a professor in 1992, working at Dom Bosco Catholic University, Anhanguera-Uniderp University, and the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul.{{Cite web |title=Senadora Simone Tebet - Senado Federal |url=https://www25.senado.leg.br/web/senadores/senador/-/perfil/5527 |access-date=2022-10-01 |website=www25.senado.leg.br |archive-date=1 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001180315/https://www25.senado.leg.br/web/senadores/senador/-/perfil/5527 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Quem é Simone Tebet? Conheça a candidata à Presidência da terceira via |url=https://www.infomoney.com.br/perfil/simone-tebet/ |access-date=2022-10-01 |website=InfoMoney |language=pt-BR |archive-date=1 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001180318/https://www.infomoney.com.br/perfil/simone-tebet/ |url-status=live }}

She was a legal technical consultant for the Legislative Assembly of Mato Grosso do Sul between 1995 and 1997 and legislative technical director between 1997 and 2001.{{Cite web |last=Brasil |first=CPDOC-Centro de Pesquisa e Documentação História Contemporânea do |title=Simone Nassar Tebet |url=https://www18.fgv.br/cpdoc/acervo/dicionarios/verbete-biografico/simone-nassar-tebet |access-date=2024-09-01 |website=CPDOC - Centro de Pesquisa e Documentação de História Contemporânea do Brasil |language=pt-br}}{{Cite web |title=Simone Tebet |url=https://simonetebet.com.br/ |access-date=2024-09-01 |website=Simone Tebet |language=pt-br}}

Simone Tebet started her career in 2002 when she was elected as a state representative in Mato Grosso do Sul with 25,251 votes, becoming the most voted woman that year.{{Cite web |title=Poder 360 |url=https://eleicoes.poder360.com.br/candidato/1374657#2002 |access-date=2022-06-27 |website=eleicoes.poder360.com.br |language=pt |archive-date=30 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221030042043/https://eleicoes.poder360.com.br/candidato/1374657#2002 |url-status=live }}

In 2004 Tebet was elected for the first time as the first female mayor of Três Lagoas.{{Cite web |title=Trajetória Política |url=https://senado.simonetebet.com.br/perfil/trajetoria-politica/ |access-date=2022-09-17 |website=Simone Tebet |language=pt-br |archive-date=20 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920171357/https://senado.simonetebet.com.br/perfil/trajetoria-politica/ |url-status=live }}

During her first term, she maintained the strong industrialization movement of the city, initiated by her predecessor Issam Fares. In February 2006, private investments in the industrial expansion of Três Lagoas in the last sixty months totaled 1.1 billion reals.{{Cite news |last=Nunes |first=Vincente |date=12 February 2006 |title=Quatro empresas pro ano |url=https://memoria.bn.gov.br/docreader/DocReader.aspx?bib=028274_05&pagfis=120876 |access-date=1 September 2024 |work=Correio Braziliense |pages=9 |edition=15610}}

The main private investment attracted to the city was the International Paper factory , opened in 2009 and whose investment was 300 million dollars.  Between 2006 and 2009, Três Lagoas experienced a 40% growth in its industrial activity.{{Cite web |date=2010-02-19 |title=Lula inaugura fábricas em Três Lagoas |url=https://www.douradosagora.com.br/2010/02/19/lula-inaugura-fabricas-em-tres-lagoas/ |access-date=2024-09-01 |website=Dourados Agora |language=pt-BR}}

In the 2008 municipal elections, she was reelected to the post with more than 75% of the votes.{{Cite web |last=Editorial |first= |title=Simone Tebet é reeleita prefeita de Três Lagoas |url=https://www.campograndenews.com.br/politica/simone-tebet-e-reeleita-prefeita-de-tres-lagoas-10-05-2008 |access-date=2024-09-01 |website=Campo Grande News |language=pt-BR}}

On March 31, 2010, Tebet resigned from the mayor's office to join André Puccinelli's ticket in the election for the government of Mato Grosso do Sul, as a candidate for vice governor. With the ticket victorious, she became the state's first female vice-governor. Between April 2013 and January 2014, Simone headed the Government Secretariat.

Simone Tebet was also director of municipal affairs at the Association of Municipalities of Mato Grosso do Sul and a member of the Representative Council for the Midwest of the National Confederation of Municipalities.

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In the 2014 parliamentary elections, Tebet ran for senator for Mato Grosso do Sul, being elected on October 5. She was sworn in as senator on February 1, 2015.

In August 2016, she voted in favor of impeaching Dilma Rousseff. In December of that same year, she voted in favor of the PEC do Teto dos Gastos Públicos.{{Cite web |title=Confira como votaram os senadores sobre a PEC do Teto de Gastos |url=https://noticias.uol.com.br/politica/ultimas-noticias/2016/12/13/confira-como-votaram-os-senadores-sobre-a-pec-do-teto-de-gastos.htm |access-date=2022-09-17 |website=noticias.uol.com.br |language=pt-br |archive-date=22 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191122162951/https://noticias.uol.com.br/politica/ultimas-noticias/2016/12/13/confira-como-votaram-os-senadores-sobre-a-pec-do-teto-de-gastos.htm |url-status=live }}

In June 2019, she voted against the government's Decree on Arms, which made it easier to carry and hold firearms.{{Cite web |last=redação |first=Da |date=2019-06-18 |title=Veja como votou cada senador sobre decretos de porte e posse de armas {{!}} O TEMPO |url=https://www.otempo.com.br/politica/veja-como-votou-cada-senador-sobre-decretos-de-porte-e-posse-de-armas-1.2198113 |access-date=2022-09-17 |website=www.otempo.com.br |language=pt-BR |archive-date=20 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920172652/https://www.otempo.com.br/politica/veja-como-votou-cada-senador-sobre-decretos-de-porte-e-posse-de-armas-1.2198113 |url-status=live }} In April 2018, she was chosen leader of the MDB bench in the Federal Senate, a position she held until January 2019.{{Cite web |title=Senadora Simone Tebet |url=https://senado.simonetebet.com.br/perfil/senadora-simone-tebet/ |access-date=2022-09-17 |website=Simone Tebet |language=pt-br |archive-date=20 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920171908/https://senado.simonetebet.com.br/perfil/senadora-simone-tebet/ |url-status=live }}

In July 2017, the senator voted in favor of labor reform.{{Cite web |date=2017-07-12 |title=Reforma trabalhista: saiba como votaram os senadores no plenário |url=https://www.cartacapital.com.br/politica/reforma-trabalhista-saiba-como-votaram-os-senadores-no-plenario/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191122163348/https://www.cartacapital.com.br/politica/reforma-trabalhista-saiba-como-votaram-os-senadores-no-plenario/ |archive-date=22 November 2019 |access-date=2022-09-17 |website=CartaCapital |language=pt-BR}}

Tebet, while Senator, defended the payment of compensation to farmers, whose land was taken for indigenous peoples.{{Cite web |title=Indenização de proprietários de terras: Que medo, Simone Tebet! |url=https://apublica.org/checagem/2015/09/truco-indenizacao-de-terra-indigenas-que-medo-simone-tebet/ |access-date=2022-09-17 |website=Agência Pública |language=pt-BR |archive-date=20 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920174900/https://apublica.org/checagem/2015/09/truco-indenizacao-de-terra-indigenas-que-medo-simone-tebet/ |url-status=live }} She also proposed suspending the demarcation of further lands for indigenous peoples for up to four years. Both proposals were criticized by human rights organizations, who point to alleged conflicts of interest, pointing out that the Senator owns a farm in Caarapó, Mato Grosso do Sul. The municipality's recent history has been marked by violence against indigenous populations. Tebet was defended by agricultural interests and Jair Bolsonaro.{{Cite web |title=Clima entre fazendeiros e indígenas volta a ficar tenso um ano após morte em Caarapó, MS |url=https://g1.globo.com/mato-grosso-do-sul/noticia/clima-entre-fazendeiros-e-indigenas-volta-a-ficar-tenso-um-ano-apos-morte-em-caarapo-ms.ghtml |access-date=2022-09-17 |website=G1 |language=pt-br |archive-date=20 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920171550/https://g1.globo.com/mato-grosso-do-sul/noticia/clima-entre-fazendeiros-e-indigenas-volta-a-ficar-tenso-um-ano-apos-morte-em-caarapo-ms.ghtml |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2018-11-18 |title=Simone Tebet quer obrigar União a indenizar fazendeiros em dinheiro por terras indígenas |url=https://deolhonosruralistas.com.br/deolhonoms/2018/11/18/simone-tebet-quer-obrigar-uniao-a-indenizar-fazendeiros-em-dinheiro-por-terras-indigenas/ |access-date=2022-09-17 |website=De Olho no Mato Grosso do Sul |language=pt-BR |archive-date=20 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920171508/https://deolhonosruralistas.com.br/deolhonoms/2018/11/18/simone-tebet-quer-obrigar-uniao-a-indenizar-fazendeiros-em-dinheiro-por-terras-indigenas/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Simone Tebet quer obrigar União a indenizar fazendeiros por terras indígenas |url=https://www.brasildefato.com.br/2021/01/19/senadora-ruralista-quer-obrigar-uniao-a-indenizar-fazendeiros-por-terras-indigenas |access-date=2022-09-17 |website=Brasil de Fato |language=pt-BR |archive-date=20 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920170442/https://www.brasildefato.com.br/2021/01/19/senadora-ruralista-quer-obrigar-uniao-a-indenizar-fazendeiros-por-terras-indigenas |url-status=live }}

Tebet spearheaded an inquiry into Covaxin fraud in the Senate.{{Cite web |title=Fazendeira e ruralista, Simone Tebet perde aliados no MS ao se afastar do bolsonarismo {{!}} Combate Racismo Ambiental |url=https://racismoambiental.net.br/2022/07/05/fazendeira-e-ruralista-simone-tebet-perde-aliados-no-ms-ao-se-afastar-do-bolsonarismo/ |access-date=2022-09-17 |website=racismoambiental.net.br |archive-date=20 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920172603/https://racismoambiental.net.br/2022/07/05/fazendeira-e-ruralista-simone-tebet-perde-aliados-no-ms-ao-se-afastar-do-bolsonarismo/ |url-status=live }} She questioned the leader of a taskforce that distributed vaccines and why the contract with the Indian company was cancelled. She reportedly found 20 instances of fraud and said that the documents "should have never gone to the health ministry."{{Cite web |last=Rossi |first=Marina |date=2021-07-23 |title=Bharat rompe contrato com Precisa por vacina Covaxin em meio a imbróglio sobre documentos falsos |url=https://brasil.elpais.com/brasil/2021-07-23/bharat-rompe-contrato-com-precisa-por-vacina-covaxin-em-meio-a-imbroglio-sobre-documentos-falsos.html |access-date=2022-09-17 |website=El País Brasil |language=pt-BR |archive-date=20 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920163620/https://brasil.elpais.com/brasil/2021-07-23/bharat-rompe-contrato-com-precisa-por-vacina-covaxin-em-meio-a-imbroglio-sobre-documentos-falsos.html |url-status=live }} She also found multiple translation and formatting errors that the Chief of Staff of the Presidency Onyx Lorenzoni had seemingly ignored, along with cheaper vaccine alternatives like Pfizer and found financial error in the work of Élcio Franco, who is now under investigation by Rosa Weber, a justice of the Supreme Federal Court.{{Cite web |date=2021-07-06 |title=Senadora aponta erros em documentos 'fajutos' que governo apresentou sobre compra de Covaxin |url=https://oglobo.globo.com/politica/senadora-aponta-erros-em-documentos-fajutos-que-governo-apresentou-sobre-compra-de-covaxin-25094184 |access-date=2022-09-17 |website=O Globo |language=pt-BR |archive-date=20 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920171018/https://oglobo.globo.com/politica/senadora-aponta-erros-em-documentos-fajutos-que-governo-apresentou-sobre-compra-de-covaxin-25094184 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Antes de assumir presidência, Rosa Weber mantém investigações sobre pandemia |url=https://www.conjur.com.br/2022-set-12/antes-posse-rosa-weber-mantem-investigacoes-cpi-covid-19 |access-date=2022-10-01 |website=Consultor Jurídico |language=pt-BR |archive-date=1 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001180316/https://www.conjur.com.br/2022-set-12/antes-posse-rosa-weber-mantem-investigacoes-cpi-covid-19 |url-status=live }} In this way, she became one of the main critics of Jair Bolsonaro's COVID-19 response.{{Cite web |last=Camelo |first=Janaína |date=2021-09-21 |title=Comptroller General becomes suspect in Covaxin probe |url=https://brazilian.report/liveblog/2021/09/21/comptroller-general-covaxin-probe/ |access-date=2022-09-17 |website=The Brazilian Report |language=en-US |archive-date=20 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920171050/https://brazilian.report/liveblog/2021/09/21/comptroller-general-covaxin-probe/ |url-status=live }}

File:Plenário do Senado (36298613982).jpg in 2017]]In October 2017, she voted in favor of maintaining the mandate of Senator Aécio Neves, overturning the decision of the First Panel of the Federal Supreme Court, where Neves was accused of corruption and obstruction of justice for requesting two million reais from businessman Joesley Batista.{{Cite web |title=Veja como votou cada senador na sessão que derrubou afastamento de Aécio |url=https://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/veja-como-votou-cada-senador-na-sessao-que-derrubou-afastamento-de-aecio.ghtml |access-date=2022-09-17 |website=G1 |language=pt-br |archive-date=22 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191122163654/https://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/veja-como-votou-cada-senador-na-sessao-que-derrubou-afastamento-de-aecio.ghtml |url-status=live }}

In 2019, the senator disputed the nomination of her party for the candidacy for the presidency of the Federal Senate. However, Renan Calheiros was nominated, losing the election among his party senators by 7 votes to 5. Subsequently, Simone launched a separate candidacy for the position, but ended up withdrawing to increase the chances of a victory for Davi Alcolumbre ( then DEM, now UNIÃO ) over Renan Calheiros, which eventually occurred.{{Cite web |title=Renan Calheiros é o candidato do MDB na eleição para presidente do Senado |url=https://www.poder360.com.br/congresso/renan-calheiros-e-o-candidato-do-mdb-na-eleicao-para-presidente-do-senado/ |access-date=2022-09-17 |website=Poder360 |date=31 January 2019 |language=pt-br |archive-date=20 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920170640/https://www.poder360.com.br/congresso/renan-calheiros-e-o-candidato-do-mdb-na-eleicao-para-presidente-do-senado/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Simone Tebet lança candidatura avulsa, mas desiste de concorrer no Senado |url=https://www.poder360.com.br/congresso/simone-tebet-lanca-candidatura-avulsa-a-presidencia-do-senado/ |access-date=2022-09-17 |website=Poder360 |date=2 February 2019 |language=pt-br |archive-date=20 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920171458/https://www.poder360.com.br/congresso/simone-tebet-lanca-candidatura-avulsa-a-presidencia-do-senado/ |url-status=live }}

In 2019, she become the first woman to preside over the Constitution, Justice and Citizenship Commission. It is considered the most important one in the Senate.{{Cite web |title=Primeira mulher a presidir a CCJ, Simone afirma que não terá projeto engavetado |url=http://www.capitalnews.com.br/colunistas/marco-eusebio/primeira-mulher-a-presidir-a-ccj-simone-afirma-que-nao-tera-projeto-engavetado/326221 |access-date=2022-02-09 |website=Primeira mulher a presidir a CCJ, Simone afirma que não terá projeto engavetado {{!}} Notícias de Campo Grande e MS {{!}} Capital News |language=pt-br |archive-date=18 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190218141723/http://www.capitalnews.com.br/colunistas/marco-eusebio/primeira-mulher-a-presidir-a-ccj-simone-afirma-que-nao-tera-projeto-engavetado/326221 |url-status=live }}

In the elections for the presidency of the Federal Senate of Brazil in 2017, Simone was a pre-candidate for president of the house. However, her party nominated Senator Eunício Oliveira to run for that position.

In January 2021, she was nominated by her party to run for the Senate Presidency. However, the MDB, the party to which Tebet is affiliated, withdrew from the senator's launch to run for office, after signaling the opposing candidate, Rodrigo Pacheco. In this way, Tebet's candidacy became independent. On February 1, 2021, Rodrigo Pacheco was elected president of the Senate, with votes from 57 senators, Tebet obtained 21 votes, placing herself in second place.{{Cite web |title=Rodrigo Pacheco é eleito presidente do Senado |url=https://www12.senado.leg.br/radio/1/noticia/2021/02/01/rodrigo-pacheco-e-eleito-presidente-do-senado-1 |access-date=2022-02-09 |website=www12.senado.leg.br |language=pt |archive-date=11 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211111031107/https://www12.senado.leg.br/radio/1/noticia/2021/02/01/rodrigo-pacheco-e-eleito-presidente-do-senado-1 |url-status=live }}

In the 2018 elections, after the arrest of the then candidate for the state government and governor, André Puccinelli, Simone was nominated for governor, however, she later withdrew from the race due to family issues.

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Tebet presented herself as a candidate for the Presidency in the 2022 elections, standing on a Third Way platform. Her candidacy was seen as a non-controversial replacement to the failed pre-candidacies of João Doria, Eduardo Leite, and Sergio Moro, being supported by their former aides.

In February, she announced economist Elena Landau as the campaign economic coordinator. Landau is known for her work in former President Fernando Henrique Cardoso's administration and for being part of LIVRES, a social liberal movement.{{Cite web |title=Simone Tebet escolhe Elena Landau para coordenar programa econômico |url=https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/politica/simone-tebet-escolhe-elena-landau-para-coordenar-programa-economico/ |access-date=2022-02-09 |website=CNN Brasil |language=pt-BR |archive-date=9 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209154224/https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/politica/simone-tebet-escolhe-elena-landau-para-coordenar-programa-economico/ |url-status=live }}

The Brazilian Democratic Movement, in a virtual convention, officialized on 27 July 2022 the candidacy of Tebet for President but the party was still split, as part of some leaderships endorsed Lula, but Tebet's candidacy has the support of the party's national president Baleia Rossi. After talks of some MDB factions with Lula, the party published a note signed by member of 19 states endorsing senator Tebet.{{Cite thesis |title=Estudo da reação de redução de oxigênio em meio ácido em eletrocatalisadores de platina e paládio dispersos em carbono |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.11606/d.75.2009.tde-13112009-100805 |publisher=Universidade de Sao Paulo, Agencia USP de Gestao da Informacao Academica (AGUIA) |first=Luiz Felipe Nardin |last=Barreta |year=2009 |doi=10.11606/d.75.2009.tde-13112009-100805 |doi-access=free |access-date=17 September 2022 |archive-date=22 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422015357/https://teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/75/75131/tde-13112009-100805/pt-br.php |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Em meio a disputas internas, MDB oficializa candidatura de Simone Tebet à Presidência |url=https://g1.globo.com/politica/eleicoes/2022/noticia/2022/07/27/com-resistencias-internas-mdb-oficializa-candidatura-de-simone-tebet-a-presidencia.ghtml |access-date=2022-09-17 |website=G1 |language=pt-br |archive-date=2 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220802223239/https://g1.globo.com/politica/eleicoes/2022/noticia/2022/07/27/com-resistencias-internas-mdb-oficializa-candidatura-de-simone-tebet-a-presidencia.ghtml |url-status=live }}File:Anúncio da Senadora Mara Gabrilli como Vice-Presidente - 52274809203.jpg as vice-presidential candidate in 2022|left]]

The party formed a coalition with PSDB and Cidadania, nominating Mara Gabrilli, PSDB, a senator from São Paulo as vice president. Podemos also joined the coalition, after Sergio Moro left the party, abandoning his precandidacy, to run for senate in Paraná with the Brazil Union.{{Cite web |last=Audi |first=Amanda |date=2022-04-13 |title=Party all but buries Sergio Moro's presidential hopes |url=https://brazilian.report/liveblog/2022/04/13/presidential-hopes-sergio-moro/ |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=The Brazilian Report |language=en-US}}

It is the first presidential election since 1994 that the PSDB has not nominated their own candidate.{{Cite web |title=Quem é a vice de Simone Tebet nas eleições de 2022? |url=https://valor.globo.com/politica/eleicoes-2022/noticia/2022/09/16/quem-e-a-vice-de-simone-tebet-nas-eleicoes-de-2022.ghtml |access-date=2022-09-17 |website=Valor Econômico |language=pt-br |archive-date=16 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220916230151/https://valor.globo.com/politica/eleicoes-2022/noticia/2022/09/16/quem-e-a-vice-de-simone-tebet-nas-eleicoes-de-2022.ghtml |url-status=live }}

Simone Tebet presented her government plan on August 15, the last day for candidates to register their candidacy with the Electoral Justice. The document has 48 pages, where the presidential candidate proposes a permanent minimum income program, tax and administrative reforms and zero tolerance for illegal deforestation.{{Cite web |last=null |title=O que propõe o plano de governo de Simone Tebet, do MDB |url=https://www.gazetadopovo.com.br/eleicoes/2022/plano-de-governo-simone-tebet-candidata-mdb-presidencia/ |access-date=2022-09-17 |website=Gazeta do Povo |language=pt-BR |archive-date=18 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220918172152/https://www.gazetadopovo.com.br/eleicoes/2022/plano-de-governo-simone-tebet-candidata-mdb-presidencia/ |url-status=live }}

Her platform has been connected to what many view as issues more important to women such as the environment and education, and with this push, Tebet has portrayed herself as the candidate for women disaffected by Bolsonaro.{{Cite web |date=2022-09-12 |title=Veja o programa de governo da candidata à Presidência Simone Tebet |url=https://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/politica/noticia/2022-09/veja-o-programa-de-governo-da-candidata-presidencia-simone-tebet |access-date=2022-10-01 |website=Agência Brasil |language=pt-br |archive-date=1 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001181839/https://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/politica/noticia/2022-09/veja-o-programa-de-governo-da-candidata-presidencia-simone-tebet |url-status=live }}

Before the election, pundits expected Tebet to at most reach 6%. On October 2, 2022, Tebet failed to reach the run-off, garnering just 4.16% of the vote. She gained greater percentages in the North, South, and Southeast, especially in São Paulo, but faltered in the Northeast. However she passed Ciro Gomes to become the third place candidate and a kingmaker in the second round.{{cite web |title=Unpacking the results of Brazil's heated presidential election |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/10/3/unpacking-results-brazil-presidential-election |access-date=3 October 2022 |archive-date=3 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221003212956/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/10/3/unpacking-results-brazil-presidential-election |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Harris |first1=Bryan |last2=Pooler |first2=Michael |last3=Ingizza |first3=Carolina |date=3 October 2022 |title=Brazil election goes to second round after Bolsonaro closes gap on Lula |work=Financial Times |location=São Paulo |url=https://www.ft.com/content/cc6ac1a7-5c3b-4e81-97c6-7ce586953d8c |accessdate=4 October 2022 |archive-date=3 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221003232233/https://www.ft.com/content/cc6ac1a7-5c3b-4e81-97c6-7ce586953d8c |url-status=live }}

Tebet met with Geraldo Alckmin, Lula's running mate, on October 4, presenting her governmental plan to his and Lula's campaign. While the Brazilian Democratic Movement released its members, with Governor Ibaneis Rocha of the Federal District endorsing Bolsonaro in the second round, citing the concern for democracy, Tebet endorsed Lula.{{Cite web |title=Simone Tebet anuncia apoio a Lula às 16h; MDB libera integrantes |url=https://valor.globo.com/politica/eleicoes-2022/noticia/2022/10/05/mdb-libera-integrantes-e-tebet-anunciar-apoio-a-lula-no-segundo-turno.ghtml |access-date=2022-10-05 |website=Valor Econômico |language=pt-br |archive-date=5 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221005192816/https://valor.globo.com/politica/eleicoes-2022/noticia/2022/10/05/mdb-libera-integrantes-e-tebet-anunciar-apoio-a-lula-no-segundo-turno.ghtml |url-status=live }}

Other members of her coalition like Cidadania endorsed Lula while the PSDB and Podemos remaining neutral. Of the former presidents and presidential candidates that supported her candidacy, Fernando Henrique Cardoso and José Serra, both former supporters of Lula supported his candidacy, while Michel Temer supported Bolsonaro.

She also spoke against gun violence in South America on an Instagram post in her profile and how Lula can get rid of it by disarming the population from gun ownership and make streets of Brazil safer, and overturning right-wing gun policies. However, with all her support and the reward of a ministry in the Lula government, many suggest that she is building a platform for a more successful run in 2026, representing a disaffected center.{{Cite web |last=Azedo |first=Luiz Carlos |date=2022-09-27 |title=Análise: A 'sombra de futuro' de Simone Tebet |url=https://www.correiobraziliense.com.br/politica/2022/09/5039746-analise-a-sombra-de-futuro-de-simone-tebet.html |access-date=2022-10-01 |website=Correio Braziliense |language=pt-BR |location=Brasilia |archive-date=27 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927115353/https://www.correiobraziliense.com.br/politica/2022/09/5039746-analise-a-sombra-de-futuro-de-simone-tebet.html |url-status=live }}

Tebet was announced as Minister of Planning on December 27, 2022, after André Lara Resende, a member of the transition team, rejected the position. "Investors had expected a market-friendly person to get the position, but markets will welcome Tebet," said analyst Lucas de Aragao of Arko Advice consultancy in Brasilia.{{Cite news |last=Paraguassu |first=Lisandra |last2=Boadle |first2=Anthony |date=2022-12-27 |title=Brazil's Lula offers planning ministry to centrist senator Tebet |language=en |work=Reuters |editor-last=Sithole-Matarise |editor-first=Emelia |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazils-lula-invites-tebet-be-his-planning-minister-2022-12-27/ |access-date=2023-07-19}}

The position also grants Tebet the position of Ex-Officio Alternate Member of the Board of Governors of the World Bank.[https://thedocs.worldbank.org/en/doc/45fc8267f59fdf50a364f6538c2817e7-0330032021/original/BankGovernors.pdf Board of Governors] World Bank.

File:Posse Ministra Simone Tebet (52754279844).jpg, José Sarney, and Geraldo Alckmin|left]]

After the 2022 election, it was widely considered that Tebet would be given a ministry, especially since she had not run for reelection in the Senate. Tebet's support for Lula, especially as a moderate candidate was seen as crucial to his victory in the narrowest Brazilian presidential election in history, where she won 4.9 million votes and the election was decided by 2.1 million.{{Cite news |last=Preissler Iglesias |first=Simone |date=2022-10-20 |title=Lula Seeks Crucial Votes Amid Supporters of Ex-Rival Tebet |language=en |work=Bloomberg.com |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10-20/lula-seeks-crucial-votes-amid-supporters-of-former-rival-tebet |access-date=2023-07-19}}

It was reported that Tebet desired the Ministry of Social Development, which would have allowed a large public profile to control the allocation of the Bolsa Família/Auxílio Brasil program. This appointment was quashed by the Workers' Party who worried about both Tebet's "independence" and the possibility of a future presidencial candidacy. Wellington Dias, the former Governor of Maranhão, was chosen for the position.{{Cite web |title=Lula sabe a 'importância' de Simone Tebet, diz Wellington Dias |url=https://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/2022/12/22/lula-sabe-a-importancia-de-simone-tebet-diz-wellington-dias.ghtml |access-date=2023-01-14 |website=G1 |language=pt-br |archive-date=14 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230114162544/https://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/2022/12/22/lula-sabe-a-importancia-de-simone-tebet-diz-wellington-dias.ghtml |url-status=live }}

The Workers' Party wanted to give Tebet the Ministry of the Environment, but she wanted to give the ministry to her personal friend Marina Silva.{{Cite web |last=ananunes |title=Simone recebe sondagem para Meio Ambiente e recusa |url=https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/politica/simone-recebe-sondagem-para-meio-ambiente-e-recusa/ |access-date=2023-01-14 |website=CNN Brasil |language=pt-BR |archive-date=14 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230114162548/https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/politica/simone-recebe-sondagem-para-meio-ambiente-e-recusa/ |url-status=live }}

Eventually after considering the position of Minister of Cities and of Agriculture, Lula decided to give her the Ministry of Planning and Budget, just before his inauguration on January 1.{{Cite news |last=Paraguassu |first=Lisandra |last2=Araujo |first2=Gabriel |date=2022-12-29 |title=Brazil's Lula gives Marina Silva, Simone Tebet key cabinet roles |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/lula-concludes-cabinet-picks-with-marina-silva-simone-tebet-key-roles-2022-12-29/ |access-date=2023-01-14 |archive-date=14 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230114162547/https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/lula-concludes-cabinet-picks-with-marina-silva-simone-tebet-key-roles-2022-12-29/ |url-status=live }}

File:Presidenta Luciana Servo é empossada no Ipea e ressalta a importância da agenda de gênero e raça (52751051852).jpg Luciana Servo (right) and the Minister of Management Esther Dweck (left). ]]

The two foundations under the preview of the Ministry of Planning and Budget are the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) and the Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA).

IPEA conducts economic research and studies.

Tebet appointed Dr. Luciana Mendes Santos Servo to head the IPEA. The IPEA carries out social and economic studies for the government as a whole. Dr. Sevro is the first black woman to head the foundation.

IGBE conducts censuses and creates records of governmental and population statistics.{{Cite web |date=2023-08-08 |title=Marcio Pochmann é nomeado presidente do IBGE |url=https://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/2023/08/08/marcio-pochmann-e-nomeado-presidente-do-ibge.ghtml |access-date=2023-08-31 |website=G1 |language=pt-br}}

Tebet also removed the head of IBGE from the Bolsonaro government, keeping Cimar Azeredo Pereira as head of the institute in an interim capacity. The previous head of IBGE Eduardo Luiz Gonçalves Rios Neto had not completed the 2022 census by the end of 2022.{{Cite web |date=2023-01-03 |title=Governo exonera presidente e diretoras do IBGE {{!}} Metrópoles |url=https://www.metropoles.com/negocios/governo-exonera-presidente-e-diretoras-do-ibge |access-date=2023-04-30 |website=www.metropoles.com |language=pt-BR}}{{Cite web |title=Tebet escolhe economista negra para comandar o Ipea |url=https://economia.uol.com.br/noticias/redacao/2023/01/20/luciana-servo-e-a-nova-presidente-do-ipea.htm |access-date=2023-04-30 |website=economia.uol.com.br |language=pt-br}}

The IBGE carried out a survey of indigenous lands during Tebet's tenure, after the recognition of the Yanomami humanitarian crisis caused by illegal logging and mining. The Bolsonaro and Temer governments had halted these surveys. The 2023 survey found only 53% of the Yanomami population had been recorded in the census fue to a lack of funding and remotness, leading to a further lack of access to government services. IBGE was applauded for locating 26,000 additional Yanomami in its survey.{{Cite web |title=Censo: IBGE faz força-tarefa e identifica mais 26,8 mil pessoas vivendo na Terra Yanomami |url=https://g1.globo.com/economia/noticia/2023/03/31/apos-forca-tarefa-ibge-conclui-censo-e-diz-que-mais-de-31-mil-pessoas-vivem-na-terra-yanomami.ghtml |access-date=2023-04-30 |website=G1 |language=pt-br}}

On August 8, 2023 President Lula appointed Marcio Pochmann, the former president of IPEA from 2007-2012 and president of the PT think tank the Perseu Abramo Foundation from 2012 to 2020, as President of IBGE.{{Cite web |date=2023-08-18 |title=Com presença de Lula, Pochmann assume IBGE e prega 'recuperação' do órgão após 'vendaval tóxico dos anos recentes' |url=https://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/2023/08/18/com-lula-presente-pochmann-toma-posse-como-presidente-do-ibge.ghtml |access-date=2023-08-31 |website=G1 |language=pt-br}}

File:Ipea participa da Posse do Presidente do IBGE, Márcio Pochmann (cropped).jpg

Controversies emerged between Tebet and Lula over the nomination, as Tebet was not consulted. Tebet said in a statement that "Minister Pimenta, not knowing that in the meeting we had with the president we had not mentioned the name, announced it preliminarily. And it has already been placed. The name will be made official at the right time, after the conversation we will have next week with President Lula. We will accept any name that comes."{{Cite web |date=2023-07-27 |title='Acataremos qualquer nome que venha', diz Tebet sobre troca no IBGE |url=https://g1.globo.com/economia/noticia/2023/07/27/acataremos-qualquer-nome-que-venha-diz-tebet-sobre-troca-no-ibge.ghtml |access-date=2023-08-31 |website=G1 |language=pt-br}}

Pochmann is considered to hold heterodox economic theories. The Buenos Aires Times reported that Pochmann's leftist economic views are considered "too extreme even by members of Lula's economic team, who worry about damage to IBGE's credibility...after Pochmann's years at IPEA, [which] were controversial and caused several economists who did not agree with him to leave the organisation."{{Cite web |title=Lula to tap ally to run Brazil statistics agency, raising concerns of its future {{!}} Buenos Aires Times |url=https://batimes.com.ar/news/latin-america/lula-to-tap-ally-to-run-brazil-statistics-agency-raising-concerns-of-its-future.phtml |access-date=2023-08-31 |website=batimes.com.ar}}

Tebet, along with the Minister of Finance Fernando Haddad, have taken a more pro-business stance than the rest of the Lula cabinet. Tebet has argued for reducing tax waivers and increasing female empowerment initiatives, arguing on a level playing field, equality increases economic prosperity.{{Cite web |title=A dobradinha de Tebet e Haddad na cruzada contra renúncias fiscais |url=https://veja.abril.com.br/economia/a-dobradinha-de-tebet-e-haddad-na-cruzada-contra-renuncias-fiscais/ |access-date=2023-04-30 |website=VEJA |language=pt-BR}}

Forbes Brasil reports that stock market and business leaders have shown support for Tebet's policies, which argue "economic stability depends on institutional stability."{{Cite web |last=Redação |date=2023-03-09 |title=Alívio na bolsa com aceno de Simone Tebet às demandas do mercado |url=https://forbes.com.br/forbes-money/2023/03/alivio-na-bolsa-com-aceno-de-simone-tebet-as-demandas-do-mercado/ |access-date=2023-04-30 |website=Forbes Brasil |language=pt-br}}{{Cite web |date=2023-01-31 |title=Tebet: "Estabilidade econômica passa pela estabilidade institucional" {{!}} Metrópoles |url=https://www.metropoles.com/negocios/tebet-estabilidade-economica-passa-pela-estabilidade-institucional |access-date=2023-04-30 |website=www.metropoles.com |language=pt-BR}}

File:Sessão de Debates Temáticos - "Juros, Inflação e Crescimento" - 52851137476.jpg on the Central Bank in April 2023]]

Roberto Campos Neto, the President of the Central Bank of Brazil appointed by Jair Bolsonaro, was criticized by various allies of the Lula government for not lowering interest rates. The PT bench in the Chamber of Deputies argued that inflation was low enough to increase access to loans. Gleisi Hoffmann, the PT president, said that the interest rate highs advantages the wealthy and disadvantaged the poor.

Campos Neto was defended by the Fazenda, a bloc of ministers that includes Tebet and other economic officials. This bloc includes Minister of Finance Fernando Haddad, Vice-President and Minister of Industry Geraldo Alckmin, and Minister of Management Esther Dweck.{{Cite web |author= |date=2023-04-20 |title=Lide debate regras fiscais e finanças com Campos Neto |url=https://www.poder360.com.br/brasil/lide-debate-regras-fiscais-e-financas-com-tebet-e-campos-neto/ |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=Poder360 |language=pt-br}}

Tebet took a neutral stance in a debate session of the Federal Senate, saying that "there is no contradiction in saying [interest rates should decrease]: the Central Bank is autonomous, and it is good that it is [...] And therefore, the government does not interfere in the technical decisions of the Central Bank. But the Central Bank cannot consider that its decisions are only techniques. They also interfere in politics, especially its communiqués and minutes." Tebet argued that tax reform could bring the budget deficit to zero, increasing GDP which would "guarantee Brazil's sustainable and lasting growth."{{Cite web |title=No Senado, Tebet diz que não há contradição entre inflação e crescimento e decisões do BC não podem ser 'apenas técnicas' |url=https://g1.globo.com/economia/noticia/2023/04/27/no-senado-tebet-diz-que-nao-ha-contradicao-entre-inflacao-e-crescimento-e-decisoes-do-bc-nao-podem-ser-apenas-tecnicas.ghtml |access-date=2023-04-30 |website=G1 |language=pt-br}}

Tebet's office oversees budget proposals with input from the Ministry of Finance.

Tebet supported the policy of Fernando Haddad in maintaining a zero deficit to raise confidence in market for the governments other spending. This was a policy that President Lula viewed as unattainable, while Haddad encouraged increased taxation to meet the deficit.{{Cite web |date=2023-11-16 |title=Governo decide manter déficit zero como meta, diz relator da LDO {{!}} Metrópoles |url=https://www.metropoles.com/brasil/governo-deficit-zero-meta |access-date=2024-04-22 |website=www.metropoles.com |language=pt-BR}}{{Cite web |date=2023-10-27 |title=Lula admite não cumprir déficit zero: "Mercado é ganancioso demais" {{!}} Metrópoles |url=https://www.metropoles.com/brasil/lula-deficit-fiscal-ganancioso |access-date=2024-04-22 |website=www.metropoles.com |language=pt-BR}}

Tebet promised that these cuts to create a zero defict would not cut into environmental initiaves, offering emergency credits as a form of disaster spending to make up revenue to Marina Silva.{{Cite web |date=2023-11-23 |title=Ao lado de Marina, Tebet nega que déficit zero impactará agenda verde {{!}} Metrópoles |url=https://www.metropoles.com/brasil/ao-lado-de-marina-tebet-nega-que-deficit-zero-impactara-agenda-verde |access-date=2024-04-22 |website=www.metropoles.com |language=pt-BR}}

Tebet proposed a budget that required 168 billion reals in additional revenue.{{Cite web |date=2023-08-31 |title=Orçamento 2024: Tebet fala em equilíbrio e Haddad se diz “orgulhoso” {{!}} Metrópoles |url=https://www.metropoles.com/brasil/economia-br/orcamento-2024-tebet-fala-em-equilibrio-e-haddad-se-diz-orgulhoso |access-date=2024-04-22 |website=www.metropoles.com |language=pt-BR}}

In the 2025 budget, Tebet entered into conflict with Haddad over maintaining a zero deficit goal. The Ministry of Finance had calculated a 0.5% surplus which would allow more spending but an independent review found a zero deficit, an observed win for Tebet's policy of fiscal responsibility over Haddad's observed market appeasement. Tebet's prioritization of a cohesive economic view was supported by experts.{{Cite web |date=2023-11-07 |title=Tebet diz que seu ministério está "ao lado" do ministro Haddad {{!}} Metrópoles |url=https://www.metropoles.com/brasil/tebet-ministerio-ao-lado-haddad |access-date=2024-04-22 |website=www.metropoles.com |language=pt-BR}}{{Cite web |date=2024-04-16 |title=Deficit zero em 2025 é grande vitória de Simone Tebet {{!}} Metrópoles |url=https://www.metropoles.com/blog-do-noblat/deficit-zero-em-2025-e-grande-vitoria-de-simone-tebet |access-date=2024-04-22 |website=www.metropoles.com |language=pt-BR}}

Tebet has been described as a centre-right and centrist politician by the Brazilian media. During her presidential campaign, she said that she represents the "democratic center" and the "Third Way."{{Cite web |title=Eleições 2022: "Sou liberal na economia, mas contra a privatização da Petrobras", diz Tebet |url=https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/politica/sou-liberal-na-economia-mas-contra-a-privatizacao-da-petrobras-diz-tebet-ao-defender-concessoes/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525212010/https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/politica/sou-liberal-na-economia-mas-contra-a-privatizacao-da-petrobras-diz-tebet-ao-defender-concessoes/ |archive-date=25 May 2022 |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=CNN Brasil |language=pt-BR}}

When Tebet assumed the leadership of the feminine caucus, she said that a "feminine perspective" is necessary for policy making in areas such as healthcare, education and public transportation.{{Cite web |title=Simone Tebet será a primeira líder da bancada feminina |url=https://www12.senado.leg.br/radio/1/noticia/2021/03/09/simone-tebet-sera-a-primeira-lider-da-bancada-feminina |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=www12.senado.leg.br |language=pt |archive-date=1 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220901164931/https://www12.senado.leg.br/radio/1/noticia/2021/03/09/simone-tebet-sera-a-primeira-lider-da-bancada-feminina |url-status=live }}

In regards to women's policy, Tebet supports gender quotas for the Congress, saying that 50% is the ideal for all legislative bodies. In 2022, Tebet also pledged to have a gender balanced cabinet. Tebet opposes the legalization of abortion, but said that it should not be a political taboo.{{Cite web |author= |date=18 April 2022 |title=Simone Tebet se diz contra o aborto, mas quer que assunto não seja tabu |url=https://www.acidigital.com/noticias/simone-tebet-se-diz-contra-o-aborto-mas-quer-que-assunto-nao-seja-tabu-82656 |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=www.acidigital.com |archive-date=18 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418190656/https://www.acidigital.com/noticias/simone-tebet-se-diz-contra-o-aborto-mas-quer-que-assunto-nao-seja-tabu-82656 |url-status=live }} As leader of the feminine caucus, she voted against criminalizing abortion in cases of rape.

Tebet considers herself to be a feminist, saying that women's rights should not be a left-wing theme. She has lamented the classification of feminism as a leftist movement, saying in the SBT debate to Padre Kelmon, a priest and candidate of the PTB, that:{{Cite web |last=Moraes |first=Rute |date=2022-09-29 |title=O feminismo 'cristão' de Simone Tebet |url=https://revistaoeste.com/politica/eleicoes-2022/afinal-o-feminismo-e-uma-pauta-crista/ |access-date=2022-10-01 |website=Revista Oeste |language=pt-BR |archive-date=1 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001180311/https://revistaoeste.com/politica/eleicoes-2022/afinal-o-feminismo-e-uma-pauta-crista/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=A 'aula' de Simone Tebet sobre feminismo no Debate VEJA {{!}} VEJA Gente |url=https://veja.abril.com.br/coluna/veja-gente/a-aula-de-simone-tebet-sobre-feminismo-no-debate-veja/ |access-date=2022-10-01 |website=VEJA |language=pt-BR |archive-date=1 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001180315/https://veja.abril.com.br/coluna/veja-gente/a-aula-de-simone-tebet-sobre-feminismo-no-debate-veja/ |url-status=live }}

{{Blockquote|text=My concept of a feminist is very different from yours. For me, being a feminist is defending women's rights. I am Catholic and I regret your selective view. I'm against abortion, and that doesn't make me any less of a feminist. Feminism in Brazil should be understood not as a leftist agenda, but as a Christian one.}}

She has been criticised by some on the left for using feminism as a "prop" without supporting true feminist causes like secularism and free access to abortion while others on the right have said that her purported Christianity is a mask for a more radical feminism. She has maintained her position to be one of Christian feminism.{{Cite web |title='Feminismo não pertence à esquerda ou direita', diz Simone Tebet |url=https://valor.globo.com/politica/noticia/2022/08/28/feminismo-no-pertence-esquerda-ou-direita-diz-simone-tebet.ghtml |access-date=2022-10-01 |website=Valor Econômico |language=pt-br |archive-date=1 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001180310/https://valor.globo.com/politica/noticia/2022/08/28/feminismo-no-pertence-esquerda-ou-direita-diz-simone-tebet.ghtml |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2022-09-30 |title=Brazil's decisive debate on eve of presidential election |url=https://wgno.com/news/ap-brazils-decisive-debate-on-eve-of-presidential-election/ |access-date=2022-10-01 |website=WGNO |language=en-US |archive-date=1 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001180331/https://wgno.com/news/ap-brazils-decisive-debate-on-eve-of-presidential-election/ |url-status=live }}

Experts say that feminism has various currents and movements and Tebet represents a moderate but not anti-feminist position. However some have said that given some of her more conservative policy proposals she is no more feminist than many of the other candidates.{{Cite news |last=Fontes |first=Giulia |title=Simone Tebet: como o feminismo entra na campanha da candidata? |url=https://www.gazetadopovo.com.br/eleicoes/2022/simone-tebet-candidata-presidente-feminismo/ |access-date=2024-10-02 |newspaper=Gazeta do Povo |language=pt-BR |archive-date=1 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001180316/https://www.gazetadopovo.com.br/eleicoes/2022/simone-tebet-candidata-presidente-feminismo/ |url-status=live }}

While largely socially liberal, Tebet's policies have come into conflict with environmental regulation in the past.

Given Mato Grosso do Sul's deep involvement with Brazil's agricultural economy, Tebet has frequently been an activist for agribusiness. Her policies have been described as a balance between environmental policies and pro-agriculture policies. In a visit to Montes Claros, she said that "All regions have conditions to be fertile, to produce, to generate employment and income, the north of Minas is no different. What is lacking is the political will to definitively bring a large irrigation project so that the region can produce the fruits and export, generate employment and income, finishing the dams and guaranteeing dignity for its people."{{Cite web |date=2022-09-12 |title=Simone Tebet defende investir na irrigação do norte de Minas Gerais |url=https://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/politica/noticia/2022-09/simone-tebet-defende-investir-na-irrigacao-do-norte-de-minas-gerais |access-date=2022-10-01 |website=Agência Brasil |language=pt-br |archive-date=1 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001181827/https://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/politica/noticia/2022-09/simone-tebet-defende-investir-na-irrigacao-do-norte-de-minas-gerais |url-status=live }}

Tebet has advocated for further irrigation into northern regions of Mato Grosso do Sul, where continued runoff is polluting the Amazon, and said "food needs to arrive faster and cheaper". Tebet also advocated for reduced protections for indigenous land, arguing such regulation infringe on farmers' right to farm.

During her campaign for president Tebet has become a more frequent advocate for climate protections and controls. During the Globo debate she said to Bolsonaro that "Your administration is the one that made biomes, forests and my Pantanal wetlands burn. Your administration cared for miners and loggers, and protected them. You, in this regard, were the worst president in Brazil's history."

She has said that she wants a "zero tolerance policy" for illegal deforestation and advocated for increases in funding in Brazil's Northeast to produce solar and wind power on unused coasts and plains. Along with these investments, she said she planned to offer carbon credits and regulate fisheries to create a more sustainable system.

Her policies have been criticized for emphasizing investment rather than protection, while protecting harmful farms. She has disputed these claims, connecting deforestation to drought in Brazil's agricultural states.

Tebet is a friend of prominent environmentalist Marina Silva.

Tebet is married to Eduardo Rocha, a state deputy and secretary of the Civil House of Mato Grosso do Sul, in the government of Eduardo Riedel, with whom she has two daughters, Maria Eduarda and Maria Fernanda.

Tebet is Catholic.

Tebet is of Lebanese origin, and has been very public and proud of her background.https://oglobo.globo.com/economia/noticia/2022/12/nos-somos-de-origem-libanesa-entao-nao-tem-como-dar-errado-diz-tebet-sobre-relacao-com-haddad.ghtml

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