Maria do Rosário

Maria do Rosário
Maria do Rosário in 2024
Federal Deputy
Assumed office
1 February 2003
ConstituencyRio Grande do Sul
Second Secretary of the Chamber of Deputies
Assumed office
1 February 2023
PresidentArthur Lira
Preceded byOdair Cunha
Minister of Human Rights
In office
1 January 2011 – 1 April 2014
PresidentDilma Rousseff
Preceded byPaulo Vannuchi
Succeeded byIdeli Salvatti
State Deputy
In office
1 February 1999 – 1 February 2003
ConstituencyRio Grande do Sul
Councillor
In office
1 January 1993 – 15 December 1998
ConstituencyPorto Alegre
Personal details
BornMaria do Rosário Nunes
(1966-11-22) November 22, 1966
PartyPT (1993–present)
Other political
affiliations
PCdoB (1989–92)
SpouseEliezer Pacheco
Alma materFederal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Websitewww.mariadorosario.com.br
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Maria do Rosário Nunes (born 22 November 1966) is a Brazilian teacher and politician. She graduated in pedagogy from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, and took a postgraduate degree at the University of São Paulo. From 2011 to 2014, she served as the Secretary for Human Rights under the Rousseff administration. With the exception of her three-year tenure as Human Rights Secretary, she has been a congresswoman since 2003, representing the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul as a member of the Worker's Party (Brazil).