Patrus Ananias

Patrus Ananias
Federal Deputy from Minas Gerais
Assumed office
1 February 2015
In office
1 February 2003 – 1 February 2007
5th Academic of the 39th Chair of the Mineira Academy of Letters
Assumed office
1996
Preceded byEdgar Mata Machado
Minister of Agrarian Development
In office
19 April 2016 – 12 May 2016
PresidentDilma Rousseff
Preceded byMaria Fernanda Ramos Coelho (acting)
Succeeded byPaulo Teixeira (in 2023; office abolished 2016-22)
In office
1 January 2015 – 14 April 2016
PresidentDilma Rousseff
Preceded byLaudemir André Müller (acting)
Succeeded byMaria Fernanda Ramos Coelho (acting)
Minister of Social Development and Fight Against Hunger
In office
23 January 2004 – 31 March 2010
PresidentLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Succeeded byMárcia Lopes
Mayor of Belo Horizonte
In office
1 January 1993 – 1 January 1997
Preceded byEduardo Azeredo
Succeeded byCélio de Castro
Councilman of Belo Horizonte
In office
1 January 1989 – 1 January 1993
Personal details
BornPatrus Ananias de Sousa
(1952-01-26) 26 January 1952
PartyPT (Since 1981)
Parents
  • Jair Ananias de Sousa (father)
  • Maria Tereza Patrus Ananias (mother)
EducationFederal University of Minas Gerais (B)
Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais (M) (L)
Complutense University of Madrid (D)
OccupationProfessor, lawyer

Patrus Ananias de Sousa (Bocaiúva, 26 January 1952) is a Brazilian lawyer and politician affiliated with the Workers' Party (PT). He was Minister of Agrarian Development during the second term of president Dilma Rousseff.