Luiz Marinho

Luiz Marinho
Marinho in 2023.
Minister of Labour
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 January 2023
President	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded by	José Carlos Oliveira
In office 12 July 2005 – 29 March 2007
President	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded by	Ricardo Berzoini
Succeeded by	Carlos Lupi
President of the Workers' Party of São Paulo
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 May 2017
Preceded by	Emídio de Souza
Mayor of São Bernardo do Campo
In office 1 January 2009 – 1 January 2017
Vice Mayor	Frank Aguiar
Preceded by	William Dib
Succeeded by	Orlando Morando
Minister of Social Security
In office 29 March 2007 – 3 June 2008
President	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded by	Nelson Machado
Succeeded by	José Pimentel
Personal details
Born	Luiz Marinho (1959-05-20) 20 May 1959 (age 65) Cosmorama, SP, Brazil
Political party	PT (1980–present)
Spouse	Nilza de Oliveira[1]
Profession	Unionist

Luiz Marinho (born 20 May 1959 in Cosmorama) is a Brazilian politician and unionist. He was minister of Labor and Employment^[2] and minister of Social Security^[3] in the government of president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. He also was mayor of São Bernardo do Campo between 2009 and 2017.^[4]

Marinho is married to Nilza de Oliveira^[1] and is the father of two children. Have a Bachelor of Law degree and is a former metalworker in the '70s, when met Lula da Silva. His first and only register in his work permit is from July 1978, when he was hired to work in the painting sector of Volkswagen in São Bernardo do Campo, where he also began his unionist career as member of the Internal Commission of Accidente Prevention (CIPA).

Among the public acknowledgments, Marinho collects the Highlight of the Year Award of 1999, granted by the magazine Livre Mercado.

Also in 1999, he was appointed by Time/CNN as one of the 50 Latin American Leaders for the New Millennium, because of his negotiations with Volkswagen, which avoided the dismissal of 10,000 workers.^[1]

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