Alexandre Padilha - Minister of Health, Brazil

Appointed Minister of State of Health on March 10, 2025, he previously served in the same position from 2011 to 2014. Throughout his career, he has held key roles, including Minister of Institutional Relations (2009–2010 and 2023–2025) and Head of the Secretariat for Federative Affairs (2005–2009).

He is a deputy for the Workers’ Party (PT) representing the state of São Paulo, an infectious diseases physician, and holds a PhD in Public Health. He also teaches in the Master’s and Doctoral programs in Biophotonic Medicine at Universidade Nove de Julho (UNINOVE), as well as in Primary Health Care and in the Graduate Program at Faculdade São Leopoldo Mandic.