Guilherme Afif Domingos | |
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| Chief Minister of the Secretariat for Micro and Small Enterprises | |
| In office 6 May 2013 – 2 October 2015 | |
| President | Dilma Rousseff |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Carlos Leony(as Special Secretary) |
| Lieutenant Governor of São Paulo | |
| In office 1 January 2011 – 1 January 2015 | |
| Governor | Geraldo Alckmin |
| Preceded by | Alberto Goldman |
| Succeeded by | Márcio França |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 1 February 1987 – 1 February 1991 | |
| Constituency | São Paulo |
| Secretary of State of São Paulo | |
| 2023–present | Strategic Projects |
| 2011 | Economic Development, Science and Technology |
| 2007–2010 | Labour and Employment |
| 1980–1982 | Agriculture and Supply |
| Municipal Secretary of São Paulo | |
| 1998 | Planning |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Guilherme Afif Domingos (1943-09-18)18 September 1943 (age 82) |
| Political party | PSD (2011–present) |
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| Profession | Company administrator, entrepreneur |
Guilherme Afif Domingos (born 18 September 1943) is a Brazilian company administrator, entrepreneur, politician, and member of theSocial Democratic Party (PSD). A longtime leader in theSão Paulo business community, he was a close ally of former governorPaulo Maluf, serving in economic and technocratic state offices.
Elected Federal Deputy in 1987, Afif ran forPresident of Brazil as a member of theLiberal Party, being defeated in the first round of the1989 election.
More recently Afif was Vice Governor ofSão Paulo between 2011 and 2014,[1][2] chief-minister of the Secretariat of Micro and Small Business of the Presidency of the Republic underDilma Rousseff between 2013 and 2015,[3] and president of theSebrae between 2015 and 2018.[4] From 2019 to 2022, he served as a special advisor to Paulo Guedes, Jair Bolsonaro's Minister of the Economy.[5] Afif currently serves as Special Secretary for Strategic Projects of theState of São Paulo underTarcísio de Freitas.[6]
Afif was born on 18 September, 1943 inSão Paulo,São Paulo, the second son of Jamil Domingos and Henriette Afif Domingos, of bothLebanese andItalian descent. Until the age of 7, he lived in the interior of São Paulo in the municipality ofCasa Branca. Afif attended Colégio Elvira Brandão until 1955 where he enteredColégio São Luís. Graduating from with a degree inBusiness Administration from the Faculty of Economics, he worked as a young man in his father's smalltextile business. While studying business in the 1960s, Afif organized freshman dances to the music of theDick Farney orchestra and became president of the school's Academic Center.[7][8][9]
In 1972 Afif became director ofIndiana Seguros S/A [pt], a family insurance company initially registered in 1945 by his maternal grandfather.[8][9]
In 1976, Afif became director of the Commercial Association of São Paulo (ACSP). In 1979, he was appointed president of the Development Bank of the State of São Paulo (Badesp) – through which position he held and presided over the first Brazilian Congress of Small Businesses.[8]
After the leaving of former Minister of FinanceHenrique Meirelles from the PSD, Afif started his pre-campaign to be confirmed as the party candidate forPresident of Brazil in the July convention.[10]
In 1970, Afif married the writer Silvia Maria Dellivenneri, with whom he had four children and ten grandchildren. On 13 October 2024, she died at the age of 74 in the municipality of São Paulo.[11]
| Political offices | ||
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| Vacant Title last held by Alberto Goldman | Lieutenant Governor of São Paulo 2011–2015 | Succeeded by |
| New office | Chief Minister of the Department for Micro and Small Businesses 2013–2015 | Office abolished |
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| Preceded by | DEM nominee for Lieutenant Governor ofSão Paulo 2010 | Succeeded by Rodrigo Garcia (2018) |
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