Pepe Vargas | |
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| State Deputy ofRio Grande do Sul | |
| Assumed office 1 February 2019 | |
| In office 1 January 1995 – 7 April 1996 | |
| Federal Deputy ofRio Grande do Sul | |
| In office 1 February 2007 – 1 February 2019 | |
| Secretary of Institutional Affairs | |
| In office 1 January 2015 – 7 April 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Ricardo Berzoini |
| Succeeded by | Alexandre Padilha (2023) |
| Minister of Human Rights and Citizenship | |
| In office 16 April 2015 – 2 October 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Ideli Salvatti |
| Succeeded by | Nilma Lino Gomes (asMinister of Women, Racial Equality and Human Rights) |
| Minister of Agrarian Development | |
| In office 14 March 2012 – 17 March 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Afonso Florence |
| Succeeded by | Miguel Rossetto |
| Mayor ofCaxias do Sul | |
| In office 1 January 1997 – 1 January 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Mário David Vanin [pt] |
| Succeeded by | José Ivo Sartori |
| Councilman of Caxias do Sul | |
| In office 1 January 1989 – 1 January 1993 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Gilberto José Spier Vargas (1958-10-29)29 October 1958 (age 67) Nova Petrópolis, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil |
| Political party | PT (1981–present) |
| Alma mater | University of Caxias do Sul |
Gilberto José Spier Vargas, better known asPepe Vargas (born 29 October 1958) is a Brazilian doctor and politician. He served as the mayor ofCaxias do Sul from 1997 to 2005, as well as a state and federal deputy in the state ofRio Grande do Sul. During theDilma Rousseff administration, he served in various ministerial roles.
In 1996, Vargas was elected to become the mayor of the city ofCaxias do Sul. He advanced from the first round with more than 80,000 votes, or 48.68%, and faced the second place candidate from thePMDB,Germano Rigotto, who received 77,079 votes. In the second round, Vargas obtained 51.13% and won the election.
Four years later, he would go on to run for reelection againstJosé Ivo Sartori, also of the PMDB. Vargas came in first in the first round again with 48.15% of the vote (94,923), against Sartori's 43.11% (84,989). Kalil Sehbe Neto, of thePDT, came in third with 8.72% (17,194). Weeks after, in a tight race, Vargas won against Sartori, becoming the first mayor in Caxias do Sul's history to be reelected.[1]
Vargas became theminister of Agrarian Development, at the invite of presidentDilma Rousseff, on 14 March 2012, substitutingAfonso Florence.[2] He left the post on 17 March 2014 during a period of ministerial reforms.[3]
Vargas was a federal deputy from 2007 to 2019. He voted against the admission of the request for theimpeachment of Dilma Rousseff on 17 April 2016.[4]
In 2020, he once again ran to become the mayor of Caxias do Sul as a member of the PT. He reached the second round, but only obtained 40.43% of the vote and was defeated by PSDB candidate, Adiló Didomênico, who received almost 60% of the vote.[5]
On 29 December 2014, Vargas was announced to become theSecretary of Institutional Affairs.[6] On 7 April 2015, the duties of the office were transferred to the vice president and the secretariat was disbanded.[7]
On 16 April 2015, soon after leaving the secretariat, he became theMinister of Human Rights and Citizenship.[8]
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