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Gleisi Hoffmann | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Gleisi in 2025 | |
| Secretary of Institutional Affairs | |
| Assumed office 10 March 2025 | |
| President | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva |
| Preceded by | Alexandre Padilha |
| Federal Deputy | |
| Assumed office 1 February 2019 | |
| Constituency | Paraná |
| National President of theWorkers' Party | |
| In office 3 June 2017 – 7 March 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Rui Falcão |
| Succeeded by | Humberto Costa (interim) |
| Senator forParaná | |
| In office 1 February 2011 – 1 February 2019 | |
| Chief of Staff of the Presidency | |
| In office 8 June 2011 – 2 February 2014 | |
| President | Dilma Rousseff |
| Preceded by | Antonio Palocci |
| Succeeded by | Aloizio Mercadante |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1965-09-06)6 September 1965 (age 60) |
| Party | PT (1989–present) |
| Spouse | |
| Domestic partner | Lindbergh Farias (2020–present) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Curitiba Faculty of Law |
Gleisi Helena Hoffmann ([ˈɡlejzjɛˈlẽnɐˈʁɔfmɐ̃]; born 6 September 1965) is a Brazilian lawyer and a member of the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil, currently on leave.[1] She is the Chief Minister of theSecretariat of Institutional Relations of the Government of PresidentLuis Inácio Lula da Silva. Previously, from 2011 to 2014, she served as theChief of Staff of the Government of PresidentDilma Rousseff. In 2017 she was elected aSenator forParaná before becoming national president of theWorkers' Party, which she led for eight years.
Gleisi Hoffmann began her involvement in politics in the student movement during her youth, becoming aWorkers' Party' member in 1989. She graduated in law in theCentro Universitário Curitiba (Faculdade de Direito de Curitiba).
Known for her public management skills, Hoffmann has served as state secretary inMato Grosso do Sul and as municipal secretary in the city ofLondrina.
She was a member ofLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva's presidential transition team in 2002, and served as the financial director at theItaipu Binacional hydroelectric dam from 2003 to 2006.
She ran for theFederal Senate of Brazil in 2006 and for the office of mayor ofCuritiba in 2008, losing both elections. At the time, she was the president of PT in the state ofParaná.
In October 2010, Hoffmann was elected to the Senate, receiving over 3.1 million votes, the most voted senator from the state of Paraná and the first woman to hold the office. After four months in office, she was appointedChief of Staff,[2] the highest-ranking member of Brazil'sExecutive Office, by PresidentDilma Rousseff.[3]
In March 2025, Hoffman resigned as president of the Workers Party upon her appointment asSecretary of Institutional Affairs in the second Lula presidency.
Hoffmann was accused of receiving R$1.000.000,00 of embezzlement money from Petrobras in her campaign to the Senate in 2010. In 2018, Hoffmann was cleared of charges in the Supreme Court.
Gleisi was married to the ex-Communications MinisterPaulo Bernardo; they divorced in 2019. They have two children.
| Year | Election | Party | Office | Coalition | Partners | Party | Votes | Percent | Result | ||
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| 2006 | State Election ofParaná | PT | Senator | United Paraná (PT, PL, PCdoB, PRB, PAN, PHS) | Nereu Faustino | PCdoB | 2,299,088 | 45.14% | Not elected | ||
| Shinji Gohara | PHS | ||||||||||
| 2008 | Municipal Election ofCuritiba | Mayor | Curitiba for All (PT, PSC, PMN, PRB, PHS, PTC) | Borges dos Reis | PSC | 183,027 | 18.17% | Not elected | |||
| 2010 | State Elections of Paraná | Senator | The Union Makes a New Tomorrow (PDT, PMDB, PT, PSC, PCdoB, PTdoB) | Sérgio Souza | MDB | 3,196,468 | 29.50% | Elected | |||
| Pedro Tonelli | PCdoB | ||||||||||
| 2014 | State Elections of Paraná | Governor | Paraná Looking Forward (PT, PDT, PCdoB, PRB, PTN) | Haroldo Ferreira | PDT | 881,857 | 14.87% | Not elected | |||
| 2018 | State Elections of Paraná | Federal Deputy | N/a | 212,513 | 3.71% | Elected | |||||
| 2022 | State Elections of Paraná | N/a | 261,247 | 4.26% | Elected | ||||||
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| Preceded by | Chief of Staff of the Presidency 2011–2014 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Secretary of Institutional Affairs 2025–present | Incumbent |
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| Preceded by | National President of theWorkers' Party 2017–2025 | Succeeded by Humberto Costa (interim) |
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