Helena Chagas | |
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| Secretary of Social Communication for the Presidency of Brazil | |
| In office 1 January 2011 – 3 February 2014 | |
| President | Dilma Rousseff |
| Preceded by | Franklin Martins |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Traumann |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Helena Maria de Freitas Chagas (1961-10-13)13 October 1961 (age 63) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Alma mater | University of Brasília |
| Occupation | Journalist |
Helena Maria de Freitas Chagas (born 13 October 1961) is a Brazilian journalist. The daughter of political journalist Carlos Chagas, she served as Secretary of Social Communication for the Presidency of Brazil from 2011 to 2014. Today, she is a communication consultant and sporadically writes for the JornalO Globo's Blog do Noblat.
Chagas graduated from theUniversity of Brasília and went through major media outlets, having covered events such as the inauguration of theNew Republic and theBrazilian Constituent Assembly. Starting at the newspaper O Globo, in 1982, she moved to theBrazilian Senate as a public servant, and she worked there as a reporter and producer of the programs of the legislative house. Returning to O Globo in 1995, she acted as coordinator of the policy area, in addition to being editor-in-chief and director of theBrasília branch.
From then on, Chagas kept columns in the newspaper O Globo and in the newspaper Diário de S. Paulo, in addition to a political analysis blog on the portal globo.com. In 2006, she took over as director of journalism at the Brasília branch ofSBT. She was also coordinator ofTV Brasil,Agência Brasil and the radio system of theBrazil Communication Company, always emphasizing matters related to citizenship.
In April 2010, Chagas became the press coordinator forDilma Rousseff's campaign. On 9 December 2010, she was named Secretary of Social Communication for the Presidency of Brazil.[1][2] She left office on 3 February 2014, having been replaced by Thomas Traumann.[3]
