Marina Silva

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Marina Silva
Silva in 2024
Minister of the Environment and Climate Change[a]
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 January 2023
President	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded by	Joaquim Alvaro Pereira Leite
In office 1 January 2003 – 13 May 2008
President	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded by	José Carlos Carvalho
Succeeded by	Carlos Minc
Spokesperson of the Sustainability Network
In office 22 September 2015 – 8 April 2018 Serving with Zé Gustavo
Succeeded by	Pedro Ivo Batista Laís Garcia
Senator for Acre
In office 15 May 2008 – 1 February 2011
Preceded by	Sibá Machado
Succeeded by	Jorge Viana
In office 1 February 1995 – 2 February 2003
Preceded by	Aluísio Bezerra
Succeeded by	Sibá Machado
Federal Deputy for São Paulo
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 February 2023
State Deputy of Acre
In office 1 February 1991 – 1 February 1995
Constituency	At-large
Councillor of Rio Branco
In office 1 January 1989 – 1 February 1991
Constituency	At-large
Personal details
Born	Maria Osmarina da Silva (1958-02-08) 8 February 1958 (age 66) Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil
Political party	REDE (2015–present)
Other political affiliations	PT (1986–2008) PV (2008–2011) PSB (2013–2015)
Spouse	Fábio Vaz de Lima ​ (m. 1986)​
Children	4
Alma mater	Federal University of Acre
Website	www.marinasilva.org.br

Maria Osmarina Marina da Silva Vaz de Lima^[1] (born Maria Osmarina da Silva; 8 February 1958), known as Marina Silva, is a Brazilian politician and environmentalist, currently serving as Minister of the Environment and Climate Change, a position she previously held from 2003 to 2008. She is the founder and former spokeswoman of the Sustainability Network (REDE). A former senator for the state of Acre between 1995 and 2011, she has been a federal deputy for the state of São Paulo since 2023. She ran unsuccessfully for president in 2010, 2014 and 2018.

Silva was a member of the PT until 2009, and served as a senator before becoming Minister of the Environment in 2003. She ran for president in the 2010 Brazilian elections as the candidate for the Green Party, coming in 3rd with 19% of the first-round vote.^[2] In April 2014, Eduardo Campos announced his candidacy for the fall 2014 presidential election, naming Marina Silva as his vice presidential candidate.^[3] After Campos's death in a plane crash on August, she was selected to run as the Socialist Party's candidate for the presidency, winning 21% of the vote and coming in 3rd.^[4][5] She again ran for president in the 2018 election, this time as the nominee for the Sustainability Network, finishing in 8th place with 1% of the vote.

Silva has won a number of awards from US and international organizations in recognition of her environmental activism. In 2010, she, along with Cécile Duflot, Monica Frassoni, Elizabeth May and Renate Künast, were named by Foreign Policy magazine to its list of top global thinkers^[6] for taking Green mainstream. She was one of eight people chosen to carry the Olympic flag for the opening ceremonies of the 2012 London Summer Olympics.^[7]

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