Aldo Rebelo

José Aldo Rebelo Figueiredo (born 23 February 1956, in Viçosa) is a Brazilian politician, member of the Solidariedade (SD) and a federal deputy elected by the state of São Paulo. He was President of the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil from 2005 to 2007.[1]

Aldo Rebelo
Minister of Defence
In office October 2, 2015 – May 12, 2016
President	Dilma Rousseff
Preceded by	Jaques Wagner
Succeeded by	Raul Jungmann
Minister of Science, Technology and Innovations
In office January 1, 2015 – October 1, 2015
President	Dilma Rousseff
Preceded by	Clelio Campolina Diniz
Succeeded by	Celso Pansera
Minister of Sports
In office October 27, 2011 – January 1, 2015
President	Dilma Rousseff
Preceded by	Orlando Silva
Succeeded by	George Hilton
President of the Chamber of Deputies
In office September 28, 2005 – February 1, 2007
Preceded by	Severino Cavalcanti
Succeeded by	Arlindo Chinaglia
Minister of Institutional Affairs
In office January 23, 2004 – July 20, 2005
President	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Jaques Wagner
Federal Deputy from São Paulo
In office February 1, 1991 – February 1, 2015
City Councillor of São Paulo
In office January 1, 1989 – February 1, 1991
Personal details
Born	(1956-02-23) February 23, 1956 Viçosa, Alagoas, Brazil
Political party	SD (2018–present)
Other political affiliations	PCdoB (1977–2017) PSB (2017–18)

With President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Venezuela and Vice President José Alencar undergoing medical tests in the United States, Rebelo became the first communist to assume the duties of acting president of Brazil on November 12, 2006. His brief period in office lapsed the next day upon Lula's return.[2]

He was the main author of a controversial project to change Brazil's Forest Code introduced in the 1960s. Those changes, lobbied by Brazilian farmers, aimed to extend the areas that can be legally deforested. Although President Rousseff vetoed some parts of the law drafted under Rebelo's leadership and finally passed in May 2012, critics such as the WWF saw the law as a catastrophe for the Amazon forest.[3][4]

Rebelo was the Minister of Sports from 27 October 2011 until 1 January 2015. He was the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation from 1 January 2015 to 1 October 2015.[5] He was the Minister of Defense in the cabinet of President Dilma Rousseff from 1 October 2015 to 12 May 2016, when he was replaced by the acting president Michel Temer.[6] He left the Communist Party in August, but then joined the Brazilian Socialist Party in September.[7] Football fan, is a declared fan of Palmeiras.[8]