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Marcelo Calero

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Marcelo Calero
Official portrait for the 2022 election
Secretary of Government and Public Integrity of Rio de Janeiro
In office
1 January 2021 – 1 April 2022
MayorEduardo Paes
Preceded byPaulo Albino Santos Soares
Succeeded byTony Chalita
Federal Deputy
In office
1 February 2019 – 1 February 2023
ConstituencyRio de Janeiro
Minister of Culture
In office
24 May 2016 – 18 November 2016
PresidentMichel Temer
Preceded byJuca Ferreira
Succeeded byRoberto Freire
Secretary of Culture of Rio de Janeiro
In office
15 January 2015 – 18 May 2016
MayorEduardo Paes
Preceded bySérgio Sá Leitão
Succeeded byJúnior Perim
Personal details
Born (1982-07-07) 7 July 1982 (age 44)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
PartyPSD (2022–present)
Other political
affiliations
Alma materRio de Janeiro State University (LLB)

Marcelo Calero Faria Garcia (born 7 July 1982) is a Brazilian diplomat and politician. He served as Minister of Culture under Michel Temer.[1]

In 2018, Calero was elected as federal deputy for the Cidadania Party with the endorsement of Livres, a classical liberal political movement. He is openly gay and the second LGBTQ person to be elected as a Member of Congress.[2]

Biography

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Marcelo was born at the Hospital de São Francisco da Penitência, in the Tijuca neighborhood, in Rio de Janeiro. He studied at Colégio Marista São José and, later, at the St. Ignatius College.[3] In 2004, he graduated in Law from the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ),[3] and in 2019 he obtained a master's degree in Political Science from the Institute of Social and Political Studies of the State University of Rio de Janeiro (IESP/UERJ), where he is currently pursuing a doctorate in the same field.[4][5][6]

He began his professional career as an intern at the multinational telecommunications and technology company Nokia, becoming a full-time lawyer after graduating. He passed the competitive exam for the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM),[3] where he worked as an executive agent in 2006. He then took the competitive exam for Petrobras, where, after passing, he worked as a lawyer between 2006 and 2007.[3][7] In 2007, he ranked fifth in the competitive exam for the Rio Branco Institute.[8] After completing his training in Brasília, he was assigned to the Energy Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Itamaraty), and later worked at the Brazilian Embassy in Mexico.[9]

Political career

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Secretariat of Culture

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In 2013, following a recommendation from an ambassador with whom he had worked, he was seconded to work at the Rio de Janeiro City Hall, assuming the position of Deputy Coordinator of International Relations.[10] In that role, he participated in the organization of World Youth Day (2013), whose highlight was the visit of Pope Francis on his first international trip as Pontiff. He was invited by the mayor to assume the presidency of the Rio450 Committee, an organization created by the municipal administration to organize the celebration of the city's 450th anniversary, with a calendar of more than 600 commemorative events.[11] During this period, he launched the Museum Passport, which offered discounts or free admission to more than 40 museums to the public.[12]

Subsequently, he was invited to take over the Municipal Secretariat of Culture in 2015. During his time leading the department, he was responsible for projects such as: the Cultural Actions, which, with a total investment of R$ 4 million, financed 85 small-scale initiatives throughout the city; the Areninhas;[13] the Libraries of Tomorrow, equipped with free internet access, an excellent educational program and a schedule of socio-educational events;[14] the renovation and inauguration of the Serrador and Ziembinski theaters;[15][16] the restoration of the City Museum,[17] which reopened a few months after Calero left the position; and the opening of the Museum of Tomorrow, in the Port Zone of Rio.[18]

He left the municipal secretariat to assume the Secretariat of Culture of the Ministry of Education in 2016,[19] but before his inauguration, the department regained its ministerial status with the recreation of the Ministry of Culture.[20]

Ministry of Culture

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Marcelo Calero and the artist Francisco Brennand.

He assumed the post of Minister of State for Culture in May 2016,[21] remaining in it for five months and 28 days. On November 18, 2016, he resigned from the post after denouncing attempts to interfere in matters within his ministry's purview.[22] At the time, he stated to the Federal Police that he had been strongly pressured by Geddel Vieira Lima, Michel Temer and other members of the government to review a technical decision by the National Institute of Historic and Artistic Heritage (IPHAN), denying a license for a real estate development in Bahia, in which Geddel owned an apartment.[23][24][25] Geddel denied the accusation[26] and the spokesperson for the Michel Temer government denied that the president had pressured the former minister to make a decision that "violated internal rules or his convictions," although he confirmed meetings between Michel Temer and Calero to "resolve the impasse" with Geddel.[27] The episode, however, resulted in Geddel's resignation,[28][29] paving the way for his subsequent arrest, as a result of the loss of his privilegium fori.[30] The case had international repercussions,[31][32] triggering the biggest crisis of Michel Temer's government up to that point according to some sources.[33][34]

56th legislature of the Chamber of Deputies, Secretariat of Government and Public Integrity, and return to the Secretariat of Culture.

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He joined the Popular Socialist Party (PPS) in 2018[35] and in that year's elections, in his second run for office, he was elected federal deputy. After being the only LGBTQ person in the first tier of the Temer government,[2][36] he was one of three LGBTQ people elected as federal parliamentarians in 2018. On the other hand, his electoral campaign agenda did not focus on LGBTQ rights.[37] His candidacy was associated with the political group Livres.[38]

In January 2021, he was appointed by Mayor Eduardo Paes as Secretary of Government and Public Integrity of Rio de Janeiro, making him responsible for implementing a compliance program in the city's administration.[39] In March 2022, Calero joined the Social Democratic Party (PSD), the same party as Paes.[40] In addition, he often resumed his position as a federal deputy during votes deemed more important, alternating leaves of absence from his two mandates.[41]

In February 2023, Calero returned to his position as Secretary of Culture for the city of Rio de Janeiro, being appointed again by Mayor Eduardo Paes (PSD). He also assumed the position of federal deputy as an alternate on 9 May 2023, taking leave to return to his position as Secretary of Culture for the city of Rio de Janeiro.[42][43][44][45]

In January 2025, he left the Ministry of Culture and returned to the Chamber of Deputies. In February, he took leave to fulfill a one-year diplomatic mission at the Brazilian embassy in Lebanon, returning to his diplomatic career.[46][47]

Electoral performance

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He ran for federal deputy for the Brazilian Social Democracy Party in 2010, obtaining 2,252 votes. In the 2018 elections, he managed to get elected to that position with around 50,000 votes, surpassing the vote count of Otavio Leite, who became the coalition's alternate.[48] In addition, he was one of three LGBTQ people elected as federal parliamentarians in 2018, alongside Fabiano Contarato and Jean Wyllys.[2][36] In the 2022 elections, like some of the newcomers from 2018, he failed to get elected again[49] and is currently an alternate.[50]

References

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  1. ↑ Brasil, Portal. "Novo secretário diz que sua missão é resgatar a dignidade dos "fazedores de cultura"". Portal Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 19 May 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 "Ex ministro gay denuncia tráfico de influência no governo Temer". Revista Lado A (in Portuguese). 25 November 2016. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Rio, Do G1 (25 November 2016). "Veja a trajetória política de Marcelo Calero, ex-ministro de Temer". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 1 June 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ↑ "Marcelo Calero sobre Geddel: "É de uma classe de políticos sempre envolvida em esquema"". Zero Hora (in Brazilian Portuguese). 29 September 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  5. ↑ "Marcelo Calero Faria Garcia". Escavador (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  6. ↑ "Coluna Magnavita: Pinga-Fogo: Marcelo Calero, o estudioso". Jornal Correio da Manhã (in Brazilian Portuguese). 14 December 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  7. ↑ Matoso, Filipe (18 May 2016). "Planalto anuncia Marcelo Calero para o comando da Secretaria da Cultura". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  8. ↑ "Resultado final do Concurso Público de Admissão à Carreira de Diplomata em 2007" (PDF). CESPE/UNB (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  9. ↑ "Secretário da Cultura do Rio Marcelo Calero vai comandar área no governo Temer". Reuters (in Brazilian Portuguese). 18 May 2016. Archived from the original on 19 May 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  10. ↑ Gois, Ancelmo (23 May 2016). "Entenda por que Marcelo Calero chegou ao ministério da Cultura". O Globo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  11. ↑ Teixeira, Rafael (5 December 2015). "Marcelo Calero comanda as comemorações dos 450 anos do Rio". VEJA RIO (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  12. ↑ Neder, Lívia (14 April 2015). "'Passaporte' garante acesso gratuito a 43 museus e centros culturais do Rio". O Globo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  13. ↑ "Prefeitura anuncia Prêmio de Ações Locais – Edição Rio450". Prefeitura da Cidade do Rio de Janeiro (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2 July 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  14. ↑ Rio, Do G1 (29 March 2016). "Biblioteca do Amanhã é inaugurada no Rio Comprido, Centro do Rio". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 1 June 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  15. ↑ Silveira, Daniel (7 January 2016). "Histórico Teatro Serrador, no Rio, é reaberto com show de Bibi Ferreira". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  16. ↑ Peixoto, Maurício (12 June 2012). "Aberto em 1988, Teatro Ziembinski passa pela primeira grande reforma". O Globo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  17. ↑ Ramalho, Guilherme (12 December 2015). "Obras do Museu da Cidade são retomadas após três anos paradas". O Globo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  18. ↑ Rio, Do G1 (17 December 2015). "Rio ganha nesta quinta o Museu do Amanhã, na Praça Mauá". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 1 June 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  19. ↑ Matoso, Filipe (18 May 2016). "Planalto anuncia Marcelo Calero para o comando da Secretaria da Cultura". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  20. ↑ "Recriação do MinC é publicada em edição extra do Diário Oficial". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 23 May 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  21. ↑ "Marcelo Calero assume Ministério da Cultura falando em preservar conquistas". Universo Online (in Brazilian Portuguese). 24 May 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  22. ↑ Rosas, Rafael (20 November 2016). "Ex-ministro da Cultura diz que pressão sofrida por ele foi "corrupção"". Valor Econômico (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  23. ↑ "Veja a íntegra do depoimento do ex-ministro Marcelo Calero à PF". O Estado de S.Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 25 November 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  24. ↑ Nery, Natuza; Gama, Paulo (10 November 2016). "Fora do governo, Calero acusa Geddel de pressioná-lo para liberar obra". Folha de S.Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  25. ↑ Satriano, Nicolás (19 November 2016). "'Não desejo isso para ninguém', diz Calero sobre pressão de Geddel". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  26. ↑ Uribe, Gustavo (10 November 2016). "Geddel reconhece que tratou de projeto com Calero, mas nega pressão". Folha de S.Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  27. ↑ Amaral, Luciana; Calgaro, Fernanda (24 November 2016). "Temer procurou Calero para resolver 'impasse' com Geddel, diz porta-voz". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  28. ↑ Colon, Leonardo; Cruz, Valdo; Uribe, Gustavo (25 November 2016). "Geddel decide deixar o cargo após agravamento de crise política". Folha de S.Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  29. ↑ Amorim, Felipe (25 November 2016). "Geddel decide deixar o cargo após denúncia atingir Temer e Padilha". Universo Online (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  30. ↑ Azevedo, Guilherme (25 November 2016). "Perda de foro especial coloca Geddel ao alcance de Moro". Universo Online (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  31. ↑ "Escândalo repercute no mundo: 'Temer acusado de corrupção'". Veja (in Brazilian Portuguese). 25 November 2016. Archived from the original on 26 November 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  32. ↑ "Jornais internacionais repercutem denúncia de Marcelo Calero contra Temer". Extra (in Brazilian Portuguese). 25 November 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  33. ↑ Castro, Grasielle. "Acusação de Calero sobre pressão de Temer coloca governo do PMDB na corda bamba". HuffPost Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  34. ↑ Bárbara Ferreira, Santos (26 November 2016). "Quem é Calero, o ex-ministro que colocou Temer no centro da crise". Exame (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 26 November 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  35. ↑ "Ex-ministro da Cultura, Marcelo Calero se filia ao PPS no sábado". O Estado de S.Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 24 March 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  36. 1 2 "Temer dá posse pela primeira vez a um gay assumido em cargo alto do Governo". AthosGLS (in Brazilian Portuguese). 20 May 2016. Archived from the original on 2 December 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  37. ↑ Gratão, Paulo (27 October 2018). "Cresce número de parlamentares LGBTI; o que esperar desses mandatos?". BOL (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 30 October 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  38. ↑ "Deputados Federais do Livres tomam posse em Brasília". LIVRES (in Brazilian Portuguese). 1 January 2019. Archived from the original on 24 September 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  39. ↑ Freire, Quintino Gomes (30 November 2020). "Marcelo Calero será secretário de Integridade Pública de Eduardo Paes". Diário do Rio de Janeiro (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  40. ↑ Niklas, Jan (13 March 2022). "Santa Cruz se filia ao PSD e alfineta Freixo e Castro: 'Nem partilha do poder a todo custo, nem política do radicalismo'". O Globo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  41. ↑ "Deputado Federal Marcelo Calero". Portal da Câmara dos Deputados (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  42. ↑ Vidon, Filipe (24 January 2023). "Marcelo Calero estava com pé em Brasília, mas será o novo secretário municipal de Cultura do Rio". Extra (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  43. ↑ "Marcelo Calero assume Secretaria Municipal de Cultura do Rio em fevereiro". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 25 January 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  44. ↑ Coelho, Henrique (3 February 2023). "Prefeito do Rio de Janeiro dá posse a 14 novos secretários". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  45. ↑ "Biografia do(a) Deputado(a) Federal Marcelo Calero". Portal da Câmara dos Deputados (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  46. ↑ Chateaubriand, Bruno (6 February 2025). "Diplomatas se reúnem para despedida de Marcelo Calero". VEJA RIO (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  47. ↑ Vital, JR (9 December 2024). "Lucas Padilha assume Secretaria de Cultura do Rio no lugar de Calero". Diário Carioca (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  48. ↑ "Senadores e deputados federais/estaduais eleitos: Apuração e resultado das Eleições 2018 RJ". UOL Eleições 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2026.
  49. ↑ Dall'Agnol, Laísa (4 October 2022). "Metade dos deputados estreantes em 2018 não conseguiu novo mandato em 2022". VEJA (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2 June 2026.
  50. ↑ "Derrotado na eleição, Marcelo Calero não aparece em foto com a turma de Paes". Extra (in Brazilian Portuguese). 7 October 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2026.
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