Maria do Rosário

Maria do Rosário
Maria do Rosário in 2024
Federal Deputy
Assumed office
1 February 2003
ConstituencyRio Grande do Sul
Second Secretary of the Chamber of Deputies
Assumed office
1 February 2023
PresidentArthur Lira
Preceded byOdair Cunha
Minister of Human Rights
In office
1 January 2011  1 April 2014
PresidentDilma Rousseff
Preceded byPaulo Vannuchi
Succeeded byIdeli Salvatti
State Deputy
In office
1 February 1999  1 February 2003
ConstituencyRio Grande do Sul
Councillor
In office
1 January 1993  15 December 1998
ConstituencyPorto Alegre
Personal details
Born
Maria do Rosário Nunes

(1966-11-22) November 22, 1966
Veranópolis, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Political partyPT (1993–present)
Other political
affiliations
PCdoB (1989–92)
SpouseEliezer Pacheco
Alma materFederal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Websitewww.mariadorosario.com.br

Maria do Rosário Nunes (born 22 November 1966) is a Brazilian teacher and politician. She graduated in pedagogy from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, and took a postgraduate degree at the University of São Paulo. From 2011 to 2014, she served as the Secretary for Human Rights under the Rousseff administration. With the exception of her three-year tenure as Human Rights Secretary, she has been a congresswoman since 2003, representing the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul as a member of the Worker's Party (Brazil).