Marina Silva
Maria Osmarina Marina da Silva Vaz de Lima, 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.
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- Born in
- Rio Branco
- Educated at
- Universidade Federal do Acre
- Awards
- 🏆 Champions of the Earth🏆 Goldman Environmental Prize🏆 Sophie Prize🏆 Duke of Edinburgh Conservation Award🏆 Nature's 10
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1958
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