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Secretary of Green Economy, Decarbonization and Bioindustry of the Ministry of Development, Industry, Commerce and Services (MDIC), he holds a bachelor’s degree in History from the University of Brasília (UnB) and is a career civil servant (legislative analyst) of the Federal Senate. He was a district deputy between 1995 and 1998 (alternate) and between 1999 and 2002; federal deputy for the Federal District from 2007 to 2011; senator for the Federal District from 2011 to 2014; and governor of the Federal District from 2015 to 2018.

He also held the positions of secretary of Tourism, Leisure and Youth of the Federal District and secretary of Science and Technology for Social Inclusion of the Ministry of Science and Technology during the first term of the Lula government (2003-2006).

He was chairman of the Committees on the Environment, Consumer Protection and Oversight and Control of the Federal Senate during the vote on the Forest Code.