49 Facts About Simone Tebet

Simone Tebet previously was Senator for Mato Grosso do Sul from 2015 to 2023, Vice-Governor of Mato Grosso do Sul from 2011 to 2014, and mayor of Tres Lagoas from 2005 to 2010.

The daughter of the former President of the Federal Senate Ramez Simone Tebet, Simone Tebet ran for President of the Senate in 2021 against Rodrigo Pacheco, who was backed by both President Jair Bolsonaro and former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's Workers' Party.

Simone Tebet led the MDB in the Federal Senate from 2018 to 2019.

Simone Tebet has ties to agribusiness and feminist groups and was supported by traditionally third way groups in her presidential campaign.

Simone Tebet is of Lebanese descent on both her mother and father's sides.

Simone Tebet graduated in law from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and is a specialist in legal science from the Escola Superior de Magistratura, and has masters in state law from the Pontifical Catholic University of Sao Paulo.

Simone Tebet began her career as a professor in 1992, working at Dom Bosco Catholic University, Anhanguera-Uniderp University, and the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul.

Simone Tebet was a legal technical consultant for the Legislative Assembly of Mato Grosso do Sul between 1995 and 1997 and legislative technical director between 1997 and 2001.

Simone Tebet started her career in 2002 when she was elected as a state representative in Mato Grosso do Sul with 25,251 votes, becoming the most voted woman that year.

In 2004 Simone Tebet was elected for the first time as the first female mayor of Tres Lagoas.

On March 31,2010, Simone Tebet resigned from the mayor's office to join Andre Puccinelli's ticket in the election for the government of Mato Grosso do Sul, as a candidate for vice governor.

Between April 2013 and January 2014, Simone Tebet headed the Government Secretariat.

Simone Tebet was director of municipal affairs at the Association of Municipalities of Mato Grosso do Sul and a member of the Representative Council for the Midwest of the National Confederation of Municipalities.

Simone Tebet was sworn in as senator on February 1,2015.

Simone Tebet proposed suspending the demarcation of further lands for indigenous peoples for up to four years.

Simone Tebet spearheaded an inquiry into Covaxin fraud in the Senate.

Simone Tebet questioned the leader of a taskforce that distributed vaccines and why the contract with the Indian company was cancelled.

Subsequently, Simone Tebet launched a separate candidacy for the position, but ended up withdrawing to increase the chances of a victory for Davi Alcolumbre over Renan Calheiros, which eventually occurred.

However, the MDB, the party to which Simone Tebet is affiliated, withdrew from the senator's launch to run for office, after signaling the opposing candidate, Rodrigo Pacheco.

On February 1,2021, Rodrigo Pacheco was elected president of the Senate, with votes from 57 senators, Simone Tebet obtained 21 votes, placing herself in second place.

Simone Tebet presented herself as a candidate for the Presidency in the 2022 elections, standing on a Third Way platform.

Simone Tebet's candidacy was seen as a non-controversial replacement to the failed pre-candidacies of Joao Doria, Eduardo Leite, and Sergio Moro, being supported by their former aides.

Simone Tebet's platform has been connected to what many view as issues more important to women such as the environment and education, and with this push, Tebet has portrayed herself as the candidate for women disaffected by Bolsonaro.

Simone Tebet gained greater percentages in the North, South, and Southeast, especially in Sao Paulo, but faltered in the Northeast.

Simone Tebet spoke against gun violence in South America on an Instagram post in her profile and how Lula can get rid of it by disarming the population from gun ownership and make streets of Brazil safer, and overturning right-wing gun policies.

Simone Tebet was announced as Minister of Planning on December 27,2022, after Andre Lara Resende, a member of the transition team, rejected the position.

Simone Tebet appointed Dr Luciana Mendes Santos Servo to head the IPEA.

Simone Tebet has argued for reducing tax waivers and increasing female empowerment initiatives, arguing on a level playing field, equality increases economic prosperity.

Simone Tebet's office oversees budget proposals with input from the Ministry of Finance.

Simone Tebet supported the policy of Fernando Haddad in maintaining a zero deficit to raise confidence in market for the governments other spending.

Simone Tebet promised that these cuts to create a zero defict would not cut into environmental initiaves, offering emergency credits as a form of disaster spending to make up revenue to Marina Silva.

Simone Tebet proposed a budget that required 168 billion reals in additional revenue.

Simone Tebet has been described as a centre-right and centrist politician by the Brazilian media.

When Simone Tebet assumed the leadership of the feminine caucus, she said that a "feminine perspective" is necessary for policy making in areas such as healthcare, education and public transportation.

In 2022, Simone Tebet pledged to have a gender balanced cabinet.

Simone Tebet opposes the legalization of abortion, but said that it should not be a political taboo.

Simone Tebet considers herself to be a feminist, saying that women's rights should not be a left-wing theme.

Simone Tebet has lamented the classification of feminism as a leftist movement, saying in the SBT debate to Padre Kelmon, a priest and candidate of the PTB, that:.

Simone Tebet has been criticised by some on the left for using feminism as a "prop" without supporting true feminist causes like secularism and free access to abortion while others on the right have said that her purported Christianity is a mask for a more radical feminism.

Simone Tebet has maintained her position to be one of Christian feminism.

Experts say that feminism has various currents and movements and Simone Tebet represents a moderate but not anti-feminist position.

Simone Tebet's policies have been described as a balance between environmental policies and pro-agriculture policies.

Simone Tebet has advocated for further irrigation into northern regions of Mato Grosso do Sul, where continued runoff is polluting the Amazon, and said "food needs to arrive faster and cheaper".

Simone Tebet advocated for reduced protections for indigenous land, arguing such regulation infringe on farmers' right to farm.

Simone Tebet has said that she wants a "zero tolerance policy" for illegal deforestation and advocated for increases in funding in Brazil's Northeast to produce solar and wind power on unused coasts and plains.

Simone Tebet's policies have been criticized for emphasizing investment rather than protection, while protecting harmful farms.

Simone Tebet has disputed these claims, connecting deforestation to drought in Brazil's agricultural states.

Simone Tebet is married to Eduardo Rocha, a state deputy and secretary of the Civil House of Mato Grosso do Sul, in the government of Eduardo Riedel, with whom she has two daughters, Maria Eduarda and Maria Fernanda.

Simone Tebet is of Lebanese origin, and has been very public and proud of her background.