Anielle Franco

Anielle Francisco da Silva is a Brazilian politician from the Workers' Party who has been Minister of Racial Equality in the second cabinet of Lula da Silva since 1 January 2023.

Family

Her sister Marielle Franco, was also a politician who was assassinated in 2018. After her death, the family established the Marielle Franco Institute with the aim to seek justice and continue her work. Anielle was the director of the institute.

Cabinet

Franco was appointed as Minister of Racial Equality in the second cabinet of Lula da Silva in 2023. In 2024, she was named by the Brazilian media outlet Metrópoles as having filed a sexual misconduct complaint against human rights minister Silvio Almeida, who was subsequently dismissed by Lula in September.