Who is Gleisi Hoffmann?
Gleisi Hoffmann is a Workers' Party politician from Paraná. She was a senator from 2011, chief of staff to President Dilma Rousseff from 2011 to 2014, and a federal deputy from 2019. From 2017 she was national president of the PT. On 7 March 2025 she resigned the PT presidency and became Lula's Minister of Institutional Relations. She left the ministry in 2026 to run for the Senate in Paraná, at Lula's request, and returned to the Chamber in April. On 4 October 2026 she finished fourth with about 1.5 million votes, behind Filipe Barros (PL), Deltan Dallagnol (Novo) and Alexandre Curi (Republicanos). Her deputy term runs to January 2027.
Previously: Candidate for Senator for Paraná, fourth place on 4 October 2026 · Minister of Institutional Relations (March 2025 to 2026) · National President of the PT (2017-2025) · Federal deputy for Paraná (2019-) · Senator for Paraná (2011-2019) · Chief of Staff to President Dilma Rousseff (2011-2014)
Documented positions
- Said in February 2026 that the six-day working week is no longer acceptable in Brazil and especially burdens women, and urged a quick debate on ending it.Source: diariodepernambuco.com.br
- Called the expanded income tax exemption the Lula government's main mark and workers' quality of life the next priority.Source: diariodepernambuco.com.br
- Argued in June 2025 that the "upper floor" should help balance public accounts, rejecting cuts to social programmes and a freeze of the minimum wage.Source: jovempan.com.br
- Proposed taxing the super-rich and income from incentivized investments and reducing tax exemptions, which she said cost over R$600 billion in 2024.Source: jovempan.com.br
- In March 2025 she described monetary policy as too contractionary, and saw no reason to change the 3 percent inflation target. She also backed ending the six-day week.Source: cnnbrasil.com.br
- As PT president she shared a July 2024 party note calling Venezuela's election a peaceful, democratic and sovereign process and blaming "illegal sanctions" for the country's problems.Source: em.com.br
- In December 2025 she criticised the opposition over the US tariffs and said the Judiciary acted independently when it convicted those who attacked the democratic order.Source: portaltela.com
Record
In June 2018 the Supreme Court's Second Panel acquitted her, by 3 votes to 2, in a Car Wash case over R$1 million allegedly received for her 2010 campaign. Two justices, led by the rapporteur, would have convicted her of electoral false declaration. The majority held that the case rested on plea-deal testimony without independent corroboration. After the July 2024 PT note on Venezuela, the Lula government asked Venezuela to publish the vote tallies by polling station.
Supporters credit her with leading the PT through its comeback and with pushing the income tax exemption. Critics charge that she sided with the Maduro government in 2024, and a wing of the PT was uneasy with the note she shared.
