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Izabella Mônica Vieira Teixeira

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Minister of the Environment of Brazil

Born in Brasília, Brazil, Izabella Teixeira is a biologist and holds a Master's Degree in Energy Planning and a Ph.D. in Environmental Planning at COPPE/UFRJ.

A civil servant at the Brazilian Environmental Agency since 1984, she has occupied different managing positions at the Agency, as well as at the Ministry of the Environment and at the State Government of Rio de Janeiro. She has also worked as a professor of business management and the environment in different universities and is an expert in strategic environmental assessment.

From 2007 to 2008, Minister Teixeira was the Vice-Secretary of the Environment at the State Government of Rio de Janeiro, until she was nominated for the position of Vice-Minister of the Environment. In May 2010, she was appointed Minister of the Environment and, in January 2011, she was reappointed to that position by the new President of Brazil.

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