Bento Costa Lima

Bento Albuquerque
Minister of Mines and Energy
In office 1 January 2019 – 11 May 2022
President	Jair Bolsonaro
Preceded by	Moreira Franco
Succeeded by	Adolfo Sachsida
Personal details
Born	Bento Costa Lima Leite de Albuquerque Júnior (1958-08-03) 3 August 1958 (age 66) Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Alma mater	Brazilian Naval School
Military service
Allegiance	Brazil
Branch/service	Brazilian Navy
Rank	Admiral

Bento Costa Lima Leite de Alburquerque Júnior (born 3 August 1958) is a Brazilian admiral who had served as Minister of Mines and Energy.

Biography

Joined the Brazilian Navy in 1973, occupied many offices in the institution. Among them, as military observer in the UN Peacekeeping Missions in the sectors of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Dubrovnik, in the former Yugoslavia, Commander in the Submarine Base Admiral Castro e Silva, Commander-in-Chief of the Squad and Secretary of Science, Technology and Innovation of the Brazilian Navy.

Headed the Division of Technology of the Staff in 2006, which later became the Secretariat of Science, Technology and Innovation of the Navy. Between 2007 and 2008, he became parliamentary chief-assistant of the Navy Commander Cabinet, participating in the agreements of strategic partnership of the Program of Development of Submarines (Prosub) between France and Brazil.^[1]

Later, Albuquerque became Commander of the Submarine Force and Chief of Staff of the Navy Commander. In 2016, headed the General Directory of Nuclear and Technological Development of the Navy. Current, became the new Minister of Mines and Energy,^[2]

On 18 March 2020, Costa Lima had tested positive for COVID-19.^[3]

Medals and awards

During his career, Admiral Bento received many medals in awards, being some of them:^[4]

• Order of the Naval Merit - Commander
• Order of Defence Merit - Commander
• Order of Military Merit - Commander
• Order of Aeronautical Merit - Commander
• Order of the Military Judiciary Merit - High Distinction

References

1. "ENTREVISTA: Almirante Bento Costa Lima Leite de Albuquerque Jr" (in Portuguese). Marinha do Brasil. 7 November 2017. Archived from the original on 1 December 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
2. Mazui, Guilherme (30 November 2018). "Bolsonaro anuncia almirante Bento Costa Lima como futuro ministro de Minas e Energia" (in Portuguese). G1. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
3. Lis, Lais (18 March 2020). "Ministro de Minas e Energia Bento Albuquerque tem o novo coronavírus, diz Bolsonaro" (in Portuguese). G1. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
4. Moreira, Roberto (6 July 2018). "Almirante de Esquadra Bento Costa Lima Leite de Albuquerque Junior abordará na FIEC os TemasL: "Programa Nuclear da Marinha" e o "Programa de Desenvolvimento de Submarinos"" (in Portuguese). Diário do Nordeste. Archived from the original on 30 November 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2020.

Political offices
Preceded by Moreira Franco	Minister of Mines and Energy 2019–2022	Succeeded by Adolfo Sachsida