BrazilMarina Silva is a Brazilian environmentalist who served as environment minister under Lula from 2003 to 2008 and from 2023 to 2026. Her policies targeted Amazon deforestation, which fell sharply in both terms; she left the ministry to run for the Senate.
In the 12 Axes register, Marina Silva leans hardest on Irreligious – Religious: Religious 83%; the register median is balanced 50%.
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Where Marina Silva sits on each of the twelve axes, in four categories. The label is our estimate; the line under it says why.
Federal
Served in a federal presidential republic
Representative Democracy
Senator and ran for president in 2010, 2014, 2018
Liberal
Defends civil liberties and indigenous rights
Cooperation
Pushed global climate cooperation
Non-Aggressive
Advocates nonviolence and conservation over force
Multiculturalist
Championed indigenous and riverine communities
Mixed Economic
Mixed approach to development and regulation
Balanced
Environmental regulation of agriculture and mining
Moderate
Backed trade rules tied to forest protection
Religious
Pentecostal Christian in the Assemblies of God
Moderate
Opposes abortion; dropped a same-sex marriage pledge in 2014
Bioconservative
Opposed GM crops, hydroelectric dams and nuclear power
Set against the median of all 124 figures in the register.
Federal – Unitary
On Federal – Unitary, Marina Silva is at Federal 68%. The register median is Unitary 68%.
Democratic – Autocratic
On Democratic – Autocratic, Marina Silva is at Democratic 68%, almost the register median of Democratic 68%.
Closeness is 100 minus the root-mean-square distance on all twelve axes.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.goldmanprize.org
Portrait: Lula Oficial, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped and resized.
The tiers on this page are our estimates from public positions and policies. They are not an official statement by the person or the government concerned. Two independent passes scored every axis and a third settled the differences. How the register works. Found a mistake? Write to [email protected].
