Brazil Bolsters Youth Policies in Minas Gerais and Appoints Boulos to Engage Popular Demands
Minas Gerais strengthens youth policies through dialogue, while Guilherme Boulos takes a federal role to engage popular demands and youth concerns.
- • Sedese-MG held its second Integrated Meeting of Youth Policy in 2025, focusing on youth inclusion and challenges in Minas Gerais.
- • Matheus Biancardini reaffirmed commitment to effective public policies promoting youth leadership.
- • The meeting facilitated the sharing of best practices among municipal managers and state councilors.
- • Guilherme Boulos was appointed Minister to engage with popular demands and youth, highlighting social activism and political experience.
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On October 20, the State Secretariat for Social Development of Minas Gerais (Sedese-MG) convened its second Integrated Meeting of Youth Policy in 2025, bringing together municipal managers and state councilors to address youth challenges such as education access and employment opportunities. Matheus Biancardini, state director of Youth Policies, highlighted the government’s commitment to fostering youth leadership and inclusion through coordinated, democratic, and transformative public policies. The meeting focused on exchanging best practices and strengthening collaboration between the state and municipalities to enhance youth development across Minas Gerais.
Meanwhile, on a federal level, Guilherme Boulos was appointed Minister of the Secretariat-General of the Presidency, succeeding Márcio Macêdo. Boulos, formerly a federal deputy elected with over a million votes, is known for his extensive background in social activism, especially in urban reform and youth engagement. He pledged to "put the government on the street" by actively listening to popular demands nationwide, emphasizing his dedication to social movements and youth inclusion. With a philosophy degree from USP and experience as a public school teacher and published author, Boulos’s leadership is expected to deepen the government's responsiveness to popular and youth concerns.
Together, these developments reflect Brazil’s intensified focus in 2025 on fostering youth protagonism through policy dialogues at the state level and enhanced federal engagement with popular demands, particularly under Boulos’s ministerial leadership.