Fábio Salustino Mesquita de Faria (born 1 September 1977) is a Brazilian politician who served as Minister of Communications under the Jair Bolsonaro government. Member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), Faria was Federal Deputy representing the state of Rio Grande do Norte. He is son of Robinson Faria, former Governor of Rio Grande do Norte, and married to TV presenter Patricia Abravanel. Following the end of Bolsonaro's government, he was hired as senior relationship manager at BTG Pactual bank in January 2023.
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Political career
With a political base in his home state, rose to the National Congress before turning 30-years-old. He was elect in 2006 for his first term as Federal Deputy, with 195,148 votes, which represented 12.02% of the valid votes for this position, being the most votes of the 8 representatives of the state.
Fábio Faria lead his party caucus between February and September 2008, period when he was Vice-Leader of the joint bloc composed by Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB), Democratic Labour Party (PDT), Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB), Party of National Mobilization (PMN) and Brazilian Republican Party (PRB).
In 2013, he was elect 2nd Vice President of the Chamber of Deputies, house which he presided temporarily for 13 days.