Pepe Vargas

Pepe Vargas
State Deputy of Rio Grande do Sul
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 February 2019
In office 1 January 1995 – 7 April 1996
Federal Deputy of Rio Grande do Sul
In office 1 February 2007 – 1 February 2019
Secretary of Institutional Affairs
In office 1 January 2015 – 7 April 2015
Preceded by	Ricardo Berzoini
Succeeded by	Alexandre Padilha (2023)
Minister of Human Rights and Citizenship
In office 16 April 2015 – 2 October 2015
Preceded by	Ideli Salvatti
Succeeded by	Nilma Lino Gomes (as Minister of Women, Racial Equality and Human Rights)
Minister of Agrarian Development
In office 14 March 2012 – 17 March 2014
Preceded by	Afonso Florence [pt]
Succeeded by	Miguel Rossetto
Mayor of Caxias do Sul
In office 1 January 1997 – 1 January 2005
Preceded by	Mário David Vanin [pt]
Succeeded by	José Ivo Sartori
Councilman of Caxias do Sul
In office 1 January 1989 – 1 January 1993
Personal details
Born	Gilberto José Spier Vargas (1958-10-29) 29 October 1958 (age 66) Nova Petrópolis, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Political party	PT (1981–present)
Alma mater	University of Caxias do Sul

Gilberto José Spier Vargas, better known as Pepe Vargas (born 29 October 1958) is a Brazilian doctor and politician. He served as the mayor of Caxias do Sul from 1997 to 2005, as well as a state and federal deputy in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. During the Dilma Rousseff administration, he served in various ministerial roles.