A shekara ta 1994, an nada Pelé a matsayin Jakadan Kyakkyawan UNESCO. A shekara ta 1995, Shugaban Brazil Fernando Henrique Cardoso ya nada Pelé a matsayin Minista na Musamman na Wasanni. A wannan lokacin ya ba da shawarar doka don rage cin hanci da rashawa a kwallon kafa na Brazil, wanda aka sani da "Pelé law". Pelé ya bar mukaminsa a shekara ta 2001 bayan da aka zarge shi da hannu a cikin cin hanci da rashawa wanda ya saci $ 700,000 daga UNICEF. An yi iƙirarin cewa ba a dawo da kuɗin da aka bai wa kamfanin Pelé don wasa mai amfani ba bayan an soke shi, kodayake ba a tabbatar da komai ba, kuma UNICEF ta musanta shi. A shekara ta 1997, ya sami lambar girmamawa daga Sarauniya Elizabeth II a wani bikin a Fadar Buckingham. Pelé ya kuma taimaka wajen kaddamar da gasar cin kofin duniya ta FIFA ta 2006, tare da supermodel Claudia Schiffer. Tambaya: Menene girmamawa da aka ba Pele a 1995?
Matsayin Ministan Musamman na Wasanni