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2018 Brazilian Parliamentary Election
General elections were held in Brazil on 7 October 2018 to elect the president, National Congress of Brazil, National Congress and Governor (Brazil), state governors. As no candidate in the presidential election received more than 50% of the vote in the first round, a Two-round system, runoff round was held on 28 October. The election occurred during a tumultuous time in Brazilian politics. Narrowly re-elected in 2014,Brazil keen to open trade talks with UK Financial Times, 22 July 2016 President Dilma Rousseff of the centre-left Workers' Party (Brazil), Workers’ Party (PT), which had dominated Brazilian politics since 2002 Brazilian general election, 2002, was Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, impeached in 2016. Replacing her was her Vice President of Brazil, Vic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Superior Electoral Court
The Superior Electoral Court ( pt-BR, Tribunal Superior Eleitoral, TSE) is the highest body of the Brazilian Electoral Justice, which also comprises one Regional Electoral Court ( pt-BR, Tribunal Regional Eleitoral, TRE) in each of the 26 states and the Federal District of the country, as determined by the Article 118 of the Constitution of Brazil. Background and legal provisions The Brazilian Electoral Code of 1932 established the Electoral Justice in Brazil, replacing the political system conducted by the Legislative branch over the electoral proceedings. The new judicial system transferred control over such proceedings to the Judiciary. In the present, duties of the Electoral Justice are regulated by a posterior Electoral Code, approved in 1965 (Law No. 4.737/65),MARTINS, Flavia Bahia. Direito constitucional. 2ª Ed. Niterói: Impetus, 2011. which revoked the 1932 code, but kept the judicial control over the electoral proceedings. The Superior Electoral Court is the highest j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chico Alencar
Francisco Rodrigues de Alencar Filho, known as Chico Alencar (born 19 October 1949), is a Brazilian politician, historian, and writer, currently federal deputy for Rio de Janeiro, affiliated with the Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL). He left the Workers' Party (PT) in 2005, along with one of his partners Plínio de Arruda Sampaio, after the expulsion of Luciana Genro, Heloísa Helena and Babá from the party. He was elected by journalists, five times in a row, the best federal deputy of Brazil, receiving the Prêmio Congresso em Foco (Congress in Focus Prize) award. On 17 April 2016, he voted against the opening of the ''impeachment'' process of former president Dilma Rousseff Dilma Vana Rousseff (; born 14 December 1947) is a Brazilian economist and politician who served as the 36th president of Brazil, holding the position from 2011 until her impeachment and removal from office on 31 August 2016. She is the first w .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Alencar, Chico 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ana Amélia Lemos
Ana Amélia Lemos (Lagoa Vermelha, March 23, 1945) is a Brazilian journalist and politician. She worked as a columnist and commentator for RBS in Distrito Federal, before applying the Senator by the Rio Grande do Sul, elected in the General Election 2010. She was the running mate of PSDB presidential candidate Geraldo Alckmin in the 2018 election. Biography Graduated in Media by the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Lemos worked as a reporter in Journal of Commerce and the branch of Morning Post and as correspondent of the magazine Overview. She began her career in RBS in 1977, acting as a reporter for economics and producer and host of the "Economic Outlook", the first column of economics at the TV in the Southern Brazil. In 1979, Ana Amelia moved to GMT, as a reporter for "Zero Hora", RBS TV and Radio Gaúcha. Three years later, she was named RBS's director for Brasília, a post she held until December 2003. Lemos then participated in programs like "Bom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acir Gurgacz
Acir Marcos Gurgacz (born February 5, 1962) is a Brazilian politician and journalist. He has represented Rondônia in the Federal Senate A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. Senate or the Senate may also refer to: * Any one of the national senates in the world, including ** The Brazilian Senate ** The United States Sen ... since 2009. He is a member of the Democratic Labour Party. References Living people 1962 births Brazilian people of Polish descent Members of the Federal Senate (Brazil) Democratic Labour Party (Brazil) politicians People from Cascavel {{brazil-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omar Aziz
Omar José Abdel Aziz (born November 9, 1958) is a Brazilian politician. He served as the Governor of the Brazilian state of Amazonas (Brazilian state), Amazonas from March 31, 2010, to 2014, following the resignation of his predecessor, Eduardo Braga, to become a Senator of Brazil, Senator. Member of a family of Arab and Italian descent, Omar has already held the post of Alderman in Manaus and Amazonas State Assemblyman in the 1990. In 1996, he was elected Deputy Mayor of Manaus with Alfredo Nascimento as holder in Office. In 2000, were re-elected, but in May 2002, Omar left the post to compete with Eduardo Braga plate to the State Government as deputy-governor, election in which they were elected. In 2006, he was reelected with Braga. In 2008 was apply for as mayor of Manaus by PMN, having won the third place. In 2010, with the resignation of Braga to the State Government to run for Senate, Aziz took over the Government. In the elections of that year, he was re-elected Governor in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antônio Carlos Valadares
Antônio Carlos Valadares (born April 6, 1943) is a Brazilian politician. He has represented Sergipe in the Federal Senate since 1995. Previously he was the Governor of Sergipe from 1987 to 1991 and a Deputy from Sergipe from 1979 to 1983. He is a member of the Brazilian Socialist Party The Brazilian Socialist Party ( pt-BR, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, PSB) is a political party in Brazil. It was founded in 1947, before being abolished by the military regime in 1965 and re-organised in 1989 after the re-democratisation of Bra .... References Living people 1943 births Members of the Federal Senate (Brazil) Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil) from Sergipe Brazilian Socialist Party politicians Governors of Sergipe {{Brazil-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronaldo Caiado
Ronaldo Ramos Caiado (Anápolis, September 25, 1949) is a Brazilian politician. An orthopedic physician trained at the School of Medicine and Surgery of Rio de Janeiro, he comes from a family landowners and politicians from Goiás. He is the grandson of Antonio Ramos Caiado. Caiado served as chairman of the União Democrática Ruralista in the late eighties (1986-1989), an organization that aims to defend the interests of landowners. In politics Caiado ran for president with the PSD, at 1989 Brazilian presidential election, obtaining 0.68% of the votes. He was elected federal deputy for Goiás in 1990. The following year he joined PFL - now renamed DEM, to which he is still affiliated. He ran for governor of Goiás in 1994, obtaining 3rd place with 23.18% of the votes. Caido was re-elected federal deputy successively in 1998, 2002, 2006 and 2010. In 2014 he was elected Senator and from February 1, 2015 to January 1, 2019 has been the DEM bench leader in the Senate. In the Oct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simone Tebet
Simone Nassar Tebet (; born 27 February 1970) is a Brazilian academic, lawyer, and politician. A member of the Federal Senate for Mato Grosso do Sul since 2015, she was previously mayor of Três Lagoas from 2005 to 2010. She is a member of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party, of which she was the leader in the Senate from 2018 to 2019. Tebet ran for President of the Senate in 2021 against Rodrigo Pacheco, who was backed by both President Jair Bolsonaro and former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's Workers' Party. Tebet was a candidate for president in the 2022 Brazilian general election, running a centrist, pragmatic, and social liberal campaign and trying revive Third Way politics, opposing both President Bolsonaro and former President Lula. She said her priorities are social policies, like education, housing, and the environment. She achieved third place with 4.16% of the vote. Tebet supported Lula in the second round against Bolsonaro. Some suggest that she was app ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paulo Bauer
Paulo Roberto Bauer (born March 20, 1957) is a Brazilian politician. He has represented Santa Catarina in the Federal Senate since 2011. Previously he was a Deputy from Santa Catarina from 1991 to 1999 and from 2003 to 2007. He was Vice-Governor of Santa Catarina from 1999 to 2003. He is a member of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party The Brazilian Social Democracy Party ( pt, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira, PSDB), also known as the Brazilian Social Democratic Party or the Party of Brazilian Social Democracy,. is a political party in Brazil Brazil has a multi-pa .... References Living people 1957 births Members of the Federal Senate (Brazil) Brazilian Social Democracy Party politicians People from Blumenau 20th-century Brazilian lawyers {{Brazil-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lindbergh Farias
Luiz Lindbergh Farias Filho, commonly known only as Lindbergh Farias (born 8 December 1969), is a Brazilian former student union leader and politician. Lindberg became famous as student leader, specially in 1992, when he was president of the National Union of Students (UNE) and one of the main leaders of the student movement ''Caras-Pintadas'' (''Painted Faces'') against the then president Fernando Collor de Mello, who was his ally before Lindberg's political career. Farias attended Medicine and Law colleges, but never got a degree. After leaving the student movement, he was elect Federal Deputy for two legislatures. He was also elect and re-elect Mayor of Nova Iguaçu, in Baixada Fluminense. In 2010, Lindbergh was elect Senator for Rio de Janeiro. In 2014, he ran for Governor of Rio de Janeiro for the Workers' Party (PT), when he placed 4th, with 10% of the valid votes. Early years Childhood He was born on 8 December 1969 in João Pessoa, capital of Paraíba. Farias is son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazil Senate Election, 2018
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area and the seventh most populous. Its capital is Brasília, and its most populous city is São Paulo. The federation is composed of the union of the 26 states and the Federal District. It is the largest country to have Portuguese as an official language and the only one in the Americas; one of the most multicultural and ethnically diverse nations, due to over a century of mass immigration from around the world; and the most populous Roman Catholic-majority country. Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Brazil has a coastline of . It borders all other countries and territories in South America except Ecuador and Chile and covers roughly half of the continent's land area. Its Amazon basin includes a vast tropical forest, home to diver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
João Derly
João Derly de Oliveira Nunes Jr. (born June 2, 1981 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul) is a former male judo player from Brazil, the only Brazilian to ever become a two-time world champion (along with Mayra Aguiar), winning consecutively the 2005 World Judo Championships and 2007 World Judo Championships The 2007 World Judo Championships are the 25th edition of the Judo World Championships, and were held at the Rio Olympic Arena, usually called ''Arena Multiuso'', that was built for the 2007 Pan-American Games, in Jacarepaguá, Rio de Janeiro, B .... He also won the junior world championship in 2000, the 2007 Pan American Games, and has 5 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze medals in Judo World Cups. After the 2002 South American Games he tested positive for banner diuretic drugs he used in order to maintain his weight class. After retirement as a judoka, he was elected as city council member and later as a member of the House of Representatives. Later he was nominated secretary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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