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Jairo Jorge
Jairo Jorge da Silva (born 9 May 1963) is a Brazilian journalist and politician who was elected mayor of the city of Canoas, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, in 2020. He had previously served in the position from 2009 to 2017, as well as a councilman in the city from 1989 to 1993. He was removed from the position by judicial authorities from 31 March 2022 to 28 March 2023 due to an investigation into funds diverted away from the city's health department. During this time period, his vice-mayor, Nedy Vargas, became mayor. Political career In 1985, at 22 years old, Silva became a candidate to be the mayor of Canoas for the Workers' Party (Brazil), Workers’ Party (PT), reaching third place and, with his next run for office, was the most voted for councilman in his city and in the interior of the state of Rio Grande do Sul for that year. He also worked for Tarso Genro during his time as mayor of Porto Alegre in 2001, and was the interim state minister of Education in 2004. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canoas
Canoas (), which earned city status in 1939, is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. With more than 340,000 inhabitants, it is part of the Porto Alegre conurbation and has the second highest GDP in the state. It is also the fourth largest city in the state by population. Canoas boasts a strong manufacturing-based economy and is the home to Canoas Air Force Base - ALA3, one of the most important bases of the Brazilian Air Force. According to the IBGE, Brazil's Geography and Statistics Institute, Canoas currently has no rural areas, but it started as a village of large landowners. The first of them was ''conquistador'' Francisco Pinto Bandeira, who received from the Portuguese Crown, in 1740, an area north of the Gravataí River. History has that 1871 was the beginning of the village of Canoas, when the first section of the railway that would link Porto Alegre to São Leopoldo was inaugurated. Canoas was then part of the municipalities of Gravataí and Sã ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |