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Kátia Tapety
Kátia Tapety (born 24 April 1949) is a Brazilian politician. She was the first transgender politician to be elected in Brazil. Early years Tapety is the child of a family of politicians and until the age of 16 she lived practically hidden in the house. She went to school only until third grade of elementary school and after that, her parents kept her a recluse. Career A resident of the municipality of Colônia do Piauí, 388 km south of Teresina, the Piauiense capital, Tapety joined the Liberal Front Party in which the councilman was elected in 1992, 1996 and 2000 (always first and foremost), then she next joined the Popular Socialist Party, then the party of Ciro Gomes, who was her political idol. Tapety was also president of the Colônia do Piauí City Council from 2001 to 2002. In Colônia do Piauí, Kátia is a public health official, but since she lives in a town of only 7,000 inhabitants, which is located in the countryside of the state of Piauí, she acts more as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vice-Mayor
The deputy mayor (also known as vice mayor, assistant mayor, or mayor ''pro tem'') is an elective or appointive office of the second-ranking official that is present in many, but not all, local governments. Duties and functions Many elected deputy mayors are members of the local government who are given the title and serve as acting mayor in the mayor's absence. Appointive deputy mayors serve at the pleasure of the mayor and may function as chief operating officers. There may be within the same municipal government one or more deputy mayors appointed to oversee policy areas together with a popularly-elected vice mayor who serves as the mayor's successor in the event the office is vacated by death, resignation, disability, or impeachment. In other cities, the deputy mayor presides over the city council, and may not vote except to break ties. Like the deputy mayor in other systems, the popularly elected deputy mayor becomes an Acting Mayor in the original mayor's absence. As prev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mônica Bergamo
Monica (Portuguese language, Portuguese: ''Mônica'') is a Brazil, Brazilian fictional character and Mauricio de Sousa's best-known creation. Introduced in 1963, she serves as the main protagonist and title character of the ''Monica and Friends'' (''Turma da Mônica'') comic book series and media franchise. De Sousa based the character on his second daughter, also named Mônica Sousa, Monica, with whom the fictional character shares some physical characteristics. In her first appearances, she was a supporting character to Jimmy Five, but was gradually made the principal character. An eponymous comic book series began publication from 1970. Concept and creation Monica was based on Mauricio de Sousa's daughter in childhood. The reason for her creation was due to a complaint of the lack of female characters in Mauricio comics. At that time, newspaper strips of Blu (comic strip character), Blu and Jimmy Five were produced. When Monica made her first appearance was in a strip of J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |