Francisco Rodrigues de Alencar Filho, known as Chico Alencar (born 19 October 1949), is a Brazilian politician, historian, and writer, currently

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for

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, affiliated with the

Socialism and Liberty Party The Socialism and Liberty Party ( pt-BR, Partido Socialismo e Liberdade , PSOL ) is a left-wing political party in Brazil. The party describes itself as socialist and democratic. The party leader is Juliano Medeiros and the federal deputies I ...

(PSOL). He left the Workers' Party (PT) in 2005, along with one of his partners

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, after the expulsion of

Luciana Genro Luciana Krebs Genro (Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, January 17, 1971) is a Brazilian politician, state deputy and one of the founders of the Socialism and Freedom Party (PSOL). In 2014, she was the PSOL nominee for President of Brazil. She came ...

, 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

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Alencar, Chico 1949 births Living people Brazilian Democratic Movement politicians Workers' Party (Brazil) politicians Socialism and Liberty Party politicians Politicians from Rio de Janeiro (city) Fluminense Federal University alumni Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil) from Rio de Janeiro (state) Members of the Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro