Luís Eduardo Grangeiro Girão (born 25 September 1972) more commonly known as Eduardo Girão is a Brazilian politician as well as a businessman and football club president. He has spent his political career representing Ceará, having served as federal senator since 2019.

Personal life

Religiously Girão considers himself as spiritualist, and was one of the biggest supporters in the establishment of the "National Day of Spiritism" as a federal holiday, which is on April 18, the date of publication of "The Book of Spirits" by

Allan Kardec Allan Kardec () is the pen name of the French educator, translator, and author Hippolyte Léon Denizard Rivail (; 3 October 1804 – 31 March 1869). He is the author of the five books known as the Spiritist Codification, and the founder of ...

. In 2017 Girão was elected chairman of the

Fortaleza Esporte Clube Fortaleza Esporte Clube, usually known as Fortaleza, is primarily a football club, but is active in other sports such as futsal, handball and basketball. Fortaleza Esporte Clube is based in Fortaleza, capital of the State of Ceará, Brazil. The ...

Political career

Girão was elected to the federal senate in the

2018 Brazilian general election General elections were held in Brazil on 7 October 2018 to elect the president, National Congress and state governors. As no candidate in the presidential election received more than 50% of the vote in the first round, a runoff round was held ...

. In 2019 Girão switched to the Podemos party. In 2023, he switched to the New Party (NOVO).

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1972 births Living people People from Fortaleza Brazilian spiritualists Brazilian businesspeople Members of the Federal Senate (Brazil) Republican Party of the Social Order politicians Podemos (Brazil) politicians New Party (Brazil) politicians {{Brazil-politician-stub