Guilherme Castro Boulos (born 19 June 1982) is a Brazilian politician,

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and writer. He is a member of the National Coordination of

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(MTST). Boulos joined the

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(PSOL) in 2018, and was PSOL's candidate for the presidency of Brazil in the 2018 general election. In 2020 Boulos was the PSOL nominee for

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in the 2020 election, qualifying for a second round against PSDB candidate

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. Covas defeated Boulos in the run-off. In the

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, Boulos was elected to the

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from

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, having received the most votes for federal deputy in the state. As a member of the

, Boulos became nationally known in 2003, when he participated in an occupation of

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's land in

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. Closely associated with former

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Lula da Silva, he has been described as an "heir" to Lula, with his physical likeliness to Lula during his youth being widely noted. He was selected by ''

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'' for their ''Time'' 100 Next list of emerging leaders worldwide for 2021.

Early life and career

Guilherme Boulos is the son of Marcos Boulos, a professor of medicine at the

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. He is of Lebanese descent, with “Boulos” meaning “Paul” in Arabic. He graduated with a degree in philosophy in 2006 and received a master's degree in

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in 2017, both from the University of São Paulo. In his youth he engaged in the Union of Communist Youth. He also joined the

in 2002. He became famous in 2003 when he participated in the coordination of the invasion of a

's ground in

. He appeared again in the press in 2014, in the wake of the social mobilizations around the

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, especially the invasion called ''Occupation People's Cup'' ( pt, Ocupação Copa do Povo), organized by the MTST in early May.

Prison

On 17 January 2017, Boulos was arrested on charges of committing judicial disobedience and incitement to violence during the repossession lawsuit of a land in the district of São Mateus. In the night of the same day, he was released from prison. In his defense, he claims that his detention was arbitrary and for political reasons.Líder do MTST é solto após ser detido em reintegração de posse em São Paulo
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Electoral history

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