Luiz Philippe of Orléans-Braganza ( pt, Luiz Philippe de Orléans e Bragança; born 3 April 1969) is a Brazilian politician, activist, businessman, and member of the former ruling

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. He was elected

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for

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in the 2018 Brazilian elections for the Social Liberal Party with 118,457 votes.

Biography

Luiz Philippe was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1969, the son of Eudes of Orléans-Braganza and Ana Maria de Moraes Barros. Luiz Philippe is the grandson of

Pedro Henrique of Orléans-Braganza Pedro Henrique of Orléans-Braganza ( pt, Pedro Henrique Afonso Felipe Maria Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga de Orléans e Bragança; 13 September 1909 – 5 July 1981), nicknamed The Expected Prince ( pt, O Príncipe Esperando) was a son of Princ ...

.Luiz Philippe de Orléans e Bragança. ''Por que o Brasil é um país atrasado? : o que fazer para entrarmos de vez no século XXI''. Published by Novo Conceito, 2017 Luiz Philippe studied business at Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado (FAAP) and in 1993 received a master's degree in

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from

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. In 1997 he received an MBA from

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Professional life

The professional trajectory of Luiz Philippe began in the United States, where he worked in companies of the financial market. Luiz Philippe was part of the financial planning of

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, a French multinational, between 1993 and 1996. He then worked for three years at the

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investment bank in London and the investment bank at

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in New York City. From 2000, he returned to Brazil as director of business development for

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(AOL) in Latin America. In 2005 he became an entrepreneur, when he founded the company IKAT do Brasil, which operates in the field of motorcycle parts distribution. In 2012 Luiz Philippe founded ZAP Tech, an incubator of means of payment for mobile platforms. He backed the

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social media venture,

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, by becoming the

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of its

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, Digital World Acquisition Corp (DWAC)

Political activism

Luiz Philippe founded the liberal movement "''Acorda Brasil''" (Wake up Brazil) in 2014. The following year, during the impeachment process of former President

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, he presented a political reform bill to the

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in Brasilia. He participated in the development and intermediation with the Federal Senate, in 2016, of a Constitutional Amendment Project (PEC) that allows the non-confidence vote of a president. Luiz Philippe also participates in the Canal Terça Livre with the Caia na Real program, and travels Brazil with the lecture Redefinindo o Brasil. He was elected

for the Social Liberal Party (PSL) when competing for the state of

, being the 33rd most voted in the state. He came close to competing for the Vice-Presidency of Brazil on the slate of the candidate

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, from the same party. Among his proposals is a presidential veto, inversion of the state's public spending pyramid, and the creation of a new constitution along the lines of the

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(written at a time when the

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was the form of government).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Orléans-Braganza, Luiz Philippe 1969 births Living people Brazilian Roman Catholics Brazilian political scientists Brazilian anti-communists Brazilian monarchists Stanford University alumni Conservatism in Brazil Social Liberal Party (Brazil) politicians New Party (Brazil) politicians Luiz Philippe Brazil Union politicians Liberal Party (Brazil, 2006) politicians