Miro Teixeira (born May 27, 1945) is a Brazilian lawyer, politician and journalist.

Background

Teixeira graduated in Law at the

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. He operates from a political base in

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Political career

He began his career with the

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(Movimento Democrático Brasileiro), an opposition party to the military regime. At the start of the 1980s, together with

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he helped in the founding of the Partido Popular in a centrist initiative to balance the Brazil political landscape. Afterwards, he allied himself with

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and entered the Democratic Labour Party (PDT) where he remained for two decades. In 1996 he was a candidate for the local district of Rio and achieved fourth place. In 2002, he supported

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in the Brazilian Presidential election and was nominated to be Minister of Communications. During his term as minister, he broke with PDT and entered the Workers' Party. In 2004 he was relieved of his position by Lula and assumed the mandate of a federal deputy in the Brazilian House. In 2013 he was listed as a member in the party of former senator and 2010 and 2014 presidential candidate

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(REDE).

References

1945 births Living people Universidade Candido Mendes alumni 20th-century Brazilian lawyers Brazilian Democratic Movement politicians Democratic Labour Party (Brazil) politicians Workers' Party (Brazil) politicians Cidadania politicians Progressistas politicians Sustainability Network politicians Republican Party of the Social Order politicians Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil) from Rio de Janeiro (state) Government ministers of Brazil {{Brazil-politician-stub