Márcio Miguel Bittar (born 28 June 1963) is a Brazilian politician. Although born in

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, he has spent his political career representing

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, serving as federal senator since 2019. He was previously served in the chamber of deputies from 1991 to 2003 and from 2011 to 2015, and served in the state legislature from 1995 to 1999.

Personal life

Bittar was born in Franca to Mamédio Bittar and Manife Miguel Bittar. He grew up in

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and

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in the state of

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. In his youth he was part of several militant leftist communist and socialists groups, but in his university years he joined the center-right PMDB. Bittar is married to Márcia Bittar, and is the father of 4 children and as of 2018 lives in Rio Branco. Before becoming a politician he worked as a farmer, and political scientist.

Political career

Bittar served as state deputy in the state legislature of Acre from 1995 to 1999. He was then elected to and served in the

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for three consecutive terms from 1991 to 2003. From 1997 to 2003 he was the vice-leader of the Popular Socialist Party in the federal legislature. Bittar returned to the lower house for one term from 2011 to 2014, but elected not to run for re-election but instead run for governor of Acre. In the second round of the 2014 election though he narrowly lost by around 10,000 votes to eventual winner

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. In 2017 after having disagreements with his then political party the

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, Bittar rejoined the PMDB. In the

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Bittar was elected to the federal senate, coincidentally beating Viana who was also running for a seat in the senate. Despite his early left-wing involvement, today politically Bittar is considered strongly

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and socially conservative. Ideologically Bittar identifies himself as a liberal conservative. Highly critical of the Workers' Party's handling of the economy, Bittar was a vocal supporter of limiting government spending and the 2017 Brazil labor reform. Bittar was a supporter of

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, who in turn endorsed Bittar in his senate race.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bittar, Marcio 1963 births Living people People from Franca Brazilian farmers Brazilian political scientists Cidadania politicians Brazilian Democratic Movement politicians Brazil Union politicians Members of the Federal Senate (Brazil) Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil) from Acre Members of the Legislative Assembly of Acre