Roberto Requião de Mello e Silva (born March 5, 1941) is a Brazilian politician and journalist. He has represented
Paraná in the
Federal Senate
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two times, between 1995 and 2002 and from 2011 to 2019. Previously, he was governor of Paraná from 2003 to 2010. He was a member of the
Brazilian Democratic Movement Party
The Brazilian Democratic Movement ( pt, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, MDB) is a Brazilian political party. It is considered a " big tent party" and it is one of the parties with the greatest representation throughout the national territory, ...
from 1980 to 2022, when he decided to leave the party to join the
Workers' Party in order to run in the
2022 Paraná gubernatorial election
The 2022 Paraná state election took place in the state of Paraná (state), Paraná, Brazil on 2 October 2022. Voters elected a Governor, Vice Governor, one Senator, 30 representatives for the Chamber of Deputies, and 54 Legislative Assembly memb ...
.
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Living people
1941 births
Members of the Federal Senate (Brazil)
Brazilian Democratic Movement politicians
Governors of Paraná (state)
Mayors of Curitiba
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