Tarso Fernando Herz Genro (born March 6, 1947) is a

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ian

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from the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul. A prominent associate of

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (; born Luiz Inácio da Silva; 27 October 1945), known mononymously as Lula, is a Brazilian politician, trade unionist, and former metalworker who is the president-elect of Brazil. A member of the Workers' Party ...

, Genro was one of the most important leaders of the Workers' Party (PT) in the 2000s.

Biography

Genro was born to a working-class family in

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, Genro was active in politics from a young age. In the early 1980s, Genro was a spokesman for the Communist Revolutionary Party (PRC). along with his brother, Adelmo Genro Filho. As a member of the Workers' Party (PT), he was elected deputy mayor of

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by the "Popular Front", a list headed by Olívio Dutra, a fellow member of the PT. He accumulated the position of vice mayor with that of government secretary. In 1992, Genro was elected to the position of Mayor of Porto Alegre, though he lost reelection in 1996. In

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, he was speculated to be a potential presidential candidate for the PT in the place of Lula, though Lula ended up running As a result of the

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, Genro served the remainder of José Genoíno's term as party president in 2005.

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was elected to the post later that year. Following his service as interim president, Genro was a top political adviser to

, former

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(2006–2010), during the contentious, but quite successful, 2006 Presidential campaign. On 16 March 2007, he became the new Minister of Justice in Lula's cabinet. In 2010, Genro was mentioned as a possible successor to Lula, though the PT nomination went to eventual winner

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Personal life

His daughter,

Luciana Genro Luciana Krebs Genro (Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, January 17, 1971) is a Brazilian politician, state deputy and one of the founders of the Socialism and Freedom Party (PSOL). In 2014, she was the PSOL nominee for President of Brazil. She came ...

, is a prominent socialist politician in Brazil who served as the presidential candidate of the

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(PSOL) in

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