Vanessa Grazziotin Bezerra (born June 29, 1961) is a Brazilian politician from the

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(PC do B). Although born in

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, Santa Catarina, Grazziotin based her political career in the state of Amazonas. Twice elected to represent the state in the

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, she was recently elected for the

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in the 2010 parliamentary election. She is the third Communist Senator ever in the history of Brazil, after

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and Inácio Arruda. She is also Amazonas' communist first female Senator. Vanessa was a senator in the Brazilian state of Amazonas for eight years.

Career

On 1985, Vanessa Grazziotin graduated in the Pharmacy College of the

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.Official website in the Chamber of Deputies portal
/ref> She has been a member of the

(PC do B) since 1980, when the party was still illegal. Through PC do B, she was a councilwoman for

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for nine straight years, from 1989 to 1998, when she successfully ran for a seat in the Chamber of Deputies. She was re-elected twice, on 2002 and 2006. On 2004, she unsuccessfully ran for Mayor of Manaus, finishing the race in third place. Among her proposals in the Chamber were the creation of a Green Seal for goods manufactured on the Manaus Free Trade Zone, the prohibition of the distribution of plastic bags, and the creation of the Day of African and Amerindian Culture (to be celebrated on May 13).Profile on the ''Vote na Web'' project
/ref> The latter project was approved by the National Congress on March 30, 2010. On 2010, Grazziotin ran for a seat in the

. She was elected with 662,729 votes (22.8% of the total). Rafael Valentim
"Em disputa acirrada, Vanessa Grazziotin é eleita senadora no AM"
''D24AM''. October 3, 2010. Her election was rather impressive, once she defeated Arthur Virgílio, a prominent Senator from the

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(PSDB). Virgílio accused Grazziotin of buying votes, the reason why he was called a "bad loser" by newsmagazine ''

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''."IstoÉ: senador tucano Arthur Virgílio (PSDB-AM) é um mau perdedor" / "IstoÉ: PSDB Senator Arthur Virgílio is a bad loser"
Diap. October 19, 2010. Grazziotin claims she acted according to the Public Ministry guidelines. On May 2, 2016, the Regional Electoral State Attorney presented a motion to the Superior Electoral Court in order to abrogate her Senate mandate for crimes against the Election Law regulations (money abuse during campaign).

Personal life

Grazziotin is married to fellow Communist politician Eron Bezerra, who acted as State Secretary for Rural Production in the Eduardo Braga administration and was recently elected to the

through PC do B. They have one daughter, named Rafaela.

References

External links

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Official website in the Chamber of Deputies portal
*
Profile on the ''Vote na Web'' project
{{DEFAULTSORT:Grazziotin, Vanessa 1961 births Living people People from Santa Catarina (state) Brazilian people of Italian descent Communist Party of Brazil politicians Brazilian women in politics Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil) from Amazonas Members of the Federal Senate (Brazil) Federal University of Amazonas alumni People from Manaus