Marcelo Ribeiro Freixo () is a Brazilian politician and teacher. He is a federal deputy for the

Brazilian Socialist Party The Brazilian Socialist Party ( pt-BR, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, PSB) is a political party in Brazil. It was founded in 1947, before being abolished by the military regime in 1965 and re-organised in 1989 after the re-democratisation of Bra ...

(PSB), and was formerly chairman of the Defence of Human Rights and Citizenship Commission on the Rio de Janeiro Legislative Assembly. Freixo gained national attention when he presided over a parliamentary inquiry commission on police militias in Rio de Janeiro, having a character inspired on him in the Brazilian film '' Elite Squad: The Enemy Within'', directed by José Padilha. He ran for mayor of Rio de Janeiro twice, in 2012 and

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, having as vice-mayor candidate on the ticket in 2016 the lawyer and professor at UFRJ Luciana Boiteux. He ended in second in both the run-offs, losing the first to Eduardo Paes from PMDB, and the second to the

PRB The retinoblastoma protein (protein name abbreviated pRb; gene name abbreviated ''Rb'', ''RB'' or ''RB1'') is a proto-oncogenic tumor suppressor protein that is dysfunctional in several major cancers. One function of pRb is to prevent excessive ...

candidate Marcelo Crivella. On 16 June 2021, Freixo left PSOL for PSB, in preparation for the

2022 Rio de Janeiro gubernatorial election The 2022 Rio de Janeiro state election took place in the state of Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 2 October 2022. Voters elected a governor, vice governor, one senator, two alternate senator, 46 representatives for the Chamber of ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Freixo, Marcelo 1967 births Living people People from Niterói Brazilian Socialist Party politicians Members of the Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil) from Rio de Janeiro (state)