Hamilton Assis
Hamilton Moreira de Assis (born January 19, 1963), known as Hamilton Assis, is a Brazilian labor leader, left-wing activist, teacher, and politician from Salvador, Bahia. A former director of the Central Única dos Trabalhadores (CUT) in Bahia, he has run for office several times as a member of the Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL), most recently in 2018 where he stood as an unsuccessful candidate for the party's presidential nomination. Over the course of his career, Assis has held positions in the Bahia chapters of both PSOL and the Workers' Party (Brazil), Workers' Party (PT). Biography Early life and political activity Born in the neighborhood of Pau Miúdo in 1963, Assis spent his childhood in the neighborhood of Pau da Lima in Salvador, Bahia. He became politically active in the Ecclesial Base Communities and was involved in neighborhood associations in Salvador in the early 1980s. In 1982, he joined the newly-formed Workers' Party (Brazil), Workers' Party (PT), and occ ...
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