Luís Eduardo Grangeiro Girão (born 25 September 1972) more commonly known as Eduardo Girão is a Brazilian politician as well as a businessman and football club president. He has spent his political career representing

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, having served as federal senator since 2019.

Personal life

Religiously, Girão considers himself as spiritualist, and was one of the biggest supporters in the establishment of the "National Day of Spiritism" as a federal holiday, which is on April 18, the date of publication of "The Book of Spirits" by

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. In 2017 Girão was elected chairman of the

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Political career

Girão was elected to the federal senate in the

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. In 2019 Girão switched to the Podemos party. In 2023, he switched to the New Party (NOVO).

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1972 births Living people People from Fortaleza Brazilian spiritualists Brazilian businesspeople Members of the Federal Senate (Brazil) Republican Party of the Social Order politicians Podemos (Brazil) politicians New Party (Brazil) politicians Brazilian football chairmen and investors {{Brazil-Senator-stub