Edmilson Rodrigues (born May 26, 1957) is a Brazilian politician who served as mayor of

Belém Belém (; Portuguese for Bethlehem; initially called Nossa Senhora de Belém do Grão-Pará, in English Our Lady of Bethlehem of Great Pará) often called Belém of Pará, is a Brazilian city, capital and largest city of the state of Pará in t ...

, Federal Deputy and State Deputy for the State of

Pará Pará is a Federative units of Brazil, state of Brazil, located in northern Brazil and traversed by the lower Amazon River. It borders the Brazilian states of Amapá, Maranhão, Tocantins (state), Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Amazonas (Brazilian state) ...

. He is a member of the

Socialism and Freedom Party The Socialism and Liberty Party ( pt-BR, Partido Socialismo e Liberdade , PSOL ) is a left-wing political party in Brazil. The party describes itself as socialist and democratic. The party leader is Juliano Medeiros and the federal deputies I ...

(PSOL), previously having been a member of the Workers' Party (PT).

Political career

From 1997 to 2005, he served as mayor of

. Rodrigues voted against of the impeachment process against then-president

Dilma Rousseff Dilma Vana Rousseff (; born 14 December 1947) is a Brazilian economist and politician who served as the 36th president of Brazil, holding the position from 2011 until her impeachment and removal from office on 31 August 2016. She is the first w ...

. He returned to municipal politics in the 2020 Brazilian municipal elections, presenting himself once again as a candidate for mayor of

. With around 52% of the votes, he was elected to the position.

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, - Living people Mayors of Belém 1957 births Socialism and Liberty Party politicians Workers' Party (Brazil) politicians Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil) from Pará Members of the Legislative Assembly of Pará {{Brazil-mayor-stub

Political career

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