Hélio Viana de Freitas is a Brazilian businessman and CEO of World Sports Business and HBusiness Bank.
He was one of the principal authors of Brazil's
Pelé Law of 1998, which abolished the “pass” which tied professional players to clubs, made possible the creation of leagues, and defined the professionalization of soccer. The Pelé Law also established the Consumer Law in Sports, obliged the accountability of managers, and created funding for
Olympic
Olympic or Olympics may refer to
Sports
Competitions
* Olympic Games, international multi-sport event held since 1896
** Summer Olympic Games
** Winter Olympic Games
* Ancient Olympic Games, ancient multi-sport event held in Olympia, Greece bet ...
and
Paralympic
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sports. Viana also created the Indigenous Olympic Games and the Supportive Sport Program.
He received a master's degree in Business Administration from
Fundação Getúlio Vargas.
Viana was Vice President of the board of the Brazilian National Institute for the Development of Sports (INDESP - ''Instituto Nacional de Desenvolvimento do Desporto''), the precursor to today's Ministry of Sports, from 1995 to 1998. The President was
Pelé
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, and other members included
Carlos Arthur Nuzman
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,
Hortência Marcari
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,
Carlos Miguel Aidar
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Personal life
Carlos Miguel is the son of , who was also president of São Paulo. He has Lebanese ancestry.
Lawyer career
Aidar ...
,
Nelson Piquet
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, Rogério Amato, and Manuel Tubino.
Viana designed the Pact of Soccer in 2001, which restructured Brazilian football, turning the national championship into consecutive points, and accompanied the organization of four
World Cup
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s and three
Olympic Games
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.
References
Year of birth missing (living people)
Brazilian chief executives
Taxation in Brazil
Sports law
Living people
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