Luiza Erundina de Sousa (; November 30, 1934) is a Brazilian
politician
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, born in
Uiraúna, a small city in the interior of the Brazilian state of
Paraíba
Paraíba ( Tupi: ''pa'ra a'íba''; ) is a state of Brazil. It is located in the Brazilian Northeast, and it is bordered by Rio Grande do Norte to the north, Ceará to the west, Pernambuco to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Paraíba ...
.
Political history
From 1980 to 1997 she was affiliated with the
PT party (Workers’ Party). In 1997 she changed to the
PSB party. Due to disagreements within PSB that decided to support the impeachment process against 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 ...
, Erundina switched to party
PSOL
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 ...
in March 2016.
Erundina served on the
São Paulo
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city council from 1983–1987. From 1987–1988 she was a state deputy for the
state of São Paulo
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. She was São Paulo's mayor from 1989 to 1992, and is currently a federal deputy from São Paulo. She was re-elected in 2002 and again in 2006, in 2010, in 2014 and in 2018.
In the
2020 São Paulo mayoral election, Erundina ran as the vice mayoral candidate of
Guilherme Boulos, also of PSOL.
Education
Erundina was born to a very poor family. Notwithstanding the obstacles, she managed to pursue a Bachelor's degree in Social Service from
Federal University of Paraíba
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. She also holds a Master's degree in Sociology from
University of São Paulo
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.
References
External links
Information in Portuguese from the Brazilian congress
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1934 births
Brazilian Socialist Party politicians
Living people
Mayors of São Paulo
Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil) from São Paulo
Members of the Legislative Assembly of São Paulo
Women mayors of places in Brazil
Workers' Party (Brazil) politicians
Socialism and Liberty Party politicians
Catholic feminists
Brazilian feminists
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