Alex Canziani Silveira (born 11 June 1964) is a Brazilian politician as well as a lawyer and writer. He has spent his political career representing Paraná, having served in the state legislature from 1999 to 2019.[1]
Alex Canziani | |
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.jpg) Canziani in September 2017 | |
| Federal Deputy for Paraná | |
| In office 1 February 1999 – 31 January 2019 | |
| Federal Deputy for Londrina | |
| In office 1 January 1989 – 31 December 1995 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 June 1964 Londrina, Brazil |
| Political party | PSD |
Personal life
editCanziani is married to Ana Lúcia dos Santos Silveira, and has two children, a daughter named Luísa and a son Alex Jr. His daughter Luísa is also a politician, being elected to the lower legislature in 2018.[2] Canziani is an alumnus of the State University of Londrina, and also briefly served as part of the university faculty in from 1990 to 1991.[1]
Political career
editCanziani voted in favor of the impeachment motion of then-president Dilma Rousseff.[3] He voted in favor raising the spending ceiling of Brazil's government and the 2017 Brazilian labor reforms.[4] Canziani voted against opening a similar corruption investigation into Rousseff's successor Michel Temer.[5]
After serving in the federal chamber of deputies for 5 consecutive terms, he was succeeded by his daughter in 2019.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "ALEX CANZIANI – Biografia". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 September 2019.
- ^ a b Bubniak, Taiana (23 November 2018). "O que pensa a deputada federal mais jovem do país" (in Portuguese). Gazeta do Povo. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
- ^ "Reforma trabalhista: como votaram os deputados" (in Portuguese). Carta Capital. 27 April 2017. Archived from the original on 9 April 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
- ^ "Veja como deputados votaram no impeachment de Dilma, na PEC 241, na reforma trabalhista e na denúncia contra Temer" [See how deputies voted in the impeachment of Dilma, in PEC 241, in the labor reform and in the denunciation against Temer] (in Portuguese). G1 Globo. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
- ^ "Como votou cada deputado sobre a denúncia contra Temer" (in Portuguese). Carta Capital. 4 August 2017. Archived from the original on 9 April 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2017.