Miro Teixeira (born May 27, 1945) is a Brazilian lawyer, politician and journalist.[1]
Miro Teixeira | |
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| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 1 February 1975 – 1 February 2019 | |
| Constituency | Rio de Janeiro |
| In office 1 February 1971 – 1 February 1975 | |
| Constituency | Guanabara |
| Minister of Communications | |
| In office 1 January 2003 – 1 January 2004 | |
| President | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva |
| Preceded by | Juarez Quadros |
| Succeeded by | Eunício Oliveira |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 May 1945 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Political party | PDT (since 2021) |
| Other political affiliations | |
| Alma mater | Candido Mendes University National Autonomous University of Mexico |
| Occupation | Lawyer, journalist |
Background
editTeixeira graduated in Law at the Candido Mendes University. He operates from a political base in Rio de Janeiro.
Political career
editHe began his career with the Brazilian Democratic Movement (Movimento Democrático Brasileiro), an opposition party to the military regime. At the start of the 1980s, together with Tancredo Neves he helped in the founding of the Partido Popular in a centrist initiative to balance the Brazil political landscape. Afterwards, he allied himself with Leonel Brizola and entered the Democratic Labour Party (PDT) where he remained for two decades. In 1996 he was a candidate for the local district of Rio and achieved fourth place.
In 2002, he supported Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the Brazilian Presidential election and was nominated to be Minister of Communications.[2] During his term as minister, he broke with PDT and entered the Workers' Party. In 2004 he was relieved of his position by Lula and assumed the mandate of a federal deputy in the Brazilian House. In 2013 he was listed as a member in the party of former senator and 2010 and 2014 presidential candidate Marina Silva, Sustainability Network (REDE).
References
edit- ^ Hoge, Warren (20 January 1981). "BRAZIL OFF AND RUNNING FOR '82 ELECTION". The New York Times. p. 9. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
- ^ Cortes, Katia (13 June 2005). "Brazil Lower House Panel to Hear Jefferson, May Call Dirceu - Bloomberg". Bloomberg. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
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