Claudio Modesto

Claudio Modesto
Born Cláudio Rogério da Silveira Modesto[1]
(1963-05-23) May 23, 1963
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Nationality Brazilian
Education Foreign Trade, ESAN
Business administration, ESAN[2]
Occupation Pastor, Teacher, Businessman, Activist and Politician
Spouse(s) Claudia Modesto
Children Thiago Modesto
Religion Protestantism
Offices held
 General Superintendent, Christian community of Alto da Lapa

Cláudio Modesto (born May 23, 1963[3]) is a Brazilian pastor, politician, teacher and activist. He is best known for his activism for vitiligo and social projects.

Early life and Ministry

Modesto was born in the neighborhood of Brás de Pina, Rio de Janeiro, from a humble family with a Umbandist tradition. At the age of 16 he converted to Protestantism and with 18 traveled for a month in a missionary project in Bolivia. He moved to the city of São Paulo in the 1980s on account of his employment.[2]

In São Paulo he became involved with the Igreja Renascer em Cristo,[4] where he became an important bishop.[5] In the late 1990s he left Renascer for disagreements and founded his own ministry. In 2001 he traveled to Singapore where he attended a leadership course at the Haggai[6] Institute and became involved with ministries from other countries,[7] mainly South Africa.

Claudio Modesto speaking at National and State of São Paulo Convention of the Solidarity party, 2014

Politics and Activism

A carrier of vitiligo disease since the age of 18, Modesto experienced the difficult access to treatment and medication existing in Brazil, where he became politically involved with the cause. In 2011 he joined the Democratic Labour Party[8] where he ran for City Council of São Paulo[9] and in 2014 he moved to the Solidarity party[10] where he was one of the main candidates for Federal Deputy, also for the city of São Paulo.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "MODESTO (PDT)" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2017-02-05.
  2. 1 2 "Claudio Rogerio da Silveira Modesto | Escavador". Escavador (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2017-02-05.
  3. 1 2 "Claudio Modesto Dep. Federal - UOL 2014".
  4. ↑ "Folha de S.Paulo - Atos na Câmara deixam dez feridos - 29/04/98". www1.folha.uol.com.br. Retrieved 2017-02-05.
  5. ↑ "Revista Veja interview 1998". www.oocities.org. Retrieved 2017-02-05.
  6. ↑ "Modus operandi X modus vivendi - Estratégia e Planejamento - Artigos - Instituto Jetro". www.institutojetro.com. Retrieved 2017-02-05.
  7. ↑ Brasil, Instituto Haggai do. "09 Dez 2006 Seminário Local em São Paulo - Módulo 1". Instituto Haggai do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2017-02-05.
  8. ↑ "Pastores evangélicos de diversas Igrejas se candidatam a vaga na Câmara de SP- Confira - Inforgospel". blogs.odiario.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2017-02-05.
  9. ↑ "São Paulo terá ao menos 15 pastores evangélicos candidatos". Gospel Prime (in Portuguese). 2012-07-14. Retrieved 2017-02-05.
  10. ↑ "Claudio Modesto, educador e administrador de empresas, em visita à sede estadual do Solidariedade-SP - Solidariedade - SP". Solidariedade - SP (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2017-02-05.
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