Marcelo Freixo

Marcelo Freixo
State Deputy of Rio de Janeiro
Assumed office
1 February 2007
Personal details
Born (1967-04-12) 12 April 1967
Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Nationality Brazilian
Political party PSOL
Alma mater Fluminense Federal University
Profession

Marcelo Ribeiro Freixo (Brazilian Portuguese: [maʁˈsɛlw ʁjˈbejɾw ˈfɾejʃw]) is a Brazilian politician, broadcaster and professor. He is in the second year of his third term as state representative for Rio Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL). He is the current chairman of the Defence Human Rights and Citizenship ALERJ.[1]

Freixo gained national notoriety when he presided over the parliamentary inquiry commission on police militias in Rio de Janeiro, having a character inspired on him in the Brazilian film Tropa de Elite 2, directed by José Padilha.[2][3]

He ran for mayor of Rio de Janeiro twice, in 2012 and 2016, having as vice-mayor candidate on the ticket in 2016 the lawyer and professor at UFRJ Luciana Boiteux. He ended in second in both the run-offs, losing the first to Eduardo Paes from PMDB, and the second to the PRB candidate Marcelo Crivella.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ Assembleia Legislativa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (2014). "Comissão de Defesa dos Direitos Humanos e Cidadania". Alerj. Retrieved 2014-08-09.
  2. ↑ "Freixo o verdadeiro fraga | Superinteressante". Superinteressante. 2011-03-25. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
  3. ↑ Phillips, Dominic (2012-09-17). "How Elite Squad 2 Took Control of Rio Mayor's Race". Bloomberg View. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
  4. ↑ "Paes é reeleito prefeito do Rio". Eleições 2012 no Rio de Janeiro (in Portuguese). 2012-10-07. Retrieved 2017-10-26.
  5. ↑ "Resultado das Eleições 2016 - Prefeito - Rio de Janeiro-RJ | Gazeta do Povo". Gazeta do Povo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2016-10-31.


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