Alex Canziani

Alex Canziani
Alex Canziani
	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	PTB

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]

Personal life

Canziani 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

Canziani 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

"ALEX CANZIANI – Biografia". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 September 2019.
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 21 February 2019. 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 21 February 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2017.

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[bio-1] "ALEX CANZIANI – Biografia". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 September 2019.

[gdp-2] Bubniak, Taiana (23 November 2018). "O que pensa a deputada federal mais jovem do país" (in Portuguese). Gazeta do Povo. Retrieved 21 September 2019.

[3] "Reforma trabalhista: como votaram os deputados" (in Portuguese). Carta Capital. 27 April 2017. Archived from the original on 21 February 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2017.

[4] "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.

[5] "Como votou cada deputado sobre a denúncia contra Temer" (in Portuguese). Carta Capital. 4 August 2017. Archived from the original on 21 February 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2017.