Chico Alencar | |
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Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
Assumed office 1 February 2023 | |
Constituency | Rio de Janeiro |
In office 1 February 2003 –1 February 2019 | |
Constituency | Rio de Janeiro |
Councillor of Rio de Janeiro | |
In office 1 January 2021 –1 February 2023 | |
Constituency | At-large |
In office 1 January 1989 –1 January 1997 | |
Constituency | At-large |
State Deputy of Rio de Janeiro | |
In office 1 January 1999 –1 January 2003 | |
Constituency | At-large |
Personal details | |
Born | Francisco Rodrigues de Alencar Filho 19 October 1949 Rio de Janeiro,Federal District,Brazil |
Political party | PSOL (2005–present) |
Other political affiliations | |
Parents |
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Alma mater | Fluminense Federal University Getulio Vargas Foundation |
Website | chicoalencar.com.br |
Francisco Rodrigues de Alencar Filho, known as Chico Alencar (born 19 October 1949), is a Brazilian politician, historian, and writer, affiliated with the Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL).
Alencar was first elected as a Councillor, representing the city of Rio de Janeiro for two consecutive terms (1989-92 and 1993-97). He was also elected as a state deputy, representing the state of Rio de Janeiro at the Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro for a single term (1999-2003) and as a federal deputy representing the state of Rio de Janeiro at the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil for four consecutive terms (2003-07; 2007-11; 2011-15 and 2015-19). [1]
He left the Workers' Party (PT) in 2005, along with one of his partners Plínio de Arruda Sampaio, after the expulsion of Luciana Genro, Heloísa Helena and Babá from the party. [2] He was elected by journalists, five times in a row, the best federal deputy of Brazil, receiving the Prêmio Congresso em Foco (Congress in Focus Prize) award. [3] On 17 April 2016, he voted against the opening of the impeachment process of former president Dilma Rousseff. [4]
He was again elected as a Councillor of Rio de Janeiro on 2020 Rio de municipal election with 49,422 votes, [5] staying in office at the Municipal Chamber of Rio de Janeiro for two years (2021-23) until he was reelected for a fifth term as a federal deputy on 2022 Rio de Janeiro state elections, with 115,023 votes. [6]
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Party | Votes | % | Position in Rio de Janeiro State | Result | |
2002 | PT | 169,131 | 2.10 | No. 6 | Elected [7] |
2006 | PSOL | 119,069 | 1.49 | No. 8 | Elected [8] |
2010 | PSOL | 240,724 | 3.01 | No. 2 | Elected [9] |
2014 | PSOL | 195,964 | 2.57 | No. 4 | Elected [10] |
2022 | PSOL | 115,023 | 1.33 | No. 12 | Elected [11] |
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Party | Votes | % | Position in Rio de Janeiro Municipality | Result | |
1988 | PT | 15,964 | 0.63 | No. 8 | Elected [12] |
1992 | PT | 19,487 | 0.71 | No. 6 | Elected |
2020 | PSOL | 49,422 | 1.88 | No. 5 | Elected [13] |
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Party | Votes | % | Position | Result | |
2018 | PSOL | 1,281,373 | 9.17 | No. 5 | Not Elected [14] |
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Party | Votes | % | Position in Rio de Janeiro State | Result | |
1998 | PT | 70,096 | 0.99 | No. 3 | Elected [15] |
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Party | Votes | % | Position | Result | |
1996 | PT | 641,526 | 21.67 | No. 3 | Not Elected [16] |
2008 | PSOL | 59,362 | 1.88 | No. 7 | Not Elected [17] |
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