Paulo Teixeira
Teixeira in 2023
Minister of Agrarian Development[1]
Assumed office
1 January 2023
PresidentLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded byPatrus Ananias
(in 2015; office re-established)
Federal Deputy for São Paulo
Assumed office
1 February 2007
Vereador for São Paulo
In office
1 January 2005 – 31 January 2007
State Deputy for São Paulo
In office
15 March 1995 – 31 December 2000
Personal details
Born
Luiz Paulo Teixeira Ferreira

(1961-05-06) 6 May 1961
Águas da Prata, SP, Brazil
Political partyPT
SpouseAlice Mieko Yamaguchi

Luiz Paulo Teixeira Ferreira (born 6 May 1961), known as Paulo Teixeira, a Brazilian politician, lawyer, and professor who belongs to the Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT, or Workers’ Party). He is currently a federal deputy in the lower house of the Brazilian Parliament, where he served as PT party leader in 2011

Early life and education

Teixeira, who is a brother of State Representative Luiz Fernando Teixeira, received a Master of Science in Constitutional Law from the University of São Paulo.

Career

Teixeira was a São Paulo state deputy twice, in 1994-1995 and 1998–2000. From 2001 to 2004 he served as Municipal Secretary of Habitation and Human Development in the municipality of São Paulo; from 2003 to 2004 he was Chief Executive Officer of the Metropolitan Housing Company of São Paulo (COHAB); and from 2004 to 2007 he was a city councilman in São Paulo. He was elected a federal deputy in 2006, taking office in 2007, and was re-elected to Parliament in 2010.[2]

He was a candidate for president of PT in 2013. He supports political reform and was critical of PT's then alliance with the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB).[3]

He was supportive of ex-president Lula when he was questioned and tried in connection with the scandal known as Operation Car Wash.[4]

In a 2015 op-ed for O Globo, Teixeira praised then president Dilma Rousseff for vetoing corporate financing of election campaigns and political parties, saying that by doing so she had shown “deep respect for democracy.”[5]

References

  1. ↑ Abbud, Bruno (29 December 2022). "Saiba quem é o novo ministro do Desenvolvimento Agrário, o deputado Paulo Teixeira". Jornal O Globo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  2. ↑ Paulo Teixeira; PT.org;
  3. ↑ Oliviera, Germano; Herdy, Thiago; Candidatos à presidência do PT criticam aliança com PMDB; O Globo; 26 August 2013;
  4. ↑ Roxo, Sergio; Em depoimento, Lula se irritou com pergunta sobre pedalinhos; O Globo; 4 March 2016;
  5. ↑ Paulo Teixeira: Igualdade para todos; O Globo;


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