Vivi Reis
Federal Deputy from Pará
Assumed office
1 January 2021
Personal details
Born
Viviane da Costa Reis

(1991-08-05) 5 August 1991
Belém, Pará, Brazil
Political partyPSOL (2011–present)
Alma materPará State University (BPT)
ProfessionPhysiotherapist and politician

Viviane da Costa Reis (born 5 August 1991 in Belém) is a Brazilian physiotherapist, popular educator, feminist and political militant, member of the Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL). She is currently Federal Deputy from Pará.

Biography

Bachelor of Physiotherapy at the Pará State University (UEPA) in 2013, with specialization at the Federal University of Pará (UFPA) concluded in 2016,[1] she was the first woman of her family to attend a university. Filiated to PSOL in 2011 and participated in many student unions in her neighbourhood, church and school. In the student union, she was part of UEPA Students' Central Directory. Reis is educator of Rede Emancipa.[2]

Her first electoral experience was in 2018, when she was candidate for Federal Deputy and received 22,297, being the party's first substitute. In the 2020 municipal elections, Reis was the most voted woman of Belém for City Councillor, elected with 9,654 votes.[3][4]

With the election of then Federal Deputy Edmilson Rodrigues as Mayor of Belém, Vivi Reis took office as a member of the Chamber of Deputies on 1 January 2021, becoming the first Brazilian black LGBT congresswoman.[5][6][7]

Electoral history

Year Election Coalition Party Office Votes Result
2018
Pará Statewide
Together for Change
(PSOL, PPL, PCB)
Federal Deputy
22,297
(0.64%)
 Substitute
2020
Belém Municipal
City Councillor
9,645
(1.32%)
 Elect

References

  1. ↑ "Currículo do Sistema de Currículos Lattes (Viviane da Costa Reis)". Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (in Portuguese). 26 September 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  2. ↑ "Conheça Vivi Reis: mulher, negra, LGBT e nova deputada federal do PSOL". Partido Socialismo e Liberdade (in Portuguese). 30 November 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  3. ↑ Soares, Rita; Pinheiro, Gabriel (2 October 2019). "Eleições 2020: 10 lideranças em que você deve ficar de olho para o pleito do ano que vem". O Liberal (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 12 August 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  4. ↑ "Veja quem são os 35 vereadores eleitos em Belém". G1 (in Portuguese). 15 November 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  5. ↑ "Vereadora mais votada em Belém assumirá vaga de Edmilson Rodrigues na Câmara Federal". G1 (in Portuguese). 30 November 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  6. ↑ Rodrigues, Thais (30 November 2020). "Paraense de 29 anos será a primeira deputada bissexual do Brasil". Congresso em Foco (in Portuguese). Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  7. ↑ "Dez suplentes assumem cargo de deputado federal, oito deles como titulares do mandato". Câmara dos Deputados (in Portuguese). 2 January 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
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