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71 Notable alumni of Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

Updated: June 23, 2026 EliteDegrees

Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul is ranked #282 in the world and #4 in Brazil by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 71 notable alumni from Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.

Juli Manzi

1. Juli Manzi

1976-. (aged 50)
writer
Giuliano Tosin, better known by his stage name Juli Manzi, is a Brazilian musician and biographer.
Luisa Geisler

2. Luisa Geisler

1991-. (aged 35)
writer
Luisa Geisler is a Brazilian writer.
Cesar Victora

3. Cesar Victora

1952-. (aged 74)
university teacher epidemiologist
Cesar G. Victora is a Brazilian-born epidemiologist, academic and specialist in child health and nutrition. He is an Emeritus Professor of Epidemiology at the Federal University of Pelotas and holds or has held honorary appointments at the Universities of Harvard, Oxford, and Johns Hopkins, and at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
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Rosana Pinheiro-Machado

4. Rosana Pinheiro-Machado

university teacher anthropologist social scientist
Rosana Pinheiro-Machado is a Brazilian anthropologist, currently a professor at the School of Geography at University College Dublin. She has been a lecturer at the Department of Social & Policy Sciences at the University of Bath and studies the economic and political effects of trade in the Global South, particularly in Brazil and China. She is also a columnist for...
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Henrique Córdova

5. Henrique Córdova

1938-2020 (aged 82)
politician
Henrique Córdova was a Brazilian politician. He served as Governor of Santa Catarina from 1982 to 1983. He also served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies 1986 to 1991 and 1975 to 1979, as well as the Legislative Assembly of Santa Catarina from 1967 to 1975.
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Euclides Scalco

6. Euclides Scalco

1932-2021 (aged 89)
pharmacist politician
Euclides Scalco was a Brazilian politician who also co-founded the Brazilian Social Democracy Party.
Marcelo Birck

7. Marcelo Birck

1965-. (aged 61)
singer guitarist
Marcelo de Campos Velho Birck is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, lyricist, arranger and guitarist, best known for his work with influential rock band Graforreia Xilarmônica.
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Demetrius Klee Lopes

8. Demetrius Klee Lopes

1970-. (aged 56)
neuroscientist neurosurgeon
Demetrius Klee Lopes is a cerebrovascular neurosurgeon specializing in neuroendovascular therapy. At Advocate Health, he serves as medical director of the cerebrovascular and neuroendovascular program and is co-director of their stroke program.
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Carlo Pianta

9. Carlo Pianta

1967-. (aged 59)
composer guitarist
Carlo Machado Pianta is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist and bassist best known for being a founding member of two of the most important rock bands from Rio Grande do Sul during the mid-1980s: DeFalla and Graforreia Xilarmônica.
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Ana Luiza Koehler

10. Ana Luiza Koehler

1977-. (aged 49)
comics artist
Ana Luiza Koehler, is a Brazilian comics artist and architect. She has a master's degree in architecture from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul and has worked with illustration since 1993, mainly with publishers of the Franco-Belgian comics market.
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José Mauro Volkmer de Castilho

11. José Mauro Volkmer de Castilho

1946-1998 (aged 52)
computer scientist artificial intelligence researcher
José Mauro Volkmer de Castilho was a Brazilian scientist, teacher and researcher.
Gilson Langaro Dipp

12. Gilson Langaro Dipp

1944-2022 (aged 78)
judge
Gilson Langaro Dipp was a Brazilian jurist and magistrate. He served as Minister of the Superior Court of Justice from 1998 to 2014.
Thaisa Storchi Bergmann

13. Thaisa Storchi Bergmann

1955-. (aged 71)
astrophysicist university teacher
Thaisa Storchi Bergmann is a Brazilian astrophysicist working at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in Porto Alegre, Brazil. She won the Women in Science Award in 2015 for her work on supermassive black holes.
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Francisco de Paula Brochado da Rocha

14. Francisco de Paula Brochado da Rocha

1910-1962 (aged 52)
university teacher lawyer politician
Francisco de Paula Brochado da Rocha was a Brazilian counsel, professor and politician.
José Mariano Beltrame

15. José Mariano Beltrame

1957-. (aged 69)
police officer lawyer writer
José Mariano Benincá Beltrame is a Brazilian federal police commissioner and former Secretary of Security of Rio de Janeiro.
Luiz Carlos Maciel

16. Luiz Carlos Maciel

1938-2017 (aged 79)
screenwriter writer journalist
Luiz Carlos Maciel was a Brazilian writer, journalist, and screenwriter.
Luís Inácio Adams

17. Luís Inácio Adams

1965-. (aged 61)
lawyer
Luís Inácio Lucena Adams is a Brazilian lawyer who was appointed to be Brazil's Attorney General on 23 October 2009.
Alessandro Teixeira

18. Alessandro Teixeira

1972-. (aged 54)
politician economist
Alessandro Golombiewski Teixeira is a Brazilian economist. From April to May 2016, he was Brazil´s Minister of Tourism and left after Dilma Rousseff was impeached.
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Raul Pont

19. Raul Pont

1944-. (aged 82)
historian politician
Raul Jorge Anglada Pont is a Brazilian historian and politician, founder of the Workers' Party (PT). He was a student leader, union activist, university professor, state and federal deputy, as well as the 39th mayor of Porto Alegre, between 1997 and 2001.
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Nestor Forster

20. Nestor Forster

1963-. (aged 63)
diplomat writer
Nestor José Forster Júnior is a Brazilian diplomat, who formerly served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Brazil to the United States of America in Washington, D.C.
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Fábio Medina Osório

21. Fábio Medina Osório

1967-. (aged 59)
lawyer politician
Fábio Medina Osório is a lawyer, professor, and former Attorney General of Brazil. He is the former State Prosecutor of Rio Grande do Sul, and was appointed Attorney General of Brazil by Acting President Michel Temer.
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Maria Berenice Dias

22. Maria Berenice Dias

1948-. (aged 78)
jurist judge
Maria Berenice Dias is a Brazilian judge and the first woman to take the bench in her home state of Rio Grande do Sul. Dias obtained her Post Graduate Degree and Master in Civil Proceeding from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul.
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Michel Laub

23. Michel Laub

1973-. (aged 53)
novelist writer journalist
Michel Laub is a Brazilian writer and journalist.
Padma Samten

24. Padma Samten

1949-. (aged 77)
Lama
Padma Samten is a Brazilian Buddhist lama.
Angélica Freitas

25. Angélica Freitas

1973-. (aged 53)
translator poet journalist writer
Angélica Freitas is a Brazilian poet and translator.
Darcísio Perondi

26. Darcísio Perondi

1947-. (aged 79)
politician
Darcisio Paulo Perondi is a Brazilian politician and pediatrician. He has spent his political career representing Rio Grande do Sul, having served as federal deputy representative from 1995 to 2011 and from 2015.
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Carlos Gorito

27. Carlos Gorito

1986-. (aged 40)
diplomat socialite
Carlos Augusto Cardoso Gorito is a Brazilian who lives and performs in South Korea as a television personality and embassy worker. He is currently a cast member in the talk show Non-Summit. In 2015, he wrote a column for the JoongAng Ilbo newspaper on topics like association football, Korean Wave and traditional festivals.
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Germano Rigotto

28. Germano Rigotto

1949-. (aged 77)
lawyer politician
Germano Antônio Rigotto is a Brazilian politician currently affiliated to the MDB.
Marcio Pochmann

29. Marcio Pochmann

1962-. (aged 64)
university teacher economist
Marcio Pochmann is a Brazilian economist, academic, and politician who has served as President of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), a research institute of the Ministry of Planning and Budget, since August 2023.
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Fernanda Melchionna

30. Fernanda Melchionna

1984-. (aged 42)
librarian council member politician
Fernanda Melchionna e Silva is a Brazilian politician and former bank clerk and librarian. She has spent her political career representing the state of Rio Grande do Sul, having served as federal deputy representative since 2019.
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Regina Silveira

31. Regina Silveira

1939-. (aged 87)
painter printmaker university teacher exhibition curator illustrator
Regina Silva Silveira is a Brazilian artist known for her work with light, shadows and distortions exploring ideas of reality. Silveira has used many media throughout her career but focuses mainly on videography, painting, and printmaking (including some lithography.) She is based in São Paulo.
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Paulo Brossard

32. Paulo Brossard

1924-2015 (aged 91)
lawyer judge university teacher politician
Paulo Brossard de Souza Pinto was a Brazilian jurist and politician. Born in Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, he graduated in Law and served several terms as a parliamentarian in his state and in the National Congress as well. He also was a member of the Supreme Federal Court and the Superior Electoral Court of Brazil.
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Paulo Renato Souza

33. Paulo Renato Souza

1945-2011 (aged 66)
politician economist
Paulo Renato Costa Souza was a Brazilian economist and politician.
Marco Aurélio Garcia

34. Marco Aurélio Garcia

1941-2017 (aged 76)
politician
Marco Aurélio Garcia was a Brazilian politician, as a member of the Workers' Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores). He was a professor of Latin American History on leave from UNICAMP University and a left idealist. He was previously professor at the Latin American Social Science Faculty of the University of Chile and of the Paris-VIII and Paris-X universities.
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Jorge Gerdau Johannpeter

35. Jorge Gerdau Johannpeter

1936-. (aged 90)
entrepreneur
Jorge Gerdau Johannpeter is a Brazilian businessman and a former executive of Gerdau. He has since been an advisor to the government of Brazil under Lula da Silva and Dilma Rousseff. In 2012, his net worth was estimated to be R$1,87 billion ($926 million).
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José Lutzenberger

36. José Lutzenberger

1926-2002 (aged 76)
environmentalist writer politician
José Antônio Kroeff Lutzenberger was a Brazilian agronomist and environmentalist. In 1988, he was awarded the Right Livelihood Award for his "contribution to protecting the natural environment in Brazil and worldwide".
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Ellen Gracie

37. Ellen Gracie

1948-. (aged 78)
jurist lawyer judge
Ellen Gracie Northfleet is a Brazilian judge. She is the first woman to be appointed to the Supreme Court of Brazil and the Court's first female president.
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Marcia Barbosa

38. Marcia Barbosa

1960-. (aged 66)
physicist university teacher
Márcia Cristina Bernardes Barbosa is a Brazilian physicist known for her research on the properties of water, and for her efforts for improving the conditions for women in academia. She is a professor at UFRGS, and a director of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences. She is the rector of UFRGS.
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Antônio Britto

39. Antônio Britto

1952-. (aged 74)
politician businessperson journalist
Antonio Britto Filho GOMM is a Brazilian journalist, librarian, and politician, who served as State Congressman, Minister of Social Security, and Governor of the state of Rio Grande do Sul from 1995 to 1999.
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Jorge Furtado

40. Jorge Furtado

1959-. (aged 67)
writer film director film screenwriter screenwriter
Jorge Alberto Furtado is a Brazilian film and television director and screenwriter.
Alceu Collares

41. Alceu Collares

1927-2024 (aged 97)
lawyer politician
Alceu de Deus Collares was a Brazilian politician and lawyer. He was the Governor of Rio Grande do Sul state (1991–95), and was also a member of the Chamber of Deputies and Mayor of Porto Alegre (1986–89).
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Carlos Marun

42. Carlos Marun

1960-. (aged 66)
politician
Carlos Eduardo Xavier Marun is a Brazilian politician, member of the Chamber of Deputies, lawyer and civil engineer. He is part of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB). Currently, is Secretary of Government, nominated by president Michel Temer.
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José Fortunati

43. José Fortunati

1955-. (aged 71)
politician
José Alberto Reus Fortunati is a Brazilian lawyer, politician, and member of the Democratic Labour Party (PDT). Fortunati served as the Mayor of Porto Alegre from March 30, 2010, to January 1, 2017. He won re-election in 2012 with 65.2% of the vote in the city's mayoral election.
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Maria do Rosário

44. Maria do Rosário

1966-. (aged 60)
politician
Maria do Rosário Nunes is a Brazilian teacher and politician. She graduated in pedagogy from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, and took a postgraduate degree at the University of São Paulo. From 2011 to 2014, she served as the Secretary for Human Rights under the Rousseff administration. With the exception of her three-year tenure as Human Rights...
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Marcel van Hattem

45. Marcel van Hattem

1985-. (aged 41)
politician
Marcel van Hattem is a Brazilian political scientist, journalist, international relations consultant and politician. He currently serves in Brazil's Chamber of Deputies and is known for his conservative views.
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Nelson Jobim

46. Nelson Jobim

1946-. (aged 80)
university teacher judge politician
Nelson Azevedo Jobim is a Brazilian jurist, politician and businessman. He held the positions as congressman, Minister of Justice, Minister of Defense, Minister of the Supreme Federal Court (STF), where he was also president from 2004 to 2006. He is a member of the board of directors and responsible for institutional relations and compliance policies at BTG Pactual Bank.
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Moacyr Scliar

47. Moacyr Scliar

1937-2011 (aged 74)
writer novelist short story writer physician
Moacyr Jaime Scliar was a Brazilian writer and physician. Most of his writing centers on issues of Jewish identity in the Diaspora and particularly on being Jewish in Brazil.
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Olívio Dutra

48. Olívio Dutra

1941-. (aged 85)
politician
Olívio de Oliveira Dutra is a Brazilian politician. He is a founding member of the Workers' Party.
Werner Schünemann

49. Werner Schünemann

1959-. (aged 67)
screenwriter television actor film director actor
Werner Eduardo Schünemann is a Brazilian actor, director, and screenwriter.
Fabrício Carpi Nejar

50. Fabrício Carpi Nejar

1972-. (aged 54)
poet writer
Fabrício Carpinejar is a Brazilian writer, columnist, journalist, and lecturer.
Getúlio Vargas

51. Getúlio Vargas

1882-1954 (aged 72)
lawyer politician
Getúlio Dornelles Vargas was a Brazilian lawyer and politician who served as the 14th and 17th president of Brazil, from 1930 to 1945 and from 1951 until his suicide in 1954. Due to his long and controversial tenure as Brazil's provisional, constitutional, dictatorial and democratic leader, he is considered by historians as the most influential Brazilian politician of the 20th...
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João Goulart

52. João Goulart

1918-1976 (aged 58)
lawyer politician
João Belchior Marques Goulart, commonly known as Jango, was a Brazilian politician who served as the president of Brazil from 1961 until a military coup d'état deposed him in 1964. He was considered the last left-wing president of Brazil until Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva took office in 2003.
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Manuela d'Ávila

53. Manuela d'Ávila

1981-. (aged 45)
writer journalist activist politician
Manuela Pinto Vieira d'Ávila is a Brazilian journalist, author and politician.
Leonel Brizola

54. Leonel Brizola

1922-2004 (aged 82)
politician civil engineer
Leonel de Moura Brizola was a Brazilian politician. Launched into politics by Brazilian president Getúlio Vargas in the 1930–1950s, Brizola was the only politician to serve as elected governor of two Brazilian states. An engineer by training, Brizola organized the youth wing of the Brazilian Labour Party and served as state representative for Rio Grande do Sul and mayor of...
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Teori Zavascki

55. Teori Zavascki

1948-2017 (aged 69)
lawyer judge
Teori Albino Zavascki was a Brazilian judge who served as Justice of the Superior Court of Justice from 8 May 2003 until 29 November 2012, appointed by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and as Justice of the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil from 29 November 2012 until his death on 19 January 2017, having been appointed to the position...
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Vitória Strada

56. Vitória Strada

1996-. (aged 30)
model television actor actor reality television participant
Vitória Longaray Strada is a Brazilian actress and model.
Rosa Weber

57. Rosa Weber

1948-. (aged 78)
judge
Rosa Maria Pires Weber is a Brazilian magistrate, former justice and former president of the Supreme Federal Court, former president of the Superior Electoral Court and former justice of the Superior Labor Court.
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Humberto Gessinger

58. Humberto Gessinger

1963-. (aged 63)
pianist writer multi-instrumentalist bassist musician
Humberto Gessinger is best known as the musician, guitarist, and bassist from the Brazilian band Engenheiros do Hawaii.
Eduardo Bueno

59. Eduardo Bueno

1958-. (aged 68)
writer translator journalist
Eduardo Romulo Bueno, also known as Peninha, is a Brazilian journalist, writer, translator, and YouTuber. Initially working as a journalist at newspapers, he became known for his translation of books from English to Portuguese, and later for his books about various historical subjects. Beginning in the mid-2000s, he also began hosting educational shows and television programs about Brazilian history. He...
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Dilma Rousseff

60. Dilma Rousseff

1947-. (aged 79)
economist
Dilma Vana Rousseff is a Brazilian economist and politician who served as the 36th president of Brazil from 2011 until her impeachment and removal from office on 31 August 2016. She is the only woman to have held the Brazilian presidency to date. Since March 2023, she has been the chair of the New Development Bank. She also served in...
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Vilson Pedro Kleinübing

61. Vilson Pedro Kleinübing

1944-1998 (aged 54)
politician
Vilson Pedro Kleinübing was a Brazilian politician who served as Governor of Santa Catarina from 1991 until 1994.
Luiza Helena de Bairros

62. Luiza Helena de Bairros

1953-2016 (aged 63)
official politician sociologist
Luiza Helena de Bairros was a Brazilian administrator and sociologist. She was the chief minister of the Special Secretariat for Policies to Promote Racial Equality between 2011 and 2014.
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Ana Lucia Araujo

63. Ana Lucia Araujo

1971-. (aged 55)
historian writer
Ana Lucia Araujo is an American historian, art historian, author, and professor of history at Howard University. She is a member of the International Scientific Committee of the UNESCO Slave Route Project. Her scholarship focuses on the transnational history, public memory, visual culture, and heritage of slavery and the Atlantic slave trade.
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José Paulo Bisol

64. José Paulo Bisol

1928-2021 (aged 93)
politician
José Paulo Bisol was a Brazilian politician and judge. Bisol most notably served as the vice presidential running mate of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, known as Lula, in the 1989 presidential election. Bisol was originally set to serve as Lula's running mate in the 1994 presidential election, but was replaced by Aloizio Mercadante. Bisol was famous for being an...
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Jeferson Tenório

65. Jeferson Tenório

1977-. (aged 49)
writer playwright prose writer teacher
Jeferson Tenorio is a Brazilian writer. He was born in Rio de Janeiro and now lives in Porto Alegre. He obtained a PhD in Literary Theory from Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUC-RS). His stage texts and short stories have been translated into English and Spanish.
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Leona Cavalli

66. Leona Cavalli

1969-. (aged 57)
television actor stage actor actor film actor
Alleyona Canedo da Silva, known professionally as Leona Cavalli, is a Brazilian actress and stage director.
Marcia Tiburi

67. Marcia Tiburi

1970-. (aged 56)
writer novelist philosopher university teacher
Márcia Angelita Tiburi is a Brazilian plastic artist, professor of philosophy, literary critic, and writer. Her main areas of research are ethics, aesthetics, and the philosophy of knowledge.
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Lya Luft

68. Lya Luft

1938-2021 (aged 83)
poet writer translator prose writer novelist
Lya Fett Luft was a Brazilian writer and a prolific translator, working mostly in the English-Portuguese and the German-Portuguese language combinations.
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Patricia Pranke

69. Patricia Pranke

1967-. (aged 59)
university teacher biochemist
Patricia Helena Lucas Pranke is a Brazilian stem cell researcher at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul. Between 2003 and 2005, Pranke was one of two scientists who helped the Federal Government of Brazil write the National Biosafety Law, regulating research on human embryonic stem cells in Brazil.
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Luciana Genro

70. Luciana Genro

1971-. (aged 55)
lawyer politician
Luciana Krebs Genro is a Brazilian politician, state deputy and one of the founders of the Socialism and Freedom Party (PSOL). In 2014, she was the PSOL nominee for President of Brazil. She came in 4th place, receiving more than 1.6 million votes nationally. She is the daughter of Tarso Genro, a Workers' Party (PT) politician and former governor of...
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Ronaldo Nogueira

71. Ronaldo Nogueira

1966-. (aged 60)
politician
Ronaldo Nogueira de Oliveira is a Brazilian administrator, pastor of Assembly of God Church and politician, affiliated to the Brazilian Labor Party. Currently, is discharged federal deputy and minister of Labour and Social Security of Brazil since 12 May 2016, appointed by president Michel Temer.
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