José Genoíno

José Genoino Guimarães Neto (born May 3, 1946) is a Brazilian politician.

Born in Quixeramobim in the state of Ceará,[1] he fought as a guerrilla in one of the movements against the Brazilian military leaders Emílio Garrastazu Médici and Ernesto Geisel who ruled Brazil in the seventies. Ultimately, he was given amnesty,[2] and elected as a congressman for São Paulo, serving between 1982 and 2002.[3] At the end of 2002, he was elected president of the Brazilian Workers Party.[4]

References

  1. ^ Couto, Ronaldo Costa; Aécio Neves (1999). Memória viva do regime militar: Brasil, 1964-1985. Editora Record. p. 221. ISBN 9788501055811. http://books.google.com/books?id=iPYrAAAAYAAJ. Retrieved 4 April 2011. 
  2. ^ Robb, Peter (1 May 2005). A Death in Brazil: A Book of Omissions. Macmillan. p. 137. ISBN 9780312424879. 
  3. ^ Siavelis, Peter; Scott Morgenstern (2008). Pathways to power: political recruitment and candidate selection in Latin America. Penn State Press. p. 235. ISBN 9780271033754. http://books.google.com/books?id=HyuiBXoFd1wC&pg=PA235. Retrieved 4 April 2011. 
  4. ^ Robb (2005), p. 302.
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