Tião Viana

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Tião Viana
Governor of Acre
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 1, 2011
Preceded by Binho Marques
Personal details
Born February 9, 1961
Rio Branco, Acre
Political party Workers' Party

Sebastião Afonso Viana Macedo Neves, better known as Tião Viana (Rio Branco, February 9, 1961), is a doctor and Brazilian politician. He is currently Governor of Acre, by Worker's Party of Brazil.

Viana earned his doctorate degree in tropical medicine at the University of Brasília. He began political career began in 1998 when he was elected to the Senate of Brazil. He was re-elected in 2006 to a second eight-year term, with 88.76% of the popular vote. Viana has proposed ten amendments to the Constitution of Brazil, most of them related to health issues. He and his wife Marlúcia have three children.[1] In 2010, Tião was elected Governor of Acre with 28.9% of popular votes, defeating two seniors disputing the Governor of Acre.

Notes

  1. "Presidente do Senado, Tião Viana é doutor em medicina tropical" (in Portuguese). Globo.com. 12 October 2007. Retrieved 2009-04-11. 

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