Aloysio Nunes
| Aloysio Nunes | |
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| Aloysio Nunes at the Federal Senate | |
| Member of the Federal Senate from São Paulo | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 1 February 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Aloízio Mercadante |
| Minister of Justice | |
| In office 14 November 2001 – 3 April 2002 | |
| President | Fernando Henrique Cardoso |
| Preceded by | José Gregori |
| Succeeded by | Miguel Reale Júnior |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 1 February 1995 – 1 February 2007 | |
| Constituency | São Paulo |
| Lieutenant Governor of São Paulo | |
| In office 1 January 1991 – 1 January 1995 | |
| Governor | Luiz Antônio Fleury Filho |
| Preceded by | Almino Afonso |
| Succeeded by | Geraldo Alckmin |
| Member of a State Legislature | |
| In office 1 February 1983 – 1 January 1991 | |
| Constituency | São Paulo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 April 1945 São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil |
| Nationality | Brazilian |
| Political party | PSDB |
| Spouse(s) | Gisele Nunes |
| Alma mater | University of São Paulo |
| Profession | Lawyer, politician |
Aloysio Nunes Ferreira Filho (São José do Rio Preto, 5 April 1945) is a Brazilian lawyer, politician and current senator.
Biography
Aloysio Nunes attended the University of São Paulo Law School in the 1960s when he got involved into politics, associated with the Brazilian Communist Party. During the military dictatorship he participated in protest robberies and mugging. Later he was exiled in Paris, France.
In 1979 he was able to return to Brazilian soil due to the Amnesty Law, that pardoned the oppositionist political militants. He defiliated from the Brazilian Communist Party and joined the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party. In 1982 he was elected deputy in São Paulo. The dictatorship ended in 1985.
Political career
In 1990 he was elected vice governor of São Paulo. He governed the state in a few occasions, when the governor was travelling or in each case, absent.
He was candidate for mayor of the city of São Paulo in 1992, but lost to Paulo Maluf.
He was elected federal deputy in 1994. In 1997 he left the party and joined the Brazilian Social Democracy Party. He was a special aide to president Fernando Henrique Cardoso and later his minister of justice.
He worked in the governments of José Serra in the city and the state of São Paulo.
In 2010 he was elected the senator with the highest amount of votes in the history of Brazil, with astonishing 11.189.168 votes (30.4%).
He was the candidate to the vice presidency in the 2014 presidential elections in Aécio Neves's ticket. Together they had obtained slightly more than 51 million votes, however they lost the elections by a slight margin to Dilma Rousseff, from the Workers' Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores - PT).