Alex Canziani | |
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Federal Deputy for Paraná | |
In office 1 February 1999 – 31 January 2019 | |
Federal Deputy for Londrina | |
In office 1 January 1989 – 31 December 1995 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Londrina, Brazil | 11 June 1964
Political party | PTB |
Alex Canziani Silveira (born 11 June 1964) is a Brazilian politician as well as a lawyer and writer. He has spent his political career representing Paraná, having served in the state legislature from 1999 to 2019.[1]
Canziani is married to Ana Lúcia dos Santos Silveira, and has two children, a daughter named Luísa and a son Alex Jr. His daughter Luísa is also a politician, being elected to the lower legislature in 2018.[2] Canziani is an alumnus of the State University of Londrina, and also briefly served as part of the university faculty in from 1990 to 1991.[1]
Canziani voted in favor of the impeachment motion of then-president Dilma Rousseff.[3] He voted in favor raising the spending ceiling of Brazil's government and the 2017 Brazilian labor reforms[4] Canziani voted against opening a similar corruption investigation into Rousseff's successor Michel Temer.[5]
After serving in the federal chamber of deputies for 5 consecutive terms, he was succeeded by his daughter in 2019.[2]