Clara Ant | |
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Personal details | |
Born | La Paz, Bolivia | 7 February 1948
Residence | Brazil |
Clara Levin Ant (born 7 February 1948) is a Bolivian architect and political activist in Brazil.[1]
She started her political activity in the Trotskyist movement Liberdade e Luta but later moved to the centre left. Ant has been an activist of the Brazilian Partido dos Trabalhadores since its onset and was the party's treasurer before been elected a parliamentarian in 1986.[citation needed] Later she became involved in the Executive branch of government as a regional administrator in the city of São Paulo under Marta Suplicy. She served as the Personal Assistant to Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. She played a role communicating between Lula / PT and the Brazilian Jewish community.[2][3]