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Lindbergh Farias
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Assumed office
1 February 2023
ConstituencyRio de Janeiro
In office
1 February 2003 – 21 December 2004
ConstituencyRio de Janeiro
In office
1 February 1995 – 1 February 1999
ConstituencyRio de Janeiro
Member of the Municipal Chamber of Rio de Janeiro
In office
1 January 2021 – 1 February 2023
ConstituencyAt-large
Senator for Rio de Janeiro
In office
1 February 2011 – 1 February 2019
Preceded byRégis Fichtner
Succeeded byFlávio Bolsonaro
Mayor of Nova Iguaçu
In office
1 January 2005 – 31 March 2010
Vice MayorSheila Gama
Preceded byMário Marques
Succeeded bySheila Gama
President of the National Union of Students
In office
1992–1993
Preceded byPatricia de Angelis
Succeeded byFernando Gusmão
Personal details
Born
Luiz Lindbergh Farias Filho

(1969-12-08) 8 December 1969 (age 54)
João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil
Political partyPT (2001–present)
Other political
affiliations
Spouse
Maria Antonia Goulart
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​
(m. 1994; div. 2018)​
Domestic partnerGleisi Hoffmann (2020–present)
Children
  • Lindbergh Neto (b. 1996)
  • Beatriz (b. 2010)
  • Marina (b. 2012)

Luiz Lindbergh Farias Filho, commonly known only as Lindbergh Farias (born 8 December 1969), is a Brazilian former student union leader and politician.[1]

Lindberg became famous as student leader, specially in 1992, when he was president of the National Union of Students (UNE) and one of the main leaders of the student movement Caras-Pintadas (Painted Faces) against the then president Fernando Collor de Mello, who was his ally before Lindberg's political career.[2][3][4] Farias attended Medicine and Law colleges, but never got a degree.[5]

After leaving the student movement, he was elect Federal Deputy for two legislatures. He was also elect and re-elect Mayor of Nova Iguaçu, in Baixada Fluminense. In 2010, Lindbergh was elect Senator for Rio de Janeiro.

In 2014, he ran for Governor of Rio de Janeiro for the Workers' Party (PT),[6] when he placed 4th, with 10% of the valid votes.[7]

Early years

Childhood

He was born on 8 December 1969 in João Pessoa, capital of Paraíba. Farias is son of the doctor Luiz Lindbergh Farias and the university professor Ana Maria. He was named after his father, a tribute to the grandfather of the American aviator Charles Lindbergh, who was the first man to cross the Atlantic Ocean in 1927.

Lindbergh spent his childhood in Paraíba, along with his siblings Fred, Rodrigo and Georgiana.

Student movement

His grandfather was a Communist Party voter. His father studied in Rio de Janeiro and was National Vice President of the Nationals Union of Students in 1961. According to himself, Lindbergh grew up reading about the left-wing thinking and, at the age of 14, considered himself a socialist. At 16, joined Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB), where he acted in the youth wing, being elect National President of the Union of the Socialist Youth (UJS) a few years later.

At 17, began his studies in Medicine at Federal University of Paraíba. In 1990, joined, upon submission to selection by the entrance exam, in the Law course, and joined the Students' Central Directory (DCE).[8] At 21, Farias was elect Secretary-General of the National Union of Students and moved to São Paulo.[5]

In 1992, Lindbergh Fariais was elect president of UNE, marking the beginning of his political career. In that year, he met the unionist and metalworker Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Painted Faces

As he became president of UNE, moved to Rio de Janeiro and, in the student movement, led the historical movement of the "Painted Faces" in 1992, which contributed for the impeachment of the then president Fernando Collor de Mello.[9]

In an interview to Folha de S.Paulo, Lindbergh said: "We left the museum, walked through Avenida Paulista, went down to Avenida Brigadeiro Luiz Antônio and finished in front of the Law School of USP, in Largo São Francisco".[10]

Political career

Lindbergh was elect Federal Deputy for the Communist Party of Brazil in the 1994 elections, being the left-wing candidate most voted. In 1996, he was elect National President of the Union of the Socialist Youth. Adhered to the trotskyism in 1997 and joined the Unified Workers' Socialist Party (PSTU). In the Chamber of Deputies, opposed the government of Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB).

References

  1. ^ Clemente, Isabel (6 September 2011). ""Não mudaria nada em Beatriz", diz Lindbergh Farias, sobre a filha Down" (in Portuguese). Época. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  2. ^ Góes, Bruno (6 March 2015). "Ex-cara pintada e ex-presidente se encontram na Lava-Jato" (in Portuguese). O Globo. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  3. ^ Borges, Rodolfo (7 March 2015). "Duas décadas atrás, "cara-pintada" e ex-presidente partilham escândalo" (in Portuguese). El País. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  4. ^ "'Aliados', Lindbergh e Collor estão na lista" (in Portuguese). O Tempo. 6 March 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Leia a transcrição da entrevista de Lindbergh Farias à Folha e ao UOL" (in Portuguese). Folha de S. Paulo. 24 June 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  6. ^ Amorim, Daniela (18 January 2014). "PT aprova Lindbergh Farias como candidato a governador do Rio" (in Portuguese). Estadão. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  7. ^ "PT-RJ promete apoio a Marcelo Crivella" (in Portuguese). R7. 7 October 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  8. ^ "Quatro em cada dez senadores representam Estados diferentes de onde nasceram" (in Portuguese). R7. 15 March 2013. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  9. ^ Rezende, Tatiane (30 July 2007). "UNE 70 Anos: "Fora Collor: o grito da juventuda da cara-pintada"" (in Portuguese). União Nacional dos Estudantes. Archived from the original on 3 September 2007. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  10. ^ Preite Sobrinho, Wanderley (30 April 2008). "Saiba mais sobre os caras-pintadas" (in Portuguese). Folha de S. Paulo. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
Educational offices Preceded byPatrícia de Angelis President of UNE 1992–1993 Succeeded byFernando Gusmão Political offices Preceded byMário Marques Mayor of Nova Iguaçu 2005–2010 Succeeded bySheila Gama Federal Senate Preceded byGleisi Hoffmann Chairman of the Senate Economic Affairs Committee 2013–2015 Succeeded byDelcídio do Amaral Senate PT Leader 2017–2019 Succeeded byHumberto Costa Party political offices Preceded byVladimir Palmeira(2006) PT nominee for Governor of Rio de Janeiro 2014 Succeeded byMarcia Tiburi
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