Chico Alencar

Chico Alencar
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 February 2023
ConstituencyRio de Janeiro
In office
1 February 2003 – 1 February 2019
ConstituencyRio de Janeiro
Councillor of Rio de Janeiro
In office
1 January 2021 – 1 February 2023
ConstituencyAt-large
In office
1 January 1989 – 1 January 1997
ConstituencyAt-large
State Deputy of Rio de Janeiro
In office
1 January 1999 – 1 January 2003
ConstituencyAt-large
Personal details
Born
Francisco Rodrigues de Alencar Filho

(1949-10-19) 19 October 1949 (age 75)
Rio de Janeiro, Federal District, Brazil
Political partyPSOL (2005–present)
Other political
affiliations
  • MDB (1974–76)
  • PT (1987–2005)
Parents
  • Francisco Rodrigues de Alencar (father)
  • Jacintha Garcia Duarte (mother)
Alma materFluminense Federal University
Getulio Vargas Foundation
Websitechicoalencar.com.br

Francisco Rodrigues de Alencar Filho, known as Chico Alencar (born 19 October 1949), is a Brazilian politician, historian, and writer, affiliated with the Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL).

Alencar was first elected as a Councillor, representing the city of Rio de Janeiro for two consecutive terms (1989-92 and 1993-97). He was also elected as a state deputy, representing the state of Rio de Janeiro at the Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro for a single term (1999-2003) and as a federal deputy representing the state of Rio de Janeiro at the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil for four consecutive terms (2003-07; 2007-11; 2011-15 and 2015-19).[1]

He left the Workers' Party (PT) in 2005, along with one of his partners Plínio de Arruda Sampaio, after the expulsion of Luciana Genro, Heloísa Helena and Babá from the party.[2] He was elected by journalists, five times in a row, the best federal deputy of Brazil, receiving the Prêmio Congresso em Foco (Congress in Focus Prize) award.[3] On 17 April 2016, he voted against the opening of the impeachment process of former president Dilma Rousseff.[4]

He was again elected as a Councillor of Rio de Janeiro on 2020 Rio de municipal election with 49,422 votes,[5] staying in office at the Municipal Chamber of Rio de Janeiro for two years (2021-23) until he was reelected for a fifth term as a federal deputy on 2022 Rio de Janeiro state elections, with 115,023 votes.[6]

  1. ^ "Biografia do(a) Deputado(a) Federal CHICO ALENCAR". Portal da Câmara dos Deputados (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  2. ^ Mignone, Ricardo (14 December 2003). "PT expulsa radicais do partido" (in Portuguese). Folha de S. Paulo. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Para os jornalistas, Chico Alencar é o melhor deputado do país" (in Portuguese). Congresso em Foco. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  4. ^ Rosa, Vera (18 April 2017). "Chico Alencar diz que impeachment serve de lição para a esquerda" (in Portuguese). Estadão. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Veja os vereadores eleitos na cidade do Rio". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 16 November 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  6. ^ "Rio de Janeiro: veja lista dos deputados federais eleitos em 2022". noticias.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 23 January 2023.