Lasier Martins

Lasier Martins
Senator for Rio Grande do Sul
In office
1 February 2015 – 1 February 2023
Second Vice President of the Federal Senate
In office
6 February 2019 – 1 February 2021
PresidentDavi Alcolumbre
Preceded byJoão Alberto de Souza
Succeeded byRomário Faria
Personal details
Born (1942-04-14) 14 April 1942 (age 82)
General Câmara, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Political partyPODE (2019–present)
Other political
affiliations
  • PDT (2013–2016)
  • PSD (2016–2019)
ProfessionJournalist

Lasier Costa Martins (born 14 April 1942) is a Brazilian politician and journalist. He had represented Rio Grande do Sul in the Federal Senate from 2015 to 2023.[1]

In 2006, a video was uploaded on YouTube of Martins receiving an electric shock while examining grapes at the Grape Festival in Caxias do Sul in 1996.[2]

  1. ^ "Senador Lasier Martins". Federal Senate. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  2. ^ Juliana Carpanez (21 March 2007). "'YouTube não tem graça', diz vítima das uvas". G1. Retrieved 14 August 2015.