Luiza Erundina

Luiza Erundina
Erundina in 2016
Federal Deputy from São Paulo
Assumed office
1 February 1999
Secretary of the Federal Administration
In office
28 February 1993 – 20 May 1993
PresidentItamar Franco
Preceded byOsiris de Azevedo Lopes Filho
Succeeded byRomildo Canhim
Mayor of São Paulo
In office
1 January 1989 – 1 January 1993
Vice MayorLuiz Eduardo Greenhalgh
Preceded byJânio Quadros
Succeeded byPaulo Maluf
State Deputy of São Paulo
In office
15 March 1987 – 1 January 1989
City Councillor of São Paulo
In office
15 March 1983 – 15 March 1986
Personal details
Born
Luiza Erundina de Sousa

(1934-11-30) 30 November 1934 (age 89)
Uiraúna, Paraíba, Brazil
Political partyPSOL (2016–present)
Other political
affiliations
  • PT (1980–93)
  • PSB (1993–2016)
Alma materFederal University of Paraíba
ProfessionSocial worker

Luiza Erundina de Sousa (Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: [luˈizɐ eɾũˈdʒinɐ dʒi ˈsowzɐ]; November 30, 1934) is a Brazilian politician, born in Uiraúna, a small city in the interior of the Brazilian state of Paraíba.