Jorge Viana

Brazilian engineer and politician

Jorge Viana
President of ApexBrasil
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 January 2023
PresidentLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded byAugusto Pestana
Senator for Acre
In office
1 February 2011 – 1 February 2019
Governor of Acre
In office
1 January 1999 – 1 January 2007
Vice GovernorÉdison Cadaxo
Binho Marques
Preceded byOrleir Cameli
Succeeded byBinho Marques
Mayor of Rio Branco
In office
1 January 1993 – 1 January 1997
Preceded byJorge Kalume
Succeeded byMauri Sérgio
Personal details
Born
Jorge Ney Viana Macedo Neves

(1959-09-20) 20 September 1959 (age 64)
Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil
Political partyPT (1980–present)
RelativesTião Viana (brother)
Alma materUniversity of Brasília (BS)
ProfessionForest engineer
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Jorge Viana (born September 20, 1959) is a Brazilian engineer and politician. He has represented Acre in the Federal Senate since 2011. Previously, he was Governor of Acre from 1999 to 2007. He is a member of the Workers' Party.[1] After Renan Calheiros lost the presidency of the Senate, Viana is now the president of the Brazilian Senate.[2]

He opposed the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff.[3]

Viana is also a member of Washington D.C. based think tank, The Inter-American Dialogue.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Senador Jorge Viana". Federal Senate. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Ministro do STF afasta Renan Calheiros da presidência do Senado". 5 December 2016.
  3. ^ Gomez, Alan (10 August 2016). "Brazilian Senate approves impeachment trial for Dilma Rousseff". USA Today. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  4. ^ "Inter-American Dialogue | Jorge Viana". www.thedialogue.org. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
Political offices
Preceded by Mayor of Rio Branco
1993–1997
Succeeded by
Mauri Sérgio
Preceded by Governor of Acre
1999–2007
Succeeded by
Business positions
Preceded by
Augusto Pestana
President of ApexBrasil
2023–present
Incumbent


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