José Genoíno

Brazilian politician

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José Genoino


National President of the Workers' Party
In office December 7, 2002 – July 9, 2005
Preceded by	José Dirceu
Succeeded by	Tarso Genro

Personal details
Born	(1946-05-03) 3 May 1946 (age 77) Quixeramobim, Ceará, Brazil
Political party	Workers' Party

José Genoino Neto (born 3 May 1946) is a Brazilian politician and former guerrilla fighter.

Biography

Born in Quixeramobim in the state of Ceará,^[1] he fought as a guerrilla in one of the movements against the Brazilian military leaders Artur da Costa e Silva, Emílio Garrastazu Médici and Ernesto Geisel who ruled Brazil in the seventies. Ultimately, he was given amnesty,^[2] and elected as a congressman for São Paulo, serving between 1982 and 2002.^[3] At the end of 2002, he was elected president of the Brazilian Workers Party.^[4] In 2012, he was found guilty of corruption in one of the largest corruption scandals case by the Brazilian Supreme Court and, as of 2014, is under house arrest.

References

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^ Couto, Ronaldo Costa; Aécio Neves (1999). Memória viva do regime militar: Brasil, 1964-1985. Editora Record. p. 221. ISBN 978-85-01-05581-1. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
^ Robb, Peter (1 May 2005). A Death in Brazil: A Book of Omissions. Macmillan. p. 137. ISBN 978-0-312-42487-9.
^ Siavelis, Peter; Scott Morgenstern (2008). Pathways to power: political recruitment and candidate selection in Latin America. Penn State Press. p. 235. ISBN 978-0-271-03375-4. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
^ Robb (2005), p. 302.