Eduardo Girão | |
Office: | Senator for Ceará |
Term Start: | 1 February 2019 |
Office1: | Chairman of Fortaleza Esporte Clube |
Term Start1: | June 2017 |
Term End1: | December 2017 |
Predecessor1: | Marcello Desidério |
Successor1: | Marcelo Paz |
Birth Name: | Luís Eduardo Grangeiro Girão |
Birth Date: | 25 September 1972 |
Birth Place: | Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil |
Party: | NOVO (2023–present) |
Luís Eduardo Grangeiro Girão (born 25 September 1972) more commonly known as Eduardo Girão is a Brazilian politician as well as a businessman and football club president. He has spent his political career representing Ceará, having served as federal senator since 2019.[1]
Religiously, Girão considers himself as spiritualist,[2] and was one of the biggest supporters in the establishment of the "National Day of Spiritism" as a federal holiday, which is on April 18, the date of publication of "The Book of Spirits" by Allan Kardec.[3]
In 2017 Girão was elected chairman of the Fortaleza Esporte Clube.[4]
Girão was elected to the federal senate in the 2018 Brazilian general election.[5] In 2019 Girão switched to the Podemos party.[6]
In 2023, he switched to the New Party (NOVO).[7]