| Marcelo Freixo | |
| Office: | Chair of the Brazilian Tourist Board |
| Term Start: | 12 January 2023 |
| President: | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva |
| Minister: | Daniela Carneiro Celso Sabino |
| Predecessor: | Gilson Machado Neto |
| Office1: | Member of the Chamber of Deputies |
| Term Start1: | 1 February 2019 |
| Term End1: | 12 January 2023 |
| Constituency1: | Rio de Janeiro |
| Term Start2: | 24 March 2021 |
| Term End2: | 16 February 2022 |
| Predecessor2: | José Guimarães |
| Successor2: | Alencar Santana --> |
| Office3: | State Deputy of Rio de Janeiro |
| Term Start3: | 1 January 2007 |
| Term End3: | 1 January 2019 |
| Constituency3: | At-large |
| Birth Name: | Marcelo Ribeiro Freixo |
| Birth Date: | 12 April 1967 |
| Birth Place: | São Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil[1] |
| Party: | PT (1986–2005; 2023–present) |
| Children: | 2 |
| Alma Mater: | Fluminense Federal University (BA) |
Marcelo Ribeiro Freixo (pronounced as /pt/) is a Brazilian politician and teacher affiliated to the Workers' Party (PT). He had served as a federal deputy for the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB), and was formerly chairman of the Defence of Human Rights and Citizenship Commission on the Rio de Janeiro Legislative Assembly.[2]
Freixo gained national attention when he presided over a parliamentary inquiry commission on police militias in Rio de Janeiro, having a character inspired on him in the Brazilian film , directed by José Padilha.[3] [4]
He ran for mayor of Rio de Janeiro twice, in 2012 and 2016, having as vice-mayor candidate on the ticket in 2016 the lawyer and professor at UFRJ Luciana Boiteux. He ended in second in both the run-offs, losing the first to Eduardo Paes from PMDB, and the second to the PRB candidate Marcelo Crivella.[5] [6]
On 16 June 2021, Freixo left PSOL for PSB, in preparation for the 2022 Rio de Janeiro gubernatorial election.[7] He left the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB) and joined the Workers' Party (PT) in January 2023.[8]
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