| José Genoino | |
| Office: | National President of the Workers' Party |
| Term Start: | December 7, 2002 |
| Term End: | July 9, 2005 |
| Predecessor: | José Dirceu |
| Successor: | Tarso Genro |
| Birth Date: | 1946 5, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Quixeramobim, Ceará, Brazil |
| Party: | Workers' Party |
José Genoino Neto (born 3 May 1946) is a Brazilian politician and former guerrilla fighter.
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.
. Peter Robb (author). A Death in Brazil: A Book of Omissions. 1 May 2005. Macmillan. 978-0-312-42487-9. 137.