Luiz Eduardo Greenhalgh Explained

Luiz Eduardo Greenhalgh
Office:Federal Deputy from São Paulo
Term Start:January 2, 1997
Term End:February 1, 2007
Office1:Vice Mayor of São Paulo
Term Start1:January 1, 1989
Term End1:January 1, 1993
1Blankname1:Mayor
1Namedata1:Luiza Erundina
Predecessor1:Artur Alves Pinto
Successor1:Sólon Borges dos Reis
Birth Name:Luiz Eduardo Rodrigues Greenhalgh
Birth Date:11 April 1948
Birth Place:São Paulo, Brazil
Party:PT (1980–present)
Otherparty:MDB (1974–79)
Occupation:Lawyer
Statesman

Luiz Eduardo Greenhalgh is a Brazilian politician and one of the founders of the Workers' Party (PT). He also was the attorney of the Landless Workers' Movement (MST).[1] A founding member of PT, Greenhalgh was affiliated 1974–1980 to the Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB), the party that previously represented the civilian opposition to the dictatorship. He was federal deputy for São Paulo and vice mayor of São Paulo in the government of Luiza Erundina (1989–1993).[2] He participated in the creation of a special committee, the Brazilian Committee of Solidarity with the Peoples of Latin America in 1980.

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  1. http://fmst.typepad.com/fmst/page/14/ Jerônimo Amorim Has Been Sentenced to Nineteen Years in Prison
  2. http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Security-Industry/2005/02/01/Analysis-Will-21st-century-belong-to-Brazil/18031107293475/ Analysis: Will 21st century belong to Brazil?