| Márcio Bittar | |
| Office: | Senator for Acre |
| Term Start: | 1 February 2019 |
| Predecessor: | Jorge Viana |
| Office1: | Federal Deputy from Acre |
| Term Start1: | February 1, 2011 |
| Term End1: | January 31, 2019 |
| Term Start2: | 1 February 1999 |
| Term End2: | 1 February 2003 |
| Office3: | State Deputy of Acre |
| Term Start3: | 1 January 1995 |
| Term End3: | 1 January 1999 |
| Birth Date: | 28 June 1963 |
| Birth Place: | Franca, SP, Brazil |
| Party: | UNIÃO (2022–present)[1] |
| Profession: | Farmer, political scientist |
Márcio Miguel Bittar (born 28 June 1963) is a Brazilian politician. Although born in São Paulo, he has spent his political career representing Acre, serving as federal senator since 2019.[2] He was previously served in the chamber of deputies from 1991 to 2003 and from 2011 to 2015, and served in the state legislature from 1995 to 1999.[3]
Bittar was born in Franca to Mamédio Bittar and Manife Miguel Bittar.[3] He grew up in Cuiabá and Jauru in the state of Mato Grosso.[4] In his youth he was part of several militant leftist communist and socialists groups, but in his university years he joined the center-right PMDB.[4] Bittar is married to Márcia Bittar, and is the father of 4 children and as of 2018 lives in Rio Branco. Before becoming a politician he worked as a farmer,[3] and political scientist.[4]
Bittar served as state deputy in the state legislature of Acre from 1995 to 1999.[5] He was then elected to and served in the Chamber of Deputies for three consecutive terms from 1991 to 2003.[3] From 1997 to 2003 he was the vice-leader of the Popular Socialist Party in the federal legislature.[5] [3]
Bittar returned to the lower house for one term from 2011 to 2014, but elected not to run for re-election but instead run for governor of Acre. In the second round of the 2014 election though he narrowly lost by around 10,000 votes to eventual winner Tião Viana.[6]
In 2017 after having disagreements with his then political party the PSDB, Bittar rejoined the PMDB.[7] In the 2018 Brazilian general election Bittar was elected to the federal senate, coincidentally beating Viana who was also running for a seat in the senate.[8]
Despite his early left-wing involvement, today politically Bittar is considered strongly economically liberal and socially conservative. Ideologically Bittar identifies himself as a liberal conservative.[9] Highly critical of the Workers' Party's handling of the economy, Bittar was a vocal supporter of limiting government spending and the 2017 Brazil labor reform.[10] Bittar was a supporter of Jair Bolsonaro's presidential campaign, who in turn endorsed Bittar in his senate race.[11]