| Paulo Teixeira | |
| Birthname: | Luiz Paulo Teixeira Ferreira |
| Office: | Minister of Agrarian Development[1] |
| President: | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva |
| Predecessor: | Patrus Ananias (in 2015; office re-established) |
| Term Start: | 1 January 2023 |
| Office1: | Federal Deputy for São Paulo |
| Term Start1: | 1 February 2007 |
| Office2: | Vereador for São Paulo |
| Term Start2: | 1 January 2005 |
| Term End2: | 31 January 2007 |
| Office3: | State Deputy for São Paulo |
| Term Start3: | 15 March 1995 |
| Term End3: | 31 December 2000 |
| Birth Date: | 6 May 1961 |
| Birth Place: | Águas da Prata, SP, Brazil |
| Party: | PT |
| Spouse: | Alice Mieko Yamaguchi |
Luiz Paulo Teixeira Ferreira (born 6 May 1961), known as Paulo Teixeira, a Brazilian politician, lawyer, and professor who belongs to the Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT, or Workers’ Party). He is currently a federal deputy in the lower house of the Brazilian Parliament, where he served as PT party leader in 2011
Teixeira, who is a brother of State Representative Luiz Fernando Teixeira, received a Master of Science in Constitutional Law from the University of São Paulo.
Teixeira was a São Paulo state deputy twice, in 1994-1995 and 1998–2000. From 2001 to 2004 he served as Municipal Secretary of Habitation and Human Development in the municipality of São Paulo; from 2003 to 2004 he was Chief Executive Officer of the Metropolitan Housing Company of São Paulo (COHAB); and from 2004 to 2007 he was a city councilman in São Paulo. He was elected a federal deputy in 2006, taking office in 2007, and was re-elected to Parliament in 2010.[2]
He was a candidate for president of PT in 2013. He supports political reform and was critical of PT's then alliance with the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB).[3]
He was supportive of ex-president Lula when he was questioned and tried in connection with the scandal known as Operation Car Wash.[4]
In a 2015 op-ed for O Globo, Teixeira praised then president Dilma Rousseff for vetoing corporate financing of election campaigns and political parties, saying that by doing so she had shown “deep respect for democracy.”[5]