Talíria Petrone Explained

Talíria Petrone
Office:Federal Deputy from Rio de Janeiro
Term Start:1 February 2019
Office1:Chamber PSOL Leader
Term Start1:3 February 2021
Predecessor1:Sâmia Bomfim
Office2:City Councillor for Niterói
Term Start2:1 January 2017
Term End2:1 February 2019
Birth Name:Talíria Petrone Soares
Birth Date:9 April 1985
Birth Place:Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Party:PSOL (2011–present)
Profession:Teacher

Talíria Petrone Soares (born 9 April 1985) is a Brazilian politician. She has spent her political career representing Rio de Janeiro, having served as federal deputy representative since 2019.[1]

Personal life

Petrone is the daughter of a musician and a teacher. She graduated with a degree in history from the Rio de Janeiro State University and with a master's degree in social work from Fluminense Federal University. Prior to entering politics, she worked as a public school teacher.[2]

She identifies as an Afro-Brazilian, socialist, feminist, and supportive of LGBT rights.[3] She was a close friend and inspired by late politician and activist Marielle Franco.[4]

Political career

Petrone was the most voted candidate in the 2016 election for the council of Niterói, receiving 5,121 votes.[5] In the 2018 election Petrone was the eighth most voted candidate in the state of Rio de Janeiro, with 107,317, being elected to the federal chamber of deputies.[6] Petrone said that she received threats from opposition supporters.[7] In June 2019 Brazilian civil police made arrest in a plot to assassinate Petrone, which was being hatched and planned from a dark web platform starting in 2018.[8]

In March 2022 Petrone was amongst 151 international feminists signing Feminist Resistance Against War: A Manifesto, in solidarity with the Feminist Anti-War Resistance initiated by Russian feminists after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Talíria Petrone – Biografia. Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil. Portuguese. 15 March 2019.
  2. Web site: Talíria Petrone – Profile. Portuguese. 15 March 2019. PSOL. 10 February 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200210012108/http://psolrj.org.br/parlamentar/taliria-petrone/. dead.
  3. Web site: Feminista e negra, Talíria Petrone é a vereadora mais votada de Niterói. EXTRA Globo. Portuguese. 4 October 2017. 15 March 2019.
  4. Web site: 'Irmã de vida' de Marielle e ameaçada de morte: a vereadora mais votada de Niterói. BBC in Portuguese. Portuguese. 21 March 2018. 15 March 2019.
  5. Web site: A herdeira de Marielle Franco. Paulo. Cappelli. O Dia. 26 April 2018. 15 March 2019. Portuguese.
  6. Web site: 'Efeito Marielle': candidatas ligadas à ex-vereadora são eleitas deputadas. Nicolás. Satriano. Gabriel. Barreira. Globo. 8 November 2018. 15 March 2019. Portuguese.
  7. Web site: "Merece uma 9 mm na nuca", apesar das ameaças, Talíria Petrone não recua. Portuguese. 2 April 2018. 15 March 2019. Juliana. Gonçalves. Brazil de Facto.
  8. Web site: Amiga de Marielle, deputada Talíria Petrone volta a sofrer ameaças de morte. Portuguese. Roberta. Jansen. 27 June 2019. 3 January 2020. UOL.
  9. Web site: Feminist Resistance Against War: A Manifesto . 17 March 2022 . Specter Journal . 31 March 2022 .