Adriana Accorsi
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Adriana Accorsi | |
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| Federal deputy of Goiás | |
| Assumed office 1 February 2023 | |
| State deputy of Goiás | |
| In office 1 February 2015 – 1 February 2023 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Adriana Sauthier Accorsi 17 March 1973 Itapuranga, Goiás, Brasil |
| Party | PT (1990–present) |
| Spouse | Fábio Fazzion |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Federal University of Goiás |
Adriana Sauthier Accorsi (born 17 March 1973), also known as Delegada Adriana Accorsi, is a Brazilian jurist, lawyer, police chief, union leader, and politician affiliated with the Workers' Party (PT). She is also an activist for the rights of women, children, and adolescents. She was the first woman to become a police chief in the state of Goiás. She is currently a federal deputy from Goiás, and is a member of important commissions such as Public Safety and Combating Organized Crime in the Federal Chamber of Deputies.[1][2]
Early years
Accorsi was born on 17 March 1973 in Itapuranga. Her father was teacher and former mayor of Goiânia Darci Accorsi, and Lucide Verônica Sauthier Accorsi. Her parents moved from Rio Grande do Sul to Goiás prior to her being born.[1] She has been acquainted with party activism since she was a child.[3] In the 1990s, she became active in political action with the youth wing of the PT, including as president.
She graduated with a law degree from Federal University of Goiás (UFG) and specialized in criminal sciences and public safety management.
Accorsi became a lawyer, only resigning when she was chosen to be the police chief of the State of Goiá in 1999.[4] She worked with the police departments of cities such as Bela Vista, Cristianópolis, Nazário, and Turvânia, among others.[1]
She is married to philosopher Fábio Fazzion, with whom they have two daughters, Verônica and Helena.
Professional career
In 2003, Accorsi was promoted to titular chief of the Department of the Protection of Children and Adolescents (DPCA), where she stayed for 8 years, investigating and solving crimes, many of them considered to be heinous and that had repercussions throughout Brazil.[5][6]
In 2011, she became the Superintendent of Human Rights of the Secretary of Public Safety of Goiás (SSP-GO) and had, as her first objective, to monitor investigations pertaining to death squads that had been responsible for hundreds of deaths and dozens of disappearances.[3] In November of that year, she was invited to become the police chief of the Civil Police of the State, the first woman to occupy the post.
On 29 November 2011, she was officially inaugurated as police chief of the Civil Police. Those who attended the ceremony included the newly appointed Commander General of the Military Police, Coronel Edson Costa, Promoter of Justice Tito Amaral, among other police authorities and representatives of the judiciary, legislative assembly, members of the press and other segments of civil society. At the end of the ceremony, Accorsi was paid tribute to by the corporation with the release of rose petals from helicopters by the Civil Police.[7]
Soon enough in the following year, she became the Municipal Secretary of Social Defense, where she also became the chief of the Metropolitan Civil Guard, which has the right to arms for the protection of goods, services and municipal installations, according to what is outlined in the Federal Constitution.[7][8]
She is the current head of the Special Class Police division of the Civil Police of the State of Goiás.