Marcelo Freixo
Brazilian politician and teacher
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Marcelo Ribeiro Freixo ([maʁˈsɛlu ʁiˈbejɾu ˈfɾejʃu]) is a Brazilian politician and teacher affiliated to the Workers' Party (PT). He had served as a federal deputy for the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB), and was formerly chairman of the Defence of Human Rights and Citizenship Commission on the Rio de Janeiro Legislative Assembly.[2]
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Celso Sabino
Marcelo Freixo | |
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Freixo in 2022 | |
| Chair of the Brazilian Tourist Board | |
| Assumed office 12 January 2023 | |
| President | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva |
| Minister | Daniela Carneiro Celso Sabino |
| Preceded by | Gilson Machado Neto |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 1 February 2019 – 12 January 2023 | |
| Constituency | Rio de Janeiro |
| State Deputy of Rio de Janeiro | |
| In office 1 January 2007 – 1 January 2019 | |
| Constituency | At-large |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Marcelo Ribeiro Freixo 12 April 1967 |
| Party | PT (1986–2005; 2023–present) |
| Other political affiliations | |
| Spouse |
Antonia Pellegrino (m. 2019) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Fluminense Federal University (BA) |
| Profession |
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Freixo gained national attention when he presided over a parliamentary inquiry commission on police militias in Rio de Janeiro, having a character inspired on him in the Brazilian film Elite Squad: The Enemy Within, directed by José Padilha.[3][4]
He ran for mayor of Rio de Janeiro twice, in 2012 and 2016, having as vice-mayor candidate on the ticket in 2016 the lawyer and professor at UFRJ Luciana Boiteux. He ended in second in both the run-offs, losing the first to Eduardo Paes from PMDB, and the second to the PRB candidate Marcelo Crivella.[5][6]
On 16 June 2021, Freixo left PSOL for PSB, in preparation for the 2022 Rio de Janeiro gubernatorial election.[7] He left the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB) and joined the Workers' Party (PT) in January 2023.[8]