Manoel Dias
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Manoel Dias | |
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| Minister of Labor and Employment | |
| In office 15 March 2013 – 2 October 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Brizola Neto |
| Succeeded by | Miguel Rossetto |
| State Deputy of Santa Catarina | |
| In office 1967–1969 | |
| Councilman of Içara | |
| In office 1962–1964 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 August 1938 Criciúma, Santa Catarina, Brazil |
| Political party | PTB (1962–1965) MDB (1966–1979) PDT (1979–present) |
| Alma mater | Federal University of Santa Catarina |
Manoel Dias (born 13 August 1938) is a Brazilian lawyer and politician, who is affiliated with the Democratic Labour Party (PDT), a party he helped to establish.[1] He was the Brazilian Minister of Labour and Employment from 2013 to 2015.
Dias was born on 13 August 1938 in Criciúma, Santa Catarina, the son of Anselmo Fortunato Dias and Cândida Borges Dias.[2]
He began his public life in the 1960s, when he was a leader in student unions. During this period, Dias graduated with a law degree from the Federal University of Santa Catarina, and went on to practice law in Criciúma. He was elected as a city councilor in the city of Içara in 1962 as a member of the Brazilian Labour Party (PTB). His mandate, however, was revoked after the 1964 Brazilian coup d'état. He was forcibly imprisoned for 11 months.[1]
In 1965, Dias participated in the founding of the Brazilian Democratic Movement's branch in Santa Catarina.[2] He later became a state deputy in the Legislative Assembly of Santa Catarina from 1967 to 1971.[3] With the decreeing of Institutional Act Number Five, in 1969, he was imprisoned again, with his political rights suspended for 10 years.[1] After receiving amnesty in 1979, he moved to Florianópolis in an effort to recreate the PTB.[4]
After the PTB was eventually reregistered as a political entity by Ivete Vargas, he participated in the founding of the PDT in the beginning of the 1980s, jointly with Leonel Brizola and other leaders.[2] He was a candidate for state deputy in 1982, for governor in 2006 and for vice-governor in 2010, with Ângela Amin leading the ticket,[3] but was not elected to any post.[4]
Dias is currently the secretary-general of the PDT, the president of the state branch in Santa Catarina, and is also president of their think tank, the Fundação Leonel Brizola-Alberto Pasqualini. During the 1990s, he participated in the Brizola government in Rio de Janeiro during his time as governor, being the director of the Banco do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (Banerj).[2][3]
