Marcelo Freixo

Marcelo Freixo
Freixo in 2022
Chair of the Brazilian Tourist Board
In office
12 January 2023 – 31 March 2026
PresidentLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva
MinisterDaniela Carneiro
Celso Sabino
Gustavo Feliciano
Preceded byGilson Machado Neto
Succeeded byBruno Reis
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
1 February 2019 – 17 January 2023
ConstituencyRio de Janeiro
State Deputy of Rio de Janeiro
In office
1 January 2007 – 1 January 2019
ConstituencyAt-large
Personal details
BornMarcelo Ribeiro Freixo
(1967-04-12) 12 April 1967
São Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil[1]
PartyPT (1986–2005; 2023–present)
Other political
affiliations
  • PSOL (2005–2021)
  • PSB (2021–2023)


Spouse
Antonia Pellegrino
​
(m. 2019)​
Children2
Alma materFluminense Federal University (BA)
Profession
  • Historian
  • politician
  • teacher
  • television presenter

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]

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]

References

  1. ↑ "Divulgação de Candidaturas e Contas Eleitorais". TSE (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2021-05-19. Retrieved 2022-09-04.
  2. ↑ Assembleia Legislativa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (2014). "Comissão de Defesa dos Direitos Humanos e Cidadania". Alerj. Archived from the original on 2018-06-19. Retrieved 2014-08-09.
  3. ↑ "Freixo o verdadeiro fraga | Superinteressante". Superinteressante. 2011-03-25. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
  4. ↑ Phillips, Dominic (2012-09-17). "How Elite Squad 2 Took Control of Rio Mayor's Race". Bloomberg View. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
  5. ↑ "Paes é reeleito prefeito do Rio". Eleições 2012 no Rio de Janeiro (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2012-10-07. Retrieved 2017-10-26.
  6. ↑ "Resultado das Eleições 2016 - Prefeito - Rio de Janeiro-RJ | Gazeta do Povo". Gazeta do Povo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2016-11-02. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
  7. ↑ CartaCapital (2021-06-11). "Freixo anuncia que vai para o PSB e pede apoio de Ciro a Lula". CartaCapital (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-06-11.
  8. ↑ "Marcelo Freixo anuncia saída do PSB e filiação ao PT". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2023-01-04. Retrieved 2024-04-26.
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