Paulo Teixeira (politician)

Paulo Teixeira
Paulo Teixeira
	Teixeira in 2023
Minister of Agrarian Development
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1 January 2023
President	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded by	Patrus Ananias ; (in 2015; office re-established)
Federal Deputy for São Paulo
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1 February 2007
Vereador for São Paulo
	In office; 1 January 2005 – 31 January 2007
State Deputy for São Paulo
	In office; 15 March 1995 – 31 December 2000
Personal details
Born	Luiz Paulo Teixeira Ferreira; 6 May 1961 (age 63); Águas da Prata, SP, Brazil
Political party	PT
Spouse	Alice Mieko Yamaguchi

Luiz Paulo Teixeira Ferreira (born 6 May 1961), known as Paulo Teixeira, a Brazilian politician, lawyer, and professor who belongs to the Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT, or Workers’ Party). He is currently a federal deputy in the lower house of the Brazilian Parliament, where he served as PT party leader in 2011

Early life and education

Teixeira, who is a brother of State Representative Luiz Fernando Teixeira, received a Master of Science in Constitutional Law from the University of São Paulo.

Career

Teixeira was a São Paulo state deputy twice, in 1994-1995 and 1998–2000. From 2001 to 2004 he served as Municipal Secretary of Habitation and Human Development in the municipality of São Paulo; from 2003 to 2004 he was Chief Executive Officer of the Metropolitan Housing Company of São Paulo (COHAB); and from 2004 to 2007 he was a city councilman in São Paulo. He was elected a federal deputy in 2006, taking office in 2007, and was re-elected to Parliament in 2010.^[2]

He was a candidate for president of PT in 2013. He supports political reform and was critical of PT's then alliance with the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB).^[3]

He was supportive of ex-president Lula when he was questioned and tried in connection with the scandal known as Operation Car Wash.^[4]

In a 2015 op-ed for O Globo, Teixeira praised then president Dilma Rousseff for vetoing corporate financing of election campaigns and political parties, saying that by doing so she had shown “deep respect for democracy.”^[5]

References

^ Abbud, Bruno (29 December 2022). "Saiba quem é o novo ministro do Desenvolvimento Agrário, o deputado Paulo Teixeira". Jornal O Globo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 December 2022.
^ Paulo Teixeira; PT.org;
^ Oliviera, Germano; Herdy, Thiago; Candidatos à presidência do PT criticam aliança com PMDB; O Globo; 26 August 2013; [1]
^ Roxo, Sergio; Em depoimento, Lula se irritou com pergunta sobre pedalinhos; O Globo; 4 March 2016; [2]
^ Paulo Teixeira: Igualdade para todos; O Globo;