Heloísa Helena (politician)
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Heloísa Helena Lima de Moraes Carvalho (Portuguese pronunciation: [eloˈizɐ eˈlenɐ ˈlimɐ dʒi moˈɾajs kaʁˈvaʎu]; born 6 June 1962 in Pão de Açúcar, Alagoas) is a Brazilian nurse, schoolteacher, and politician, member of the political party Rede Sustentabilidade. She is the Brazilian woman to have received the third highest voting in a presidential race, ranking behind Marina Silva and Dilma Rousseff in 2010.[1]
Heloísa Helena | |
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City Councillor of Maceió | |
In office 1 January 2009 – 1 January 2017 | |
Senator for Alagoas | |
In office 1 February 1999 – 1 February 2007 | |
Preceded by | Guilherme Palmeira |
Succeeded by | Fernando Collor de Mello |
State Deputy of Alagoas | |
In office 1 January 1995 – 1 January 1999 | |
Deputy Mayor of Maceió | |
In office 1 January 1993 – 1 January 1995 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Heloísa Helena Lima de Moraes Carvalho (1962-06-06) 6 June 1962 (age 61) Pão de Açúcar, AL |
Political party | REDE (2015–present) PSOL (2004–2015) PT (1990–2004) |
Occupation | Nurse |
In 1998, she was elected Senator for Alagoas, having attained the highest vote count in that election. Then a member of the Workers' Party, she disagreed with certain policies that she deemed excessively conservative. Thus, in 2003 she voted against the overhaul of public servants' pensions[2] carried out in the first term of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and, as a result, was expelled from the party.[3][4] The following year, she was one of the founding members of the Socialism and Liberty Party.[5] In 2013, she helped found the Rede Sustentabilidade Party,[6] and has been a member thereof since then.