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Marielle Franco
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Municipal Chamber of Rio de Janeiro Councillor
In office
1 January 2017 – 14 March 2018
Personal details
Born
Marielle Francisco da Silva

(1979-07-27)27 July 1979
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Died14 March 2018(2018-03-14) (aged 38)
Rio de Janeiro
Manner of deathAssassination
Political partySocialism and Liberty Party
Alma materPontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
OccupationPolitician, sociologist

Marielle Franco (27 July 1979 – 14 March 2018) was a Brazilian politician, feminist, and human rights activist. She served as a city councillor of the Municipal Chamber of Rio de Janeiro for the Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL) from January 2017 until her assassination in March 2018.

She had been an outspoken critic of the federal intervention in the state of Rio de Janeiro and subsequent use of the army in police operations.[1][2]

Early life

She was raised in Maré, a slum in northern Rio de Janeiro, where she also resided.[3]

Personal life and education

In 1998, Franco gave birth to her first and only child.[4][5] That same year, she began her university studies.[4] Following the death of a friend from a stray bullet in 2000, Franco began working in human rights activism.[4][5] In 2002, she entered the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro where she graduated with a degree in social sciences.[5] She went on to earn a master's degree in public administration from the Fluminense Federal University.[6]

Franco identified as part of the LGBT community.[7][8]

Career

Before running for city council, Franco worked for state representative Marcelo Freixo as a consultant and helped coordinate the Committee for the Defense of Human Rights and Citizenship on the Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro (ALERJ).[9] In her bid for a seat on the Rio de Janeiro city council in the 2016 municipal elections, Franco received 46,500 votes.[10] She received the fifth most votes out of more than 1,500 candidates and was one of 51 people elected.[11]

Death

On 14 March 2018, after Marielle Franco attended a women's empowerment event she and her driver, Anderson Pedro Gomes, were fatally shot by two men in another car who fired nine shots at them in a targeted assassination in downtown Rio de Janeiro.[12][13] Her death inspired coordinated protests in at least 10 Brazilian cities.[14][13]

References

  1. ^ "Outrage over murder of Rio councillor". BBC News. 2018-03-15. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
  2. ^ Langlois, Jill (2018-03-15). "Outspoken Rio councilwoman who fought for the marginalized is shot to death; thousands mourn". latimes.com. Retrieved 2018-03-16. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  3. ^ "Anger in Brazil after prominent police critic is shot dead - France 24". France 24. 2018-03-15. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
  4. ^ a b c Marco Aurélio Canônico (15 March 2018). "Da Maré, vereadora fazia parte do 'bonde de intelectuais da favela'" (in Portuguese). Folha de S.Paulo. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  5. ^ a b c Júlia Dias Carneiro (16 March 2018). "Mulher, negra, favelada, Marielle Franco foi de 'cria da Maré' a símbolo de novas lutas políticas no Rio" (in Portuguese). BBC. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  6. ^ "Da Maré, Marielle Franco chega à Câmara como a quinta mais votada" (in Portuguese). O Globo. 4 October 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  7. ^ "Os últimos momentos de Marielle Franco antes de ser morta com quatro tiros na cabeça".
  8. ^ Minas, Estado de (15 March 2018). "Morte de Marielle atinge democracia brasileira, diz Lula".
  9. ^ Marie Declercq translated by Meredith Balkus (15 March 2018). "Marielle Franco, Activist Against Brazil's Police Brutality, Assassinated in Rio". Vice. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
  10. ^ "British PM May expels 23 Russian spies but stops well short of..." Reuters. 15 March 2018. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
  11. ^ Glenn Greenwald (16 March 2018). "Marielle Franco: Why my friend was a repository of hope and a voice for Brazil's voiceless, before her devastating assassination". The Independent. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
  12. ^ Press, Associated (2018-03-15). "Marielle Franco, councillor and police critic, shot dead in targeted killing in Rio". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
  13. ^ a b Phillips, Dom (2018-03-15). "Protests held across Brazil after Rio councillor shot dead". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
  14. ^ "Atos de protesto por Marielle Franco estão marcados em mais de 10 capitais". Justificando (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2018-03-15. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
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