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Jorge Viana
President of the Federal Senate of Brazil
Acting
In office
5 December 2016 – 1 February 2017
Preceded byRenan Calheiros
Succeeded byEunício Oliveira
Senator from Acre
Assumed office
1 February 2011
Governor of Acre
In office
1 January 1999 – 1 January 2007
Personal details
Born (1959-09-20) September 20, 1959 (age 65)
Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil
Political partyWorkers' Party
ProfessionEngineer

Jorge Viana (born September 20, 1959) is a Brazilian engineer and politician. He has represented Acre in the Federal Senate since 2011. Previously, he was Governor of Acre from 1999 to 2007. He is a member of the Workers' Party.[1] After Renan Calheiros lost the presidency of the Senate, Viana is now the president of the Brazilian Senate.[2]

He opposed the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff.[3]

Viana is also a member of Washington D.C. based think tank, The Inter-American Dialogue.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Senador Jorge Viana". Federal Senate. Retrieved March 19, 2014.
  2. ^ http://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/ministro-do-stf-afasta-renan-da-presidencia-do-senado.ghtml
  3. ^ Gomez, Alan (August 10, 2016). "Brazilian Senate approves impeachment trial for Dilma Rousseff". USA Today. Retrieved August 14, 2016.
  4. ^ "Inter-American Dialogue | Jorge Viana". www.thedialogue.org. Retrieved 2017-04-19.