Michel Temer
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Michel Temer GOIH. | |
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| Vice-President of Brazil Elect | |
| Assuming office 1 January 2011 | |
| President | Dilma Rousseff (elect) |
| Succeeding | José Alencar |
| 105th President of the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil | |
| Assumed office 2009 | |
| President | Luis Inácio Lula da Silva |
| Preceded by | Arlindo Chinaglia |
| 98th President of the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil | |
| In office 1997–2000 | |
| President | Fernando Henrique Cardoso |
| Preceded by | Luís Eduardo Magalhães |
| Succeeded by | Aécio Neves |
| Federal Deputy for the state of São Paulo | |
| Assumed office 2007 | |
| President | Luis Inácio Lula da Silva |
| Federal Deputy for the state of São Paulo | |
| In office 2003–2007 | |
| President | Luis Inácio Lula da Silva |
| Federal Deputy for the state of São Paulo | |
| In office 1999–2003 | |
| President | Fernando Henrique Cardoso |
| Federal Deputy for the state of São Paulo | |
| In office 1995–1999 | |
| President | Fernando Henrique Cardoso |
| placeholder Federal Deputy for the state of São Paulo (in full capacity from 1994 onwards) | |
| In office 1991–1995 | |
| President | Fernando Collor de Mello and Itamar Franco |
| placeholder Deputy of the 1988 Constitutional Congress for the state of São Paulo | |
| In office 1987–1991 | |
| President | José Sarney and Fernando Collor de Mello |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 23, 1940 Tietê, São Paulo, Brazil |
| Political party | Brazilian Democratic Movement Party |
| Spouse | Marcela Araújo |
| Alma mater | Pontifícia Universidade Católica |
Michel Miguel Elias Temer Lulia (born September 23, 1940) is a Brazilian lawyer and politician, and currently the Vice-President-elect of Brazil after winning on the ticket of Workers' Party nominee Dilma Rousseff. He is on a sixth term as elected Deputy of the state of São Paulo, and presides over the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies for the 2009-2010 biennium. He was elected President of the Chamber for a two-year term in 1997, and reelected in 1999. Temer was a member of the 1988 National Constituent Assembly, which promulgated the current Constitution of Brazil. He is the President of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party.
Born at Tietê in São Paulo, Temer holds a doctorate in Law from the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo. He served as State procusecutor and twice as State Secretary for Public Security, in both capacities working in São Paulo. He is a licensed professor of Constitutional Law at PUC-SP, and has authored numerous books on the subject.
In a TV interview for the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation (May 8, 2010), Temer indicated that his family originates from the city of Tabourah in Koura District, neighboring the city of Tripoli in Northern Lebanon.