Plínio de Arruda Sampaio
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Plínio Soares de Arruda Sampaio (São Paulo
, July 26, 1930) is an intellectual and Brazil
ian political activist, currently affiliated to Partido Socialismo e Liberdade
(PSOL) and candidate for the presidency
of the Federative Republic of Brazil in 2010.
Graduated in law
by University of São Paulo School of Law
in 1954, he fought in the Catholic University Youth, of which he was president, and in the Popular Action, two leftist organizations.
He was a prosecutor
, deputy
at the 1988 Constituent Assembly
and current hold a chair at the Brazilian Association for Land Reform (ABRA), institution that fights for land reform in Brazil. He also directed the weekly newspaper Correio da Cidadania.
(1959–1963). At this time he was appointed for the sub-head of the Civil State House. In 1959, a year after the election of Carvalho Pinto, Arruda Sampaio became coordinator of the action plan of the government, a position he held until 1962.
He was also secretary of legal affairs, and between 1961 and 1962 he worked at the town hall of São Paulo as secretary of the interior and justice. In 1962 he was elected congressman by the Christian Democratic Party and became a member of the committee on economics, agricultural and law enforcement and of the committee on social legislation at Brazilian chamber of deputies
.
At this poin he created a special committee for land reform and proposed a model of reform that aroused the indignation of the great Laird
s of Brazil. After the 1964 Brazilian coup d'état he was one of the 100 first Brazilians to have their political rights impeached for ten years by the military dictatorship
, at the first ten days of the new regime.
, where he lived for six years, working as an employee of FAO
. In 1970 he moved to United States
, where he worked in FAO and at the IDB
in Washington, before he to ae master's degree in agricultural economics at Cornell University
.
Back to Brazil 1976 he become teaching at the Getulio Vargas Foudation
, where he founded the Center for Contemporary Cultural Studies (Cedec) and engaged in the campaign for opening of military regime and the amnesty
of politicians who had been expelled from political life.
At this time, along with other intellectuals, he imagined devised a party to the left of Brazilian Democratic Movement
, then one of the two political party's permitted by the militaries. and for that, alongside Almino Affonso, Francisco Weffort and Fernando Henrique Cardoso
, raised MDB important leaders like Marcos Freire and Jarbas Vasconcelos. In parallel, Arruda Sampaio, Affonso and Weffort launched the candidacy of Cardoso
for the Brazilian Senate
The agreement between them was to build a new left party if Cardoso won more than one million votes (he received 1.6 million votes). The party had already and manifest and program and would be called People's Democratic Socialist Party (PSDP).
In the design of Arruda Sampaio, the new party would be an advantage Democratic and mass-based popular program and socialist
, organized in clusters based. But the idea of creating a new party was aborted by the change of plans of Cardoso, who, after being elected senator on 1978 stated as a priority the strengthening of the MDB party, despite the commitment made to Arruda Sampaio, Affonso and Weffort to build a new party. Arruda Sampaio, perplexed by the reversal, broke with the MDB.
In 1982 he applied to the congressman by São Paulo
, when he lost, but later would come to occupy the spot of. Eduardo Suplicy
, resigned to run for mayor of São Paulo. In 1986, Arruda Sampaio was elected deputy of the constituent
, with 63 899 votes, was the second most voted deputy of the PT (after Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
) and 27th more voted in São Paulo.
As a member of the constituent he became widely known to propose and defend a model of constitutional reform which aimed to wipe out the plantation
s, also became the only PT deputy to chair a working committee. During the constituent, Arruda was a member of the drafting committee, the committee of systematization, the committee on state institutions and the subcommittee on cities and regions, who he presided.
He was also deputy leader of the PT in 1987, and replaced Lula da Silva in the party leadership in 1988. At this same year he lost to Luiza Erundia the PT nomination for São Paulo mayor election. Erundina win what would be the first major election for PT.
In 1990 he ran for governor of São Paulo, being defeated by the state secretary of public safety Luiz Antonio Fleury Filho, candidate for PMDB, which had the support of the then governor Orestes Quercia
.
. He did not agree with the political direction of the PT at the time, quitting the party in 2005.
In 2006 Arruda Sampaio was PSOL candidate for the governorship of São Paulo. For defend the struggle for socialism, the program differed from the popular-democratic direction of the PSOL majority, represented by Heloísa Helena
, the then presidential candidate.
During the Second Congress of the PSOL, the state deputy Raul Marcelo launched the pre-candidacy of Arruda Sampaio to the presidency. His purpose is to build a program that serves to counter the effects of economic crisis on workers and the unity of the socialist left against capital.
São Paulo
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, July 26, 1930) is an intellectual and Brazil
Brazil
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ian political activist, currently affiliated to Partido Socialismo e Liberdade
Socialism and Freedom Party
The Socialism and Freedom Party is a Brazilian political party . Among the party leaders are Heloísa Helena , federal deputies Luciana Genro and Babá , and a number of well-known Brazilian left-wing leaders and intellectuals, such as Milton Temer, Carlos Nelson Coutinho, Ricardo Antunes,...
(PSOL) and candidate for the presidency
Presidency
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of the Federative Republic of Brazil in 2010.
Graduated in law
Law
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by University of São Paulo School of Law
Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de São Paulo
Faculty of Law of the University of São Paulo is an institution of higher education and research in the field of Law located in São Paulo, Brazil...
in 1954, he fought in the Catholic University Youth, of which he was president, and in the Popular Action, two leftist organizations.
He was a prosecutor
Prosecutor
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, deputy
Deputy (legislator)
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at the 1988 Constituent Assembly
1988 Constituent Assembly
The 1988 Constituent Assembly , also known as the National Constituent Assembly was a constituent assembly held in Brasília to establish Brazil's new democratic Constitution after 21 years under military rule. On November 1986, general elections were held to elect the members of the Constituent...
and current hold a chair at the Brazilian Association for Land Reform (ABRA), institution that fights for land reform in Brazil. He also directed the weekly newspaper Correio da Cidadania.
Beginning of public life
Arruda Sampaio entry in public life when Carvalho Pinto was the governor of the state of São PauloSão Paulo
São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
(1959–1963). At this time he was appointed for the sub-head of the Civil State House. In 1959, a year after the election of Carvalho Pinto, Arruda Sampaio became coordinator of the action plan of the government, a position he held until 1962.
He was also secretary of legal affairs, and between 1961 and 1962 he worked at the town hall of São Paulo as secretary of the interior and justice. In 1962 he was elected congressman by the Christian Democratic Party and became a member of the committee on economics, agricultural and law enforcement and of the committee on social legislation at Brazilian chamber of deputies
Chamber of Deputies of Brazil
The Chamber of Deputies of Brazil is a federal legislative body and the lower house of the National Congress of Brazil. As of 2006, the chamber comprises 513 deputies, who are elected by proportional representation to serve four-year terms...
.
At this poin he created a special committee for land reform and proposed a model of reform that aroused the indignation of the great Laird
Laird
A Laird is a member of the gentry and is a heritable title in Scotland. In the non-peerage table of precedence, a Laird ranks below a Baron and above an Esquire.-Etymology:...
s of Brazil. After the 1964 Brazilian coup d'état he was one of the 100 first Brazilians to have their political rights impeached for ten years by the military dictatorship
Military dictatorship
A military dictatorship is a form of government where in the political power resides with the military. It is similar but not identical to a stratocracy, a state ruled directly by the military....
, at the first ten days of the new regime.
Exile and the Brazilian Democratic Movement
Arruda Sampaio first go into exile in ChileChile
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, where he lived for six years, working as an employee of FAO
Fão
Fão is a town in Esposende Municipality in Portugal....
. In 1970 he moved to United States
United States
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, where he worked in FAO and at the IDB
Inter-American Development Bank
The Inter-American Development Bank is the largest source of development financing for Latin America and the Caribbean...
in Washington, before he to ae master's degree in agricultural economics at Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
.
Back to Brazil 1976 he become teaching at the Getulio Vargas Foudation
Fundação Getúlio Vargas
Fundação Getulio Vargas is a Brazilian higher education institution founded on December 20, 1944. It offers regular courses of Economics, Business Administration, Law, Social Sciences and Information technology management...
, where he founded the Center for Contemporary Cultural Studies (Cedec) and engaged in the campaign for opening of military regime and the amnesty
Amnesty
Amnesty is a legislative or executive act by which a state restores those who may have been guilty of an offense against it to the positions of innocent people, without changing the laws defining the offense. It includes more than pardon, in as much as it obliterates all legal remembrance of the...
of politicians who had been expelled from political life.
At this time, along with other intellectuals, he imagined devised a party to the left of Brazilian Democratic Movement
Brazilian Democratic Movement
The Brazilian Democratic Movement was a political party in Brazil that existed from 1965 to 1979. It was formed in 1965, when the military government that overthrew President João Goulart abolished all existing political parties...
, then one of the two political party's permitted by the militaries. and for that, alongside Almino Affonso, Francisco Weffort and Fernando Henrique Cardoso
Fernando Henrique Cardoso
Fernando Henrique Cardoso – also known by his initials FHC – was the 34th President of the Federative Republic of Brazil for two terms from January 1, 1995 to December 31, 2002. He is an accomplished sociologist, professor and politician...
, raised MDB important leaders like Marcos Freire and Jarbas Vasconcelos. In parallel, Arruda Sampaio, Affonso and Weffort launched the candidacy of Cardoso
Fernando Henrique Cardoso
Fernando Henrique Cardoso – also known by his initials FHC – was the 34th President of the Federative Republic of Brazil for two terms from January 1, 1995 to December 31, 2002. He is an accomplished sociologist, professor and politician...
for the Brazilian Senate
The agreement between them was to build a new left party if Cardoso won more than one million votes (he received 1.6 million votes). The party had already and manifest and program and would be called People's Democratic Socialist Party (PSDP).
In the design of Arruda Sampaio, the new party would be an advantage Democratic and mass-based popular program and socialist
Socialism
Socialism is an economic system characterized by social ownership of the means of production and cooperative management of the economy; or a political philosophy advocating such a system. "Social ownership" may refer to any one of, or a combination of, the following: cooperative enterprises,...
, organized in clusters based. But the idea of creating a new party was aborted by the change of plans of Cardoso, who, after being elected senator on 1978 stated as a priority the strengthening of the MDB party, despite the commitment made to Arruda Sampaio, Affonso and Weffort to build a new party. Arruda Sampaio, perplexed by the reversal, broke with the MDB.
The foundation and trajectory at Workers Party (1980-2005)
Disappointed with the attitude of Cardoso, Arruda and Weffort entered the Workes Party (PT) at de foundation, in 1980. Arruda was the author of the by law of the party and one of the creators of its core base.In 1982 he applied to the congressman by São Paulo
São Paulo
São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
, when he lost, but later would come to occupy the spot of. Eduardo Suplicy
Eduardo Suplicy
Eduardo Matarazzo Suplicy is a Brazilian left-wing politician, economist and professor. He is one of the founders and main political figures on the Workers Party of Brazil .-Biography:...
, resigned to run for mayor of São Paulo. In 1986, Arruda Sampaio was elected deputy of the constituent
1988 Constituent Assembly
The 1988 Constituent Assembly , also known as the National Constituent Assembly was a constituent assembly held in Brasília to establish Brazil's new democratic Constitution after 21 years under military rule. On November 1986, general elections were held to elect the members of the Constituent...
, with 63 899 votes, was the second most voted deputy of the PT (after Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva , known popularly as Lula, served as the 35th President of Brazil from 2003 to 2010.A founding member of the Workers' Party , he ran for President three times unsuccessfully, first in the 1989 election. Lula achieved victory in the 2002 election, and was inaugurated as...
) and 27th more voted in São Paulo.
As a member of the constituent he became widely known to propose and defend a model of constitutional reform which aimed to wipe out the plantation
Plantation
A plantation is a long artificially established forest, farm or estate, where crops are grown for sale, often in distant markets rather than for local on-site consumption...
s, also became the only PT deputy to chair a working committee. During the constituent, Arruda was a member of the drafting committee, the committee of systematization, the committee on state institutions and the subcommittee on cities and regions, who he presided.
He was also deputy leader of the PT in 1987, and replaced Lula da Silva in the party leadership in 1988. At this same year he lost to Luiza Erundia the PT nomination for São Paulo mayor election. Erundina win what would be the first major election for PT.
In 1990 he ran for governor of São Paulo, being defeated by the state secretary of public safety Luiz Antonio Fleury Filho, candidate for PMDB, which had the support of the then governor Orestes Quercia
Orestes Quércia
Orestes Quércia was a Brazilian politician. He was the 28th governor of São Paulo State.When young Orestes Quércia moved with his family from Pedregulho to Campinas, where he graduated in journalism...
.
PSOL and presidency candidature
After leaving the Workers Party, for which he was a founding member and historic leader, Arruda Sampaio joined the PSOLSocialism and Freedom Party
The Socialism and Freedom Party is a Brazilian political party . Among the party leaders are Heloísa Helena , federal deputies Luciana Genro and Babá , and a number of well-known Brazilian left-wing leaders and intellectuals, such as Milton Temer, Carlos Nelson Coutinho, Ricardo Antunes,...
. He did not agree with the political direction of the PT at the time, quitting the party in 2005.
In 2006 Arruda Sampaio was PSOL candidate for the governorship of São Paulo. For defend the struggle for socialism, the program differed from the popular-democratic direction of the PSOL majority, represented by Heloísa Helena
Heloísa Helena (politician)
Heloísa Helena Lima de Moraes Carvalho is a left-wing politician in Brazil.-Career:A trained nurse, Helena helped founding the Center of Health at the Federal University of Alagoas. She was also involved in the student movements against the military dictatorship...
, the then presidential candidate.
During the Second Congress of the PSOL, the state deputy Raul Marcelo launched the pre-candidacy of Arruda Sampaio to the presidency. His purpose is to build a program that serves to counter the effects of economic crisis on workers and the unity of the socialist left against capital.
External links
- article in support of his campaign