Tasso Ribeiro Jereissati (b. Fortaleza

Fortaleza

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, December 15, 1948) is federal senator of Brazil

Brazil

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. He is a former governor of Ceará

Ceará

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from 1987 to 1991 and again from 1995 to 2002.

Biography

Born on December 15, 1948 in Fortaleza, Tasso Jereissati is the son of Senator Carlos Jereissati, who died in 1963, and Maria de Lourdes Ribeiro Jereissati, also died in 2006. With the death of his father, was instructed by his mother to the activities at the family business, majoring in business administration from Fundacao Getulio Vargas.

In 1973 he married Renata Queiroz, daughter of businessman Edson Queiroz and the next year as director of the state Jereissati Group, opens its first shopping mall in Fortaleza, Shopping Center A. By 1982, Tasso inaugurates Iguatemi Fortaleza was the first major shopping Ceará.
In the late '70s, he joined a group of young entrepreneurs concerned with the institutional crisis that threatened to prolong the authoritarian period. He chaired the Industrial Center of Ceara - CIC, transformed by the time forum for discussions of economic issues, social and political region and country.

In 1986 Tasso was elected governor in historic elections that marked the end of the cycle called "Colonels" in the state.
Tasso Jereissati ruled the state three times between 1987 and 2002. Then he was elected to the Senate, where it has outstanding performance. In government, broke with the patronage and adopted austerity and transparency. Fix the finances, restored the credit of the state, self-esteem of Ceará and inaugurated the administrative modernization. With this, the Ceara changed its Human Development Index - HDI - measured by the UN, particularly through actions in the social sector like health, education, sanitation, employment and income, agriculture, industrialization and infrastructure.

The second time it ruled the industry, from 1995 to 1998, Tasso has implemented the Sustainable Development Plan, with the protection of the environment, the reordering of space, training the population, generating employment and income and to encourage culture, science and technology.
Reappointed for a third term from 1999 to 2002, became the second politician to govern the state three times in almost 110 years of republican history. During this period, due to advances made in social policies contributed to significant improvement of the quality of life, the United Nations released research recognizing that Ceara was the Brazilian who had the biggest growth HDI - the period from 1995 to 2002 . Tasso left his last government with 97% of children aged 7 to 14 years in the school.

In 2002, Tasso Jereissati opted to extend his public experience to the legislature, being elected by the PSDB to a vacancy in the Senate, sitting in the same chair occupied by her late father Carlos Jereissati. In the Senate, Tasso Jereissati has outstanding performance, making what he calls "constructive opposition" to the federal government.

Public career

Governor of Ceara
In 1986, Tasso Jereissati, then 38, accepted the challenge to lead a change project in Ceara, which represented a break with the patronage and assistance. Elected governor by the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB), ended the cycle called "colonels" in the state. Implemented a project of moralization, austerity and transparency in public administration, and its government recognized by UNICEF as a model in combating infant mortality - and the UN, as the Brazilian state that has grown most in the Human Development Index - HDI.

In 1994, as the Party of Brazilian Social Democracy (PSDB), was elected governor again in Ceará. Has continued to social programs implemented in the first management and advanced with the implementation of the Sustainable Development Plan, aimed at environmental protection, reorganization of space, enabling the population, generating employment and income, stimulating culture, science and technology.

Reelected for a third term in 1998, became the second politician to govern the state three times in almost 110 years of republican history.
Are trademarks of government actions Tasso social and economic impact as Castanhão, Pecém Port Complex, International Airport, Centro Cultural Dragão do Mar, reformation of the stadium Castellan, Channel Integration, Roads, Electrification, Metrofor the beginning of construction, connection sewer network of thousands of homes with designs Sanitize I and II, San Jose Project in the field of production and income enhancement, among others. Ceara has benefited from the credibility and prestige in the country and abroad, becoming a reference for administrative and political model adopted from the Governments of Change.

Senator

In 2002 Tasso was elected senator of the Republic by the state of Ceara. In the Senate, his first speech was on the directions of the Lula government, announcing that their parliamentary action would be "purposeful opposition." Took command of the debate on violence, creating the Subcommittee on Public Safety, who still presides. Several measures have resulted in her area, including the law that allowed the taking of prisoners for hearings by video conference, among others. Appointed by the Inter-Parliamentary Advisory Department - Diap - as one of the most influential senators, are his many proposals on such issues as taxation, budgeting, health, education, stem cell research, tackling regional inequalities, slave labor, finance agricultural, etc..

He chaired the Sub Regional Development and Tax Reform, and still holder of the committees on Constitution and Justice and Economic Affairs, and deputy in the committees of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Foreign Affairs. Submitted proposals for Tax Reform, Bankruptcy Law, Public Private Partnerships and has not hesitated to denounce the corruption of government officials and their base.

Preceded by
Gonzaga Mota Ceará State Governor
1987 - 1991 Succeeded
Ciro Gomes

Preceded by
Francisco de Paula Rocha Aguiar Ceará State Governor
1995 - 2002 Succeeded
Beni Veras