Eduardo Jorge

Eduardo Jorge

Eduardo Jorge in 2014
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
February 1, 1987  January 31, 2003
Member of the Legislative Assembly of São Paulo
In office
February 1, 1983  December 1, 1986
Personal details
Born Eduardo Jorge Martins Alves Sobrinho
(1949-10-26) October 26, 1949
Salvador, Brazil
Political party Green Party (2003–present)
Worker's Party (1980–2003)
Alma mater Federal University of Paraíba
Profession Physician

Eduardo Jorge Martins Alves Sobrinho (born October 26, 1949),[1] most known simply as Eduardo Jorge, is a Brazilian public health physician and politician. He is most known for creating (or co-creating) the federal laws on family planning, voluntary sterilization, production of generic drugs, regulation of asbestos use, and linking budgetary resources for Sistema Único de Saúde.[2]

Biography

Born in Salvador, Bahia to Paraíba parents, he studied Medicine from 1967 to 1973, when he graduated at Federal University of Paraíba.[3] Following, at University of São Paulo he obtained degrees on Preventive Medicine and Public Health between 1974 and 1976.[3] Parallelly, he engaged on politics as a militant for Brazilian's Revolutionary Communist Party against the Brazilian military government.[1] In 1976, he was employed to work on São Paulo's Department of Health as director of Itaquera's Health Center.[4]

In 1980, he was one of the co-founders of Workers' Party,[1] where he was a state deputy for São Paulo between 1983 and 1987.[4] He was also São Paulo city's Secretary of Health on Luiza Erundina (1989–1990) and Marta Suplicy's (2001–2002) government.[2] Eduardo Jorge was a federal deputy from 1987 to 2003,[4] when he left the Workers' Party and joined the Green Party.[5] From 2005 to 2012, he was Secretary of the Environment of José Serra and Gilberto Kassab.[5]

In 2014, Eduardo Jorge was announced Green Party's presidential candidate in the Brazilian general election.[3] During his campaign, he advocated for the legalization of abortion, as public health issue, and for the legalization of drugs[6]—which he has already defended as a Congressman in 1995[7]—to end the war on drugs.[6] In the end, he was the sixth most voted candidate after receiving 630,099 votes, which corresponded to 0,61% of the total.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Eduardo Jorge foi militante contra a ditadura e fundador do PT". O Tempo (in Portuguese). July 21, 2014. Retrieved September 2, 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Secretaria Municipal do Verde e do Meio Ambiente" (in Portuguese). City Hall of São Paulo City. Archived from the original on July 9, 2007. Retrieved September 2, 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 "Eduardo Jorge é o pré-candidato do PV à presidência da República". Portal Correio. Universo Online. February 13, 2014. Retrieved September 2, 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 "Eduardo Jorge - PT/SP" (in Portuguese). Chamber of Deputies. Retrieved September 2, 2014.
  5. 1 2 Silva, Vanessa Corrêa da (May 26, 2014). "Mídia quer empurrar o PV para um gueto verde, diz Eduardo Jorge" (in Portuguese). Universo Online. Retrieved September 2, 2014.
  6. 1 2 Bowater, Donna (August 27, 2014). "Dilma Rousseff and Marina Silva in 'weak' Brazil TV debate stalemate". The Telegraph. Retrieved September 2, 2014.
  7. "Green sign for grass". Brazzil Magazine (111): 26. March 1995. Retrieved September 2, 2014.
  8. "Resultado da Apuração dos votos para Presidente". G1 (in Portuguese). Globo.com. Retrieved November 24, 2015. You must click on "1º Turno" tab to check the results.
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