Tarso Genro

Tarso Genro
37th Governor of Rio Grande do Sul
In office January 1, 2011 – January 1, 2015
Vice Governor	Beto Grill
Preceded by	Yeda Crusius
Succeeded by	José Ivo Sartori
Minister of Justice
In office 16 March 2007 – 10 February 2010
President	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded by	Márcio Thomaz Bastos
Succeeded by	Luiz Paulo Barreto
Chief Minister of the Department of Institutional Relations
In office 3 April 2006 – 16 March 2007
President	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded by	Jaques Wagner
Succeeded by	Walfrido dos Mares Guia
Minister of Education
In office 27 January 2004 – 29 July 2005
President	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded by	Cristovam Buarque
Succeeded by	Fernando Haddad
38th and 40th Mayor of Porto Alegre
In office 1 January 1993 – 1 January 1997
Preceded by	Olívio Dutra
Succeeded by	Raul Pont
In office 1 January 2001 – 4 April 2002
Preceded by	Raul Pont
Succeeded by	João Verle
Personal details
Born	March 6, 1947 São Borja, Rio Grande do Sul
Political party	Workers' Party
Spouse(s)	Sandra Krebs Genro
Alma mater	Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
Profession	Lawyer

Tarso Fernando Herz Genro (born March 6, 1947 in São Borja, Rio Grande do Sul) is a Brazilian politician, and a member of the Workers' Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores – PT). As a result of the Mensalão scandal, Genro served the remainder of José Genoíno's term as party president in 2005. Ricardo Berzoini was elected to the post later that year.

Following his service as interim president, Genro was a top political adviser to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, former President of Brazil (2006–2010), during the contentious, but quite successful, 2006 Presidential campaign.^[1] On 16 March 2007, he became the new Minister of Justice in Lula's cabinet.

Genro is the former mayor of Porto Alegre, the capital city of Rio Grande do Sul, and was a candidate for the state's governorship in 2010. Since January 1, 2011, he is the Governor of Rio Grande do Sul.

References

1. Da Silva faces a runoff vote in Brazil - International Herald Tribune