Jorge Viana | |
Office: | President of ApexBrasil |
Term Start: | 4 January 2023 |
President: | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva |
Predecessor: | Augusto Pestana |
Office1: | Senator for Acre |
Term Start1: | 1 February 2011 |
Term End1: | 1 February 2019 |
Office2: | Governor of Acre |
Term Start2: | 1 January 1999 |
Term End2: | 1 January 2007 |
1Blankname2: | Vice Governor |
1Namedata2: | Édison Cadaxo Binho Marques |
Predecessor2: | Orleir Cameli |
Successor2: | Binho Marques |
Office3: | Mayor of Rio Branco |
Term Start3: | 1 January 1993 |
Term End3: | 1 January 1997 |
Predecessor3: | Jorge Kalume |
Successor3: | Mauri Sérgio |
Birth Name: | Jorge Ney Viana Macedo Neves |
Birth Date: | 20 September 1959 |
Birth Place: | Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil |
Party: | PT (1980–present) |
Alma Mater: | University of Brasília (BS) |
Relatives: | Tião Viana (brother) |
Profession: | Forest engineer |
Signature: | Jorge Viana (Acre senator) signature.jpg |
Jorge Viana (born September 20, 1959) is a Brazilian engineer and politician. He has represented Acre in the Federal Senate since 2011. Previously, he was Governor of Acre from 1999 to 2007. He is a member of the Workers' Party.[1] After Renan Calheiros lost the presidency of the Senate, Viana is now the president of the Brazilian Senate.[2]
He opposed the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff.[3]
Viana is also a member of Washington D.C.–based think tank, The Inter-American Dialogue.[4]
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