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Eduardo Girão

Eduardo Girão

Brazilian politician

Luís Eduardo Grangeiro Girão (born 25 September 1972) more commonly known as Eduardo Girão is a Brazilian politician as well as a businessman and football club president. He has spent his political career representing Ceará, having served as federal senator since 2019.[1]

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Personal life

Religiously Girão considers himself as spiritualist,[2] and was one of the biggest supporters in the establishment of the "National Day of Spiritism" as a federal holiday, which is on April 18, the date of publication of "The Book of Spirits" by Allan Kardec.[3]

In 2017 Girão was elected chairman of the Fortaleza Esporte Clube.[4]

Political career

Girão was elected to the federal senate in the 2018 Brazilian general election.[5] In 2019 Girão switched to the Podemos party.[6]

In 2023, he switched to the New Party (NOVO).[7]

References

  1. [1]
    "Senador Eduardo Girão – CE" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  2. [2]
    "Senador Eduardo Girão, movimento espírita na política" (in Portuguese). Portal Cearense. 1 May 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  3. [3]
    Resende, Rodrigo (11 June 2019). "18 de abril pode se tornar o Dia Nacional do Espiritismo" (in Portuguese). Rádio Senado. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  4. [4]
    "Eduardo Girão, do PROS, é eleito senador pelo CE" (in Portuguese). G1 Globo. 8 October 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  5. [5]
    "Presidente do Senado, Eunício Oliveira não consegue se reeleger" (in Portuguese). G1 Globo. 7 October 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  6. [6]
    Araújo, Henrique (3 February 2019). "Empossado senador, Eduardo Girão deixa o Pros e se filia ao Podemos" (in Portuguese). Política o Povo. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  7. [7]
    "Sem ambiente no Podemos, Girão vai migrar para o Novo | Radar". VEJA (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-02-08.
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