Heloísa Helena (politician)
Heloísa Helena Lima de Moraes Carvalho (Portuguese pronunciation: [eloˈizɐ eˈlenɐ ˈlimɐ dʒi moˈɾajs kaʁˈvaʎu]; born 6 June 1962 in Pão de Açúcar, Alagoas) is a Brazilian nurse, schoolteacher, and politician, member of the political party Rede Sustentabilidade. She is the Brazilian woman to have received the third highest voting in a presidential race, ranking behind Marina Silva and Dilma Rousseff in 2010.
Heloísa Helena | |
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Heloísa Helena in December 2016 | |
| City Councillor of Maceió | |
| In office 1 January 2009 – 1 January 2017 | |
| Senator for Alagoas | |
| In office 1 February 1999 – 1 February 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Guilherme Palmeira |
| Succeeded by | Fernando Collor de Mello |
| State Deputy of Alagoas | |
| In office 1 January 1995 – 1 January 1999 | |
| Deputy Mayor of Maceió | |
| In office 1 January 1993 – 1 January 1995 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Heloísa Helena Lima de Moraes Carvalho 6 June 1962 Pão de Açúcar, AL |
| Political party | REDE (2015–present) PSOL (2004–2015) PT (1990–2004) |
| Occupation | Nurse |
In 1998, she was elected Senator for Alagoas, having attained the highest vote count in that election. Then a member of the Workers' Party, she disagreed with certain policies that she deemed excessively conservative. Thus, in 2003 she voted against the overhaul of public servants' pensions carried out in the first term of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and, as a result, was expelled from the party. The following year, she was one of the founding members of the Socialism and Liberty Party. In 2013, she helped found the Rede Sustentabilidade Party, and has been a member thereof since then.