Alexandre Giordano

Alexandre Giordano
Senator for São Paulo
Incumbent
Assumed office
31 March 2021
Preceded byMajor Olímpio
Personal details
Born
Alexandre Luiz Giordano

(1973-06-26) 26 June 1973 (age 51)
São Paulo, Brazil
Political partyMDB (2021–present)
Other political
affiliations
  • PV (2005–16)
  • PSDB (2016–18)
  • PSL (2018–21)
ProfessionPolitician, entrepreneur

Alexandre Luiz Giordano (born 26 June 1973 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian entrepreneur and politician, filiated to the Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB).[1] Currently, he is Senator for the state of São Paulo.[2]

Political life

Giordano is sworn in as Senator.

Giordano was elected in 2018 as first-substitute of Senator in the ticket of Major Olímpio[3] and Marcos Pontes. After Olímpio's death, he was sworn in on 31 March 2021.[4]

Before his membership to the Social Liberal Party, Giordano was member of the Green Party (PV) and the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB).[1]

Giordano was pointed as a key figure of the deal between Brazil and Paraguay for the selling of excess Paraguayan energy from Itaipu Dam to the Léros company.[5][6][7][8][9] This crisis almost led to an impeachment process against Paraguayan President Mario Abdo Benítez.[10][11]

In the city of São Paulo, on the eve of the 2024 municipal elections, the senator declared his support for the left-wing pre-candidate, Guilherme Boulos. Even though he is affiliated in the same party of the incumbent in the city's executive position Ricardo Nunes, the senator gained little notoriety after highly criticizing the idea of the mayor announcing a retired military police officer, Colonel Mello Araújo, as a vice-candidate on Nunes' ticket for his re-election.[12]

References

  1. ^ a b "Giordano 177". Divulgação de Candidaturas e Contas (in Portuguese). Tribunal Superior Eleitoral. Archived from the original on 30 July 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Senador Giordano". Senado Federal (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Senador Major Olímpio". Senado Federal (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Alexandre Giordano (PSL), suplente de Major Olímpio, toma posse no Senado". Tribuna do Norte (in Portuguese). 31 March 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  5. ^ Anjos, Anna Beatriz; Fonseca, Bruno; Pina, Rute (5 October 2019). "Ostentador e "vendedor de fumaça": conheça o suplente de Major Olímpio". Exame (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  6. ^ Roxo, Sérgio (22 August 2019). "Quem é Alexandre Luiz Giordano, suplente do Senador Major Olímpio". Época (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  7. ^ Barrocal, André (26 August 2019). "Alexandre Giordani, do caso Itaipu, esteve no Planalto em fevereiro". Carta Capital (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  8. ^ "Paraguaio diz que suplente do PSL usou o nome de Bolsonaro para acordo da Itaipu". Poder360 (in Portuguese). 2 October 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  9. ^ de Castro, Lúcio (13 September 2019). "Major Olímpio estava em Assunção no "Dia D" da negociação que resultou no escândalo do "ItaipuGate"". Agência Sportlight (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  10. ^ Spigariol, André (25 March 2021). "Suplente de Major Olímpio pede cargo e providencia posse no Senado". Revista Crusoé (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  11. ^ "Suplente de Major Olímpio é peça chave no escândalo de Itaipu que pode levar a impeachment de presidente do Paraguai". Revista Fórum (in Portuguese). 4 August 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  12. ^ "A briga na Justiça entre o vice de Nunes e senador que apoia Boulos | Radar". VEJA (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-07-11.