Jandira Feghali

Jandira Feghali
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 January 2011
ConstituencyRio de Janeiro
In office
1 February 1991 – 31 January 2007
ConstituencyRio de Janeiro
Chamber Minority Leader
In office
13 February 2019 – 10 March 2020
Preceded byWeverton Rocha
Succeeded byJosé Guimarães
In office
20 June 2016 – 13 March 2018
Preceded byJosé Guimarães
Succeeded byWeverton Rocha
State Deputy of Rio de Janeiro
In office
1 January 1987 – 31 December 1990
ConstituencyAt-large
Personal details
Born (1957-05-17) 17 May 1957 (age 67)
Curitiba, PR, Brazil
Political partyPCdoB (1981-present)
Alma materRio de Janeiro State University
OccupationPhysician, Unionist

Jandira Feghali (born 17 May 1957) is a physician, unionist and politician member of the Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB).[1]

Background

She is sister of the piano and keyboard player Ricardo Feghali, member of the Brazilian band Roupa Nova. Jandira is mother of two children.[2] Her family is of Lebanese descent, and her aunt was the Lebanese singer Sabah (birth name Jeanette Gergis Feghali).[3] In 2019, she was appointed to lead the minority in the House of Representatives.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Conheça os Deputados" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Portal da Camara dos Deputados.
  2. ^ "Pré-candidata ao governo do Rio de Janeiro, Jandira Feghali divide tempo entre seu restaurante e a política" (in Brazilian Portuguese). O Globo. 16 January 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Jandira Feghali é alvo de ódio na internet por voar até Paris". 22 May 2015.
  4. ^ "Molon e Jandira líderes da oposição". BR18 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2019-02-19.
Chamber of Deputies (Brazil)
Preceded by
José Guimarães
 Chamber Minority Leader
2016–18; 2019–20 		Succeeded by
Weverton Rocha
Preceded by
Weverton Rocha
 Succeeded by
José Guimarães
Party political offices
New political party PCdoB nominee for Mayor of Rio de Janeiro
2004, 2008, 2016 		Most recent