Reginaldo Lopes

Reginaldo Lopes
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 February 2003
ConstituencyMinas Gerais
Personal details
Born
Reginaldo Lázaro de Oliveira Lopes

(1973-04-02) 2 April 1973 (age 51)
Bom Sucesso, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Political partyPT (since 1993)
ProfessionEconomist

Reginaldo Lázaro de Oliveira Lopes (born 2 April 1973) is a Brazilian economist and politician. He serves as a federal deputy for the Workers' Party (PT) for Minas Gerais. He is the current leader of the PT caucus in the Chamber of Deputies.[1]

Early life and education

Lopes was born on 2 April 1973 in Bom Sucesso, Minas Gerais. He attended the Federal University of São João del-Rei, where he received his degree in economics. Lopes is the author of the Access to Information Law (LAI).

Political career

He was elected federal deputy in the 2002 elections with 64,000 votes. He was reelected in 2006, 2010, and 2014, where he received 310,226 votes and was the most-voted candidate in Minas Gerais.

In 2016, Lopes was a candidate for mayor of Belo Horizonte, leading a coalition formed by the PT and the Communist Party of Brazil. During the campaign, federal deputy Jô Moraes [pt] served as his running mate. He ultimately lost the race, coming in fourth place with 7% of the total vote.[2]

In the 2018 elections, he was reelected for his fifth term as federal deputy.[3]

In 2022 he assumed the leadership of the Workers' Party in the Chamber of Deputies, succeeding deputy Bohn Gass. He became the youngest parliamentarian to assume the position of leader of the PT bench.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Biografia do(a) Deputado(a) Federal Reginaldo Lopes". Portal da Câmara dos Deputados (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-05-06.
  2. ^ "TSE - Tribunal Superior Eleitoral".[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ "Veja quem são os deputados federais eleitos para a Câmara por MG". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 8 October 2018. Retrieved 2022-05-06.
  4. ^ "Reginaldo Lopes é o novo líder do PT na Câmara". Estado de Minas (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2021-12-20. Retrieved 2022-05-06.