Tarso Genro

Tarso Genro
Governor of Rio Grande do Sul
In office
1 January 2011 – 1 January 2015
Vice GovernorBeto Grill
Preceded byYeda Crusius
Succeeded byJosé Ivo Sartori
Other positions
Minister of Justice
In office
16 March 2007 – 10 February 2010
PresidentLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded byMárcio Thomaz Bastos
Succeeded byLuiz Paulo Barreto
Minister of Institutional Relations
In office
3 April 2006 – 16 March 2007
PresidentLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded byJaques Wagner
Succeeded byWalfrido dos Mares Guia
National President of the Workers' Party
In office
9 July 2005 – 11 October 2005
Preceded byJosé Genoino
Succeeded byRicardo Berzoini
Minister of Education
In office
27 January 2004 – 29 July 2005
PresidentLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded byCristovam Buarque
Succeeded byFernando Haddad
Mayor of Porto Alegre
In office
1 January 2001 – 4 April 2002
Vice MayorJoão Verle
Preceded byRaul Pont
Succeeded byJoão Verle
In office
1 January 1993 – 1 January 1997
Vice MayorRaul Pont
Preceded byOlívio Dutra
Succeeded byRaul Pont
Federal Deputy for Rio Grande do Sul
In office
6 April 1990 – 1 February 1991
ConstituencyAt-large
In office
11 January 1989 – 2 March 1989
ConstituencyAt-large
Vice Mayor of Porto Alegre
In office
1 January 1989 – 1 January 1993
MayorOlívio Dutra
Preceded byGlênio Peres
Succeeded byRaul Pont
Personal details
Born (1947-03-06) 6 March 1947 (age 76)
São Borja, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Political partyPT
SpouseSandra Krebs Genro
ChildrenLuciana
Vanessa
Alma materFederal University of Santa Maria

Tarso Fernando Herz Genro (born 6 March 1947) is a Brazilian politician from the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul. A prominent associate of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Genro was one of the most important leaders of the Workers' Party (PT) in the 2000s.

Biography

Genro was born to a working-class family in São Borja, Rio Grande do Sul, Genro was active in politics from a young age. In the early 1980s, Genro was a spokesman for the Communist Revolutionary Party (PRC) along with his brother, Adelmo Genro Filho.

As a member of the Workers' Party (PT), he was elected deputy mayor of Porto Alegre by the "Popular Front", a list headed by Olívio Dutra, a fellow member of the PT. He accumulated the position of vice mayor with that of government secretary. In 1992, Genro was elected to the position of Mayor of Porto Alegre, though he lost reelection in 1996. In 1998, he was speculated to be a potential presidential candidate for the PT in the place of Lula, though Lula ended up running

As a result of the Mensalão scandal, Genro served the remainder of José Genoíno's term as party president in 2005. Ricardo Berzoini was elected to the post later that year.

Following his service as interim president, Genro was a top political adviser to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, former President of Brazil (2006–2010), during the contentious, but quite successful, 2006 Presidential campaign. On 16 March 2007, he became the new Minister of Justice in Lula's cabinet. In 2010, Genro was mentioned as a possible successor to Lula, though the PT nomination went to eventual winner Dilma Rousseff.

Personal life

His daughter, Luciana Genro, is a prominent socialist politician in Brazil who served as the presidential candidate of the Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL) in 2014. Fernando Marcel Genro Robaina, his grandson, is a former Brazilian footballer.


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