1. Eduardo Matarazzo Suplicy was born on 21 June 1941 and is a Brazilian left-wing politician, economist and professor.
11 Facts About Eduardo Suplicy
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Eduardo Suplicy is one of the founders and main political figures on the Workers Party of Brazil.
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Eduardo Suplicy was a candidate for President of Brazil in the 2002 election, losing the Workers' Party nomination to Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
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Son of coffee grower Paulo Cochrane Eduardo Suplicy and Filomena Matarazzo, he is an heir of the well-known coffee company Eduardo Suplicy Cafes, besides belonging to the traditional Italian Brazilian Matarazzo family.
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Eduardo Suplicy's mother is a granddaughter of Francesco Matarazzo, known for having created the largest industrial complex in Latin America in the early 20th century.
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Eduardo Suplicy has a degree in business management from the Fundacao Getulio Vargas' School of Business Administration, where he is currently a professor, and a degree in economics from Michigan State University.
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On 1964, Suplicy married Marta Teresa Smith de Vasconcelos, better known as Marta Suplicy, and had three sons with her: Joao, Andre, and Eduardo.
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In 1973, Eduardo Suplicy concluded his PhD at Michigan State University with the thesis "The Effects of Mini devaluation in the Brazilian Economy", published in 1975 by the Fundacao Getulio Vargas.
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Eduardo Suplicy managed to be first elected senator in the history of the Brazilian Labour Party.
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Eduardo Suplicy is one of the founders of Workers Party of Brazil and member of the Executive and the National Directory of the Party.
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On July 25,2016, Eduardo Suplicy was detained for three hours in the 75th Police District by the Sao Paulo Military Police for civil disobedience for lying in the street during a protest against a repossession in the West Zone of Sao Paulo.