1. Marta Suplicy was Mayor of Sao Paulo from 2001 to 2004.
11 Facts About Marta Suplicy
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Marta Suplicy later served as the Brazilian Minister of Tourism between 14 March 2007, and 4 June 2008, when she resigned to run again for the mayoralty of Sao Paulo.
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Marta Suplicy attended Michigan State University, and Pontificia Universidade Catolica de Sao Paulo ; she did graduate work at Stanford University.
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Marta Suplicy increased many existing municipal taxes as well as creating new ones.
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On 14 March 2007, Marta Suplicy accepted the Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's invitation to become the new Minister of Tourism.
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Marta Suplicy's speech included a double entendre, as the word she used for "enjoy" can refer to an orgasm.
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On 3 October 2010, Marta Suplicy was elected for the Federal Senate of Brazil, becoming the top voted female Senator ever, receiving over 8.3 million votes.
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Marta Suplicy is the first female ever elected Senator from Sao Paulo, the most populous state of Brazil.
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Marta Suplicy promised to fight for the approval of PLC 122, a bill criminalizing homophobia, and reintroduced the same-sex civil unions bill.
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In 2016, after leaving the PT and joining the PMDB, Marta Suplicy vigorously supported Vice President Michel Temer and President of Congress Eduardo Cunha in the move to impeach her former political party colleague President Dilma Rousseff.
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Marta Suplicy has three sons, one of whom is the musician Supla.