Alex Canziani

Alex Canziani Silveira (born 11 June 1964) is a Brazilian politician as well as a lawyer and writer. He has spent his political career representing Paraná, having served in the state legislature from 1999 to 2019.[1]

Alex Canziani
Canziani in September 2017
Federal Deputy for Paraná
In office
1 February 1999 – 31 January 2019
Federal Deputy for Londrina
In office
1 January 1989 – 31 December 1995
Personal details
Born (1964-06-11) 11 June 1964
Londrina, Brazil
Political partyPTB

Personal life

Canziani is married to Ana Lúcia dos Santos Silveira, and has two children, a daughter named Luísa and a son Alex Jr. His daughter Luísa is also a politician, being elected to the lower legislature in 2018.[2] Canziani is an alumnus of the State University of Londrina, and also briefly served as part of the university faculty in from 1990 to 1991.[1]

Political career

Canziani voted in favor of the impeachment motion of then-president Dilma Rousseff.[3] He voted in favor raising the spending ceiling of Brazil's government and the 2017 Brazilian labor reforms[4] Canziani voted against opening a similar corruption investigation into Rousseff's successor Michel Temer.[5]

After serving in the federal chamber of deputies for 5 consecutive terms, he was succeeded by his daughter in 2019.[2]

References
  1. "ALEX CANZIANI – Biografia". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  2. Bubniak, Taiana (23 November 2018). "O que pensa a deputada federal mais jovem do país" (in Portuguese). Gazeta do Povo. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  3. "Reforma trabalhista: como votaram os deputados" (in Portuguese). Carta Capital. 27 April 2017. Archived from the original on 9 April 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  4. "Veja como deputados votaram no impeachment de Dilma, na PEC 241, na reforma trabalhista e na denúncia contra Temer" [See how deputies voted in the impeachment of Dilma, in PEC 241, in the labor reform and in the denunciation against Temer] (in Portuguese). G1 Globo. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  5. "Como votou cada deputado sobre a denúncia contra Temer" (in Portuguese). Carta Capital. 4 August 2017. Archived from the original on 9 April 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
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