Luciana Genro

Luciana Krebs Genro (born 17 January 1971) is a Brazilian lawyer and politician. Born in Santa Maria, she is the daughter of politician Tarso Genro.[1]

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Krebs and the second or paternal family name is Genro.
Luciana Genro
State Deputy of Rio Grande do Sul
Assumed office
1 January 2019
In office
1 February 1995 – 1 February 2003
Federal Deputy for Rio Grande do Sul
In office
1 February 2003 – 1 February 2011
Chamber PSOL Leader
In office
18 February 2008 – 1 February 2009
Preceded byChico Alencar
Succeeded byIvan Valente
In office
October 2005 – February 2006
Succeeded byBabá
Personal details
Born
Luciana Krebs Genro

(1971-01-17) 17 January 1971
Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Political partyPSOL (2005–present)
Other political
affiliations		PT (1985–2005)
Spouse(s)
Roberto Robaína
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​
(m. 1987; div. 1991)​

Sérgio Bueno
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(m. 1997)​
ChildrenFernando Genro Robaína (b. 1988)
MotherSandra Krebs
FatherTarso Genro
Alma materUniversity of the Rio dos Sinos Valley (Unisinos)
OccupationAttorney, politician, professor

Personal life

Genro is the daughter of Tarso Fernando Herz Genro and Sandra Krebs.[2] Despite significant different political views, Genro maintains a good relationship with her family. She is also the granddaughter of Adelmo Simas Genro, a member of the historical Brazilian Labor Party who was murdered by the military dictatorship, and niece of Adelmo Genro Filho, a journalist now deceased.[3]

Genro has a one son, Fernando Marcel Genro Robaina, born in 1988. Fernando's father is Roberto Robaina, a party director of PSOL with whom Luciana lived together for three and a half years. She separated from Robaina in 1991 and married journalist Sérgio Bueno in 1997 with.[4] She is an atheist.[5]

Political career

After being expelled from the Workers' Party (PT) in 2003 for opposing neoliberal political positions,[6][7] she, along with Heloísa Helena, Babá, and João Fontes established the far-left Socialism and Freedom Party (PSOL).[1]

She was PSOL's presidential candidate in the 2014 Brazilian general election. [8]

References
  1. "Luciana Genro oficializa pré-candidatura à presidência pelo PSOL". Revista Fórum (in Portuguese). Internet Group. 23 October 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  2. "LUCIANA GENRO – Biografia". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  3. "Luciana Genro: a candidata a presidente pelo PSOL" (in Portuguese). Gazeta do Povo. 4 October 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  4. "Quem é Luciana Genro" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  5. Feres, Elisa (2 September 2014). "Política e religião combinam? Candidatos expõem divergências" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  6. Mignone, Ricardo (14 December 2003). "PT expulsa radicais do partido". Folha de S. Paulo (in Portuguese). Grupo Folha. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  7. "Right, right, right" (PDF). Weekly Worker. CPGB-PCC. 15 July 2004. p. 6. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  8. Oliveira, Mariana (5 August 2014). "TSE aprova candidaturas de Eduardo Campos e Luciana Genro ao Planalto". G1 (in Portuguese). Globo.com. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
Party political offices
Preceded by
Plínio de Arruda Sampaio		 PSOL nominee for President of Brazil
2014		 Succeeded by
Guilherme Boulos
Chamber of Deputies (Brazil)
New political party Chamber PSOL Leader
2005−2006; 2008−2009		 Succeeded by
Babá
Preceded by
Chico Alencar		 Succeeded by
Ivan Valente


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