Chico Alencar

{{Short description|Brazilian politician and historian}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Chico Alencar

|image = Chico Alencar Freixo50 2016 01.jpg

|office = Member of the Chamber of Deputies

|term_start = 1 February 2023

|term_end =

|constituency = Rio de Janeiro

|term_start1 = 1 February 2003

|term_end1 = 1 February 2019

|constituency1 = Rio de Janeiro

|office2 = Councillor of Rio de Janeiro

|term_start2 = 1 January 2021

|term_end2 = 1 February 2023

|constituency2 = At-large

|term_start3 = 1 January 1989

|term_end3 = 1 January 1997

|constituency3 = At-large

|office4 = State Deputy of Rio de Janeiro

|term_start4 = 1 January 1999

|term_end4 = 1 January 2003

|constituency4 = At-large

|birth_name = Francisco Rodrigues de Alencar Filho

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1949|10|19}}

|birth_place = Rio de Janeiro, Federal District, Brazil

|party = PSOL (2005–present)

|otherparty = {{plainlist|

• MDB (1974–76)
• PT (1987–2005)

}}

|occupation =

|alma_mater = Fluminense Federal University
Getulio Vargas Foundation

|father = Francisco Rodrigues de Alencar

|mother = Jacintha Garcia Duarte

|website = [http://www.chicoalencar.com.br/ chicoalencar.com.br]

}}

Francisco Rodrigues de Alencar Filho, known as Chico Alencar (born 19 October 1949), is a Brazilian politician, historian, and writer, affiliated with the Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL).

Alencar was first elected as a Councillor, representing the city of Rio de Janeiro for two consecutive terms (1989-92 and 1993-97). He was also elected as a state deputy, representing the state of Rio de Janeiro at the Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro for a single term (1999-2003) and as a federal deputy representing the state of Rio de Janeiro at the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil for four consecutive terms (2003-07; 2007-11; 2011-15 and 2015-19).{{Cite web |title=Biografia do(a) Deputado(a) Federal CHICO ALENCAR |url=https://www.camara.leg.br/deputados/74171/biografia |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=Portal da Câmara dos Deputados |language=pt-br}}

He left the Workers' Party (PT) in 2005, along with one of his partners Plínio de Arruda Sampaio, after the expulsion of Luciana Genro, Heloísa Helena and Babá from the party.{{cite web|url=http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/brasil/ult96u56445.shtml|title=PT expulsa radicais do partido|publisher=Folha de S. Paulo|first=Ricardo|last=Mignone|language=pt|date=14 December 2003|accessdate=8 June 2017}} He was elected by journalists, five times in a row, the best federal deputy of Brazil, receiving the Prêmio Congresso em Foco (Congress in Focus Prize) award.{{cite web|url=http://congressoemfoco.uol.com.br/noticias/chico-alencar-e-o-melhor-deputado-entre-os-jornalistas/|title=Para os jornalistas, Chico Alencar é o melhor deputado do país|publisher=Congresso em Foco|language=pt|date=8 October 2015|accessdate=8 June 2017}} On 17 April 2016, he voted against the opening of the impeachment process of former president Dilma Rousseff.{{cite web|url=http://politica.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,chico-alencar-diz-que-impeachment-serve-de-licao-para-a-esquerda,10000026712|title=Chico Alencar diz que impeachment serve de lição para a esquerda|publisher=Estadão|language=pt|first=Vera|last=Rosa|date=18 April 2017|accessdate=8 June 2017}}

He was again elected as a Councillor of Rio de Janeiro on 2020 Rio de municipal election with 49,422 votes,{{Cite web |title=Veja os vereadores eleitos na cidade do Rio |url=https://g1.globo.com/rj/rio-de-janeiro/eleicoes/2020/noticia/2020/11/16/veja-os-vereadores-eleitos-na-cidade-do-rio.ghtml |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=G1 |date=16 November 2020 |language=pt-br}} staying in office at the Municipal Chamber of Rio de Janeiro for two years (2021-23) until he was reelected for a fifth term as a federal deputy on 2022 Rio de Janeiro state elections, with 115,023 votes.{{Cite web |title=Rio de Janeiro: veja lista dos deputados federais eleitos em 2022 |url=https://noticias.uol.com.br/eleicoes/2022/10/02/deputados-federais-rio-de-janeiro.htm |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=noticias.uol.com.br |language=pt-br}}