Claudio Modesto
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| birth_name = Cláudio Rogério da Silveira Modesto{{Cite web|url=https://eleicoes.uol.com.br/2012/candidatos/2012/vereador/sp/23051963-modesto.htm|title=MODESTO (PDT)|language=pt-br|access-date=February 5, 2017}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|05|23}}
| birth_place = Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
| occupation = Pastor, teacher, businessman and politician
| religion =Protestantism
| spouse = Claudia Modesto
| children =Thiago Modesto
| education =Foreign Trade, ESAN
Business administration, ESAN{{Cite web|url=https://www.escavador.com/sobre/12120571/claudio-rogerio-da-silveira-modesto|title=Claudio Rogerio da Silveira Modesto {{!}} Escavador|website=Escavador|language=pt-BR|access-date=February 5, 2017}}
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| offices_held = General superintendent, Christian community of Alto da Lapa
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Cláudio Modesto (born May 23, 1963{{Cite web|url=https://noticias.uol.com.br/politica/politicos-brasil/2014/deputado-federal/sp/23051963-claudio-modesto.htm|title=Claudio Modesto Dep. Federal – UOL 2014|access-date=February 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206022539/https://noticias.uol.com.br/politica/politicos-brasil/2014/deputado-federal/sp/23051963-claudio-modesto.htm|archive-date=February 6, 2017|url-status=dead}}) is a Brazilian pastor, politician, teacher and activist. He is best known for his activism for vitiligo and social projects.
Early life and ministry
Modesto was born in the neighborhood of Brás de Pina, Rio de Janeiro, from a humble family with a Umbandist tradition. At the age of 16 he converted to Protestantism and with 18 traveled for a month in a missionary project in Bolivia. He moved to the city of São Paulo in the 1980s on account of his employment.{{Cite web|url=https://www.escavador.com/sobre/12120571/claudio-rogerio-da-silveira-modesto|title=Claudio Rogerio da Silveira Modesto {{!}} Escavador|website=Escavador|language=pt-BR|access-date=February 5, 2017}}
In São Paulo he became involved with the Igreja Renascer em Cristo,{{Cite web|url=http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/fsp/cotidian/ff29049826.htm|title=Folha de S.Paulo – Atos na Câmara deixam dez feridos – 29/04/98|website=www1.folha.uol.com.br|access-date=February 5, 2017}} where he became an important bishop.{{Cite web|url=http://www.oocities.org/realidadebr/rn/protestante/p290798.htm|title=Revista Veja interview 1998|website=oocities.org|access-date=February 5, 2017}} In the late 1990s he left Renascer for disagreements and founded his own ministry. In 2001 he traveled to Singapore where he attended a leadership course at the Haggai{{Cite web|url=http://www.institutojetro.com/artigos/estrategia-e-planejamento/modus-operandi-x-modus-vivendi.html|title=Modus operandi X modus vivendi – Estratégia e Planejamento – Artigos – Instituto Jetro|website=institutojetro.com|access-date=February 5, 2017}} Institute and became involved with ministries from other countries,{{Cite news|url=http://haggai.com.br/eventos/505--09-dez-2006--seminario-local-em-sao-paulo-modulo-1|title=09 Dez 2006 Seminário Local em São Paulo – Módulo 1|last=Brasil|first=Instituto Haggai do|newspaper=Instituto Haggai do Brasil|access-date=February 5, 2017|language=pt-BR}} mainly South Africa.
Politics and activism
A carrier of vitiligo disease since the age of 18, Modesto experienced the difficult access to treatment and medication existing in Brazil, where he became politically involved with the cause. In 2011 he joined the Democratic Labour Party{{Cite web|url=http://blogs.odiario.com/inforgospel/2012/07/15/pastores-evangelicos-de-diversas-igrejas-se-candidatam-a-vaga-na-camara-de-sp-confira/|title=Pastores evangélicos de diversas Igrejas se candidatam a vaga na Câmara de SP- Confira – Inforgospel|website=blogs.odiario.com|language=pt-BR|access-date=February 5, 2017}} where he ran for City Council of São Paulo{{Cite news|url=https://noticias.gospelprime.com.br/filha-de-jose-wellington-e-filho-de-r-r-soares-concorrerao-a-vereador-em-sp/|title=São Paulo terá ao menos 15 pastores evangélicos candidatos|date=July 14, 2012|newspaper=Gospel Prime|access-date=February 5, 2017|language=pt-BR}} and in 2014 he moved to the Solidarity party{{Cite news|url=http://www.solidariedadesp.org.br/fotos/claudio-modesto-educador-e-administrador-de-empresas-em-visita-a-sede-estadual-do-solidariedade-sp/|title=Claudio Modesto, educador e administrador de empresas, em visita à sede estadual do Solidariedade-SP – Solidariedade – SP|newspaper=Solidariedade – SP|access-date=February 5, 2017|language=pt-BR}} where he was one of the main candidates for Federal Deputy, also for the city of São Paulo.
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Category:Brazilian evangelicals
Category:Converts to Protestantism
Category:People from Rio de Janeiro (city)
Category:Brazilian health activists