Márcio Bittar
{{Short description|Brazilian politician (born 1963)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Márcio Bittar
| image = Foto oficial de Marcio Bittar.jpg
| caption = Bittar in 2019
| term_start = 1 February 2019
| term_end =
| predecessor = Jorge Viana
| office1 = Federal Deputy from Acre
| term_start1 = February 1, 2011
| term_end1 = January 31, 2019
| term_start2 = 1 February 1999
| term_end2 = 1 February 2003
| office3 = State Deputy of Acre
| term_start3 = 1 January 1995
| term_end3 = 1 January 1999
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|6|28|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Franca, SP, Brazil
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = UNIÃO (2022–present){{cite web|url=https://folhadoacre.com.br/2021/09/24/marcio-bittar-deixa-o-mdb-e-deve-comandar-a-fusao-de-dem-e-psl-no-acre/|title=Márcio Bittar deixa o MDB e deve comandar a fusão de DEM e PSL no Acre|website=Folha do Acre|language=pt|date=24 September 2021|accessdate=15 October 2021}}
| otherparty = {{Plainlist|
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| profession = Farmer, political scientist
}}
Márcio Miguel Bittar (born 28 June 1963) is a Brazilian politician. Although born in São Paulo, he has spent his political career representing Acre, serving as federal senator since 2019.{{cite web|title=Senador Marcio Bittar – AC|url=https://www25.senado.leg.br/web/senadores/senador/-/perfil/285|language=pt|access-date=4 July 2019}} He was previously served in the chamber of deputies from 1991 to 2003 and from 2011 to 2015, and served in the state legislature from 1995 to 1999.{{cite web|title=MARCIO BITTAR – Biografia|url=https://www.camara.leg.br/deputados/74363/biografia|work=Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil|language=pt|access-date=4 July 2019}}
Personal life
Bittar was born in Franca to Mamédio Bittar and Manife Miguel Bittar. He grew up in Cuiabá and Jauru in the state of Mato Grosso.{{cite web|title= Candidatos – Governador – Acre – Márcio Miguel Bittar|url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/especial/2006/eleicoes/candidatos-governador-ac-marcio_miguel_bittar.shtml|publisher=Folha Online|language=pt|date=12 August 2006|access-date=4 July 2019}} In his youth he was part of several militant leftist communist and socialists groups, but in his university years he joined the center-right PMDB. Bittar is married to Márcia Bittar, and is the father of 4 children and as of 2018 lives in Rio Branco. Before becoming a politician he worked as a farmer, and political scientist.
Political career
Bittar served as state deputy in the state legislature of Acre from 1995 to 1999.{{cite web|title=Biografia de Márcio Bittar no especial do G1 sobre as eleições de 2006|url=http://g1.globo.com/Noticias/Eleicoes/0,,AA1251148-6284-274,00.html|publisher=G1|language=pt|date=11 September 2006|access-date=4 July 2019}} He was then elected to and served in the Chamber of Deputies for three consecutive terms from 1991 to 2003. From 1997 to 2003 he was the vice-leader of the Popular Socialist Party in the federal legislature.
Bittar returned to the lower house for one term from 2011 to 2014, but elected not to run for re-election but instead run for governor of Acre. In the second round of the 2014 election though he narrowly lost by around 10,000 votes to eventual winner Tião Viana.{{cite web|url=http://g1.globo.com/politica/eleicoes/2014/ac/apuracao-votos.html|title=Resultado das Apurações dos votos do 2º turno das Eleições 2014 no Acre para Governador, Senador, Deputados Federais e Deputados Estaduais|language=pt|publisher=G1 Globo|date=30 November 2015|access-date=18 January 2016}}
In 2017 after having disagreements with his then political party the PSDB, Bittar rejoined the PMDB.{{Cite web|title=Márcio Bittar faz as malas do PSDB e procura PMDB|url=https://www.ac24horas.com/2017/07/20/marcio-bittar-faz-as-malas-do-psdb-e-procura-pmdb/|author=Luis Carlos Moreira Jorge|date=20 July 2017|access-date=4 July 2019|publisher=AC24horas}} In the 2018 Brazilian general election Bittar was elected to the federal senate, coincidentally beating Viana who was also running for a seat in the senate.{{cite web|title=Senadores e deputados federais/estaduais eleitos: Apuração e resultado das Eleições 2018 AC – UOL Eleições 2018|url=https://placar.eleicoes.uol.com.br/2018/1turno/ac/apuracao-no-estado/|date=9 October 2018|access-date=4 July 2019|publisher=Eleições 2018|language=pt}}
Despite his early left-wing involvement, today politically Bittar is considered strongly economically liberal and socially conservative. Ideologically Bittar identifies himself as a liberal conservative.{{cite web|title=Perazzo escreve: "Senador eleito Marcio Bittar: um liberal conservador"|url=https://www.contilnetnoticias.com.br/2018/10/perazzo-escreve-senador-eleito-marcio-bittar-um-liberal-conservador/|first=Valdir|last=Perazzp|publisher=ContilNet Notícias|date=15 October 2018|access-date=4 July 2019|language=pt}} Highly critical of the Workers' Party's handling of the economy, Bittar was a vocal supporter of limiting government spending and the 2017 Brazil labor reform.{{Cite web|title="O que esperar do "novo" MDB no Congresso?"|url=https://www.gazetadopovo.com.br/vozes/a-protagonista/o-que-esperar-do-novo-mdb-no-congresso/|publisher=Gazeta do Povo|date=22 October 2018|access-date=4 July 2019|language=pt}} Bittar was a supporter of Jair Bolsonaro's presidential campaign, who in turn endorsed Bittar in his senate race.{{cite web|title=MDB do Acre declara apoio a Jair Bolsonaro|url=http://www.agazeta.net/politica/20032-mdb-do-acre-declara-apoio-a-jair-bolsonaro|website=agazeta.net|language=pt|date=9 October 2018|access-date=4 July 2019}}
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Category:Brazilian political scientists
Category:Cidadania politicians
Category:Brazilian Democratic Movement politicians
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Category:Members of the Federal Senate (Brazil)
Category:Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil) from Acre