Reginaldo Lopes
{{Short description|Brazilian politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Reginaldo Lopes
| image = Reginaldo Lopes em junho de 2018 (recorte).jpg
| office = Member of the Chamber of Deputies
| term_start = 1 February 2003
| constituency = Minas Gerais
| birth_name = Reginaldo Lázaro de Oliveira Lopes
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|04|02|df=y}}
| birth_place = Bom Sucesso, Minas Gerais, Brazil
| party = PT (since 1993)
| profession = Economist
}}
Reginaldo Lázaro de Oliveira Lopes (born 2 April 1973) is a Brazilian economist and politician. He serves as a federal deputy for the Workers' Party (PT) for Minas Gerais. He is the current leader of the PT caucus in the Chamber of Deputies.{{Cite web |title=Biografia do(a) Deputado(a) Federal Reginaldo Lopes |url=https://www.camara.leg.br/deputados/74161/biografia |access-date=2022-05-06 |website=Portal da Câmara dos Deputados |language=pt-br}}
Early life and education
Lopes was born on 2 April 1973 in Bom Sucesso, Minas Gerais. He attended the Federal University of São João del-Rei, where he received his degree in economics. Lopes is the author of the Access to Information Law (LAI).
Political career
He was elected federal deputy in the 2002 elections with 64,000 votes. He was reelected in 2006, 2010, and 2014, where he received 310,226 votes and was the most-voted candidate in Minas Gerais.
In 2016, Lopes was a candidate for mayor of Belo Horizonte, leading a coalition formed by the PT and the Communist Party of Brazil. During the campaign, federal deputy {{Interlanguage link|Jô Moraes|pt|Jô Moraes}} served as his running mate. He ultimately lost the race, coming in fourth place with 7% of the total vote.{{Cite web |url=https://divulgacandcontas.tse.jus.br/divulga/#/candidato/2016/2/41238/130000083762 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160730163219/http://divulgacandcontas.tse.jus.br/divulga/#/candidato/2016/2/41238/130000083762 |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 30, 2016 |title=TSE - Tribunal Superior Eleitoral }}
In the 2018 elections, he was reelected for his fifth term as federal deputy.{{Cite web |title=Veja quem são os deputados federais eleitos para a Câmara por MG |url=https://g1.globo.com/mg/minas-gerais/eleicoes/2018/noticia/2018/10/08/minas-gerais-elege-53-deputados-para-camara-dos-deputados-em-brasilia.ghtml |access-date=2022-05-06 |website=G1 |date=8 October 2018 |language=pt-br}}
In 2022 he assumed the leadership of the Workers' Party in the Chamber of Deputies, succeeding deputy Bohn Gass. He became the youngest parliamentarian to assume the position of leader of the PT bench.{{Cite web |last= |first= |last2= |first2= |date=2021-12-20 |title=Reginaldo Lopes é o novo líder do PT na Câmara |url=https://www.em.com.br/app/noticia/politica/2021/12/20/interna_politica,1332704/reginaldo-lopes-e-o-novo-lider-do-pt-na-camara.shtml |access-date=2022-05-06 |website=Estado de Minas |language=pt-BR}}
References
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External links
- [https://reginaldolopes.com.br/ Official website]
- [https://www.instagram.com/reginaldolopesmg/ Reginaldo Lopes] on Instagram
- [https://twitter.com/reginaldolopes Reginaldo Lopes] on Twitter
- [https://www.youtube.com/user/reginaldolopesptmg Reginaldo Lopes Channel] on YouTube
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Category:Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil) from Minas Gerais
Category:Workers' Party (Brazil) politicians