Maria do Rosário | |
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![]() Maria do Rosário in September 2009.
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Member of Chamber of Deputies | |
Assumed office 1 February 2003 |
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Constituency | Rio Grande do Sul |
Secretary for Human Rights of Brazil | |
In office 1 January 2011 – 1 April 2014 |
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President | Dilma Rousseff |
Preceded by | Paulo Vannuchi |
Succeeded by | Ideli Salvatti |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
In office 1 February 1999 – 31 January 2003 |
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Constituency | Rio Grande do Sul |
Alderman | |
In office 1993–1998 |
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Constituency | Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul |
Personal details | |
Born |
Maria do Rosário Nunes November 22, 1966 Veranópolis, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil |
Political party |
PCdoB (1989-1992) PT (1993-present) |
Spouse(s) | Eliezer Pacheco |
Alma mater | Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul |
Profession | Teacher |
Website | Mariadorosario.com.br |
Maria do Rosário Nunes (born 22 November 1966) is a Brazilian teacher and politician. She graduated in pedagogy from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, and took a postgraduate degree at the University of São Paulo. As of 2012[update] she has served as the Secretary for Human Rights under the Rousseff administration.
Maria do Rosário Nunes was born on 22 November 1966 in the municipality of Veranópolis. In her youth she was an active member of the student movement. Later, as a teacher in public schools, Maria do Rosário became active in the trade union movement. A graduate teacher, she took a postgraduate degree in domestic violence at the Laboratory for Child Studies of the University of São Paulo.
Maria do Rosário was elected, as a member of the Communist Party of Brazil, to the Porto Alegre City Council for the 1993-1996 term with 7,555 votes. The year after her inauguration she switched to the Workers' Party. In 1996 she was re-elected with over 20,000 votes, the top-voted councillor that year. During her two terms as councilwoman, Maria do Rosário acted as president of the education and human rights committees. Her second term at the Porto Alegre City Council was interrupted when she was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Rio Grande do Sul with over 77,000 votes in 1998. That year she became the second top voted state deputy of Rio Grande do Sul. As a state deputy, she acted as chairwoman of the citizenship and human rights committee and vice-president of the Legislative Assembly for two years.