José Fogaça

José Fogaça.

José Alberto Fogaça de Medeiros (born January 13, 1947 in Porto Alegre ) is a Brazilian lawyer, journalist and politician of the PMDB . He worked as a journalist, publicist and radio host in Porto Alegre and São Paulo .

Life

José Fogaça, son of the pharmacist João Câncio Ferreira de Medeiros and Alba Maria Paglioli Fogaça de Medeiros, attended the Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul , where he graduated in law .

Fogaça was a member of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Rio Grande do Sul for the Movimento Democrático Brasileiro (MDB) from 1978 . From 1983 to 1986 Fogaça was a member of the Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro (PMDB), for his home state in the lower house of the National Congress of Brazil. From 1987 to 2003 he was a senator in the Federal Senate . Two years after his tenure, Fogaça won the mayoral election for Prefeito in his hometown of Porto Alegre. From 2005 to March 30, 2010 he was the city prefect of the state capital, which in 2010 had exceeded the 1.4 million population limit. After five years in office, Fogaça handed over his office to his deputy mayor José Fortunati , because he ran for the election of governor of Rio Grande do Sul, in which he received only 24.74% of the vote.

Private

Together with his wife Isabela , José Fogaça is also known and successful as a composer. His most famous composition is the unofficial hymn of Porto Alegre entitled Porto Alegre É Demais .

literature

• Cristina Guido, Luís Otávio de Sousa, Inoã Pierre Carvalho Urbinati: Fogaça, José , biography in CPDOC / FGV, Centro de Pesquisa e Documentação de História Contemporânea do Brasil (Brazilian Portuguese).

Web links

Commons : José Fogaça  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Biografia José Alberto Fogaça de Medeiros on Portal Senadores , short profile (Portuguese).

Individual evidence

1. ^ Fogaça (José Alberto Fogaça de Medeiros). In: musicapopular.org. Retrieved August 19, 2020 .