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{{Short description|Brazilian politician}}
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{{Infobox politician
{{BLP sources|date=February 2018}}
| name = Tarso Genro
{{Infobox officeholder
| image = Tarso Genro em 2011.jpg
| name = Tarso Genro
| order =
| image = Brasília - DF (5876881380) (cropped).jpg
| office = 37th [[List of Governors of Rio Grande do Sul|Governor of Rio Grande do Sul]]
| order =
| term_start = January 1, 2011
| office = [[List of governors of Rio Grande do Sul|Governor of Rio Grande do Sul]]
| term_end = January 1, 2015
| term_start = 1 January 2011
| vicegovernor = Beto Grill
| term_end = 1 January 2015
| predecessor = [[Yeda Crusius]]
| vicegovernor = Beto Grill
| successor = [[José Ivo Sartori]]
| predecessor = [[Yeda Crusius]]
| office1 = [[Ministry of Justice (Brazil)|Minister of Justice]]
| successor = [[José Ivo Sartori]]{{Collapsed infobox section begin|Other positions}}
| term_start1 = March 16, 2007
| office1 = [[List of Ministers of Justice of Brazil|Minister of Justice]]
| term_end1 = February 10, 2010
| term_start1 = 16 March 2007
| president1 = [[Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva]]
| term_end1 = 10 February 2010
| predecessor1 = [[Márcio Thomaz Bastos]]
| successor1 = Luiz Paulo Barreto
| president1 = [[Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva]]
| predecessor1 = [[Márcio Thomaz Bastos]]
| office2 = [[Cabinet of Brazil|Minister of Institutional Relations]]
| successor1 = Luiz Paulo Barreto
| term_start2 = April 3, 2006
| office2 = [[Cabinet of Brazil|Minister of Institutional Relations]]
| term_end2 = March 16, 2007
| term_start2 = 3 April 2006
| president2 = [[Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva]]
| term_end2 = 16 March 2007
| predecessor2 = [[Jaques Wagner]]
| president2 = [[Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva]]
| successor2 = Walfrido dos Mares Guia
| predecessor2 = [[Jaques Wagner]]
| office3 = [[Workers' Party (Brazil)|National President of the Workers' Party]]
| successor2 = Walfrido dos Mares Guia
| term_start3 = July 9, 2005
| office3 = [[Workers' Party (Brazil)|National President of the Workers' Party]]
| term_end3 = October 11, 2005
| term_start3 = 9 July 2005
| predecessor3 = [[José Genoino]]
| term_end3 = 11 October 2005
| successor3 = [[Ricardo Berzoini]]
| predecessor3 = [[José Genoino]]
| office4 = [[Ministry of Education (Brazil)|Minister of Education]]
| successor3 = [[Ricardo Berzoini]]
| term_start4 = January 27, 2004
| office4 = [[Ministry of Education (Brazil)|Minister of Education]]
| term_end4 = July 29, 2005
| term_start4 = 27 January 2004
| president4 = [[Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva]]
| term_end4 = 29 July 2005
| predecessor4 = [[Cristovam Buarque]]
| president4 = [[Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva]]
| successor4 = [[Fernando Haddad]]
| predecessor4 = [[Cristovam Buarque]]
| office5 = 38th and 40th [[Mayor of Porto Alegre]]
| successor4 = [[Fernando Haddad]]
| term_start5 = January 1, 2001
| office5 = [[Mayor of Porto Alegre]]
| term_end5 = April 4, 2002
| term_start5 = 1 January 2001
| predecessor5 = [[Raul Pont]]
| term_end5 = 4 April 2002
| successor5 = [[João Verle]]
| 1blankname5 = Vice Mayor
| term_start6 = January 1, 1993
| 1namedata5 = [[João Verle]]
| term_end6 = January 1, 1997
| predecessor5 = Raul Pont
| predecessor6 = [[Olívio Dutra]]
| successor6 = [[Raul Pont]]
| successor5 = [[João Verle]]
| term_start6 = 1 January 1993
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|03|06|mf=y}}
| term_end6 = 1 January 1997
| birth_place= [[São Borja]], [[Rio Grande do Sul]], Brazil
| 1blankname6 = Vice Mayor
| alma_mater = [[Federal University of Santa Maria]]
| 1namedata6 = Raul Pont
| profession =
| predecessor6 = [[Olívio Dutra]]
| residence =
| spouse = Sandra Krebs Genro
| successor6 = Raul Pont
| office7 = [[Chamber of Deputies (Brazil)|Federal Deputy]] for [[Rio Grande do Sul]]
| children = [[Luciana Genro|Luciana]]<br />Vanessa
| term_start7 = 6 April 1990
| religion =
| term_end7 = 1 February 1991
| party = [[Workers' Party (Brazil)|Workers' Party]]
| constituency7 = [[At-large]]
| term_start8 = 11 January 1989
| term_end8 = 2 March 1989
| constituency8 = [[At-large]]
| office9 = Vice Mayor of Porto Alegre
| term_start9 = 1 January 1989
| term_end9 = 1 January 1993
| 1blankname9 = Mayor
| 1namedata9 = [[Olívio Dutra]]
| predecessor9 = Glênio Peres
| successor9 = Raul Pont{{Collapsed infobox section end}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|03|06|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[São Borja]], [[Rio Grande do Sul]], Brazil
| alma_mater = [[Federal University of Santa Maria]]
| profession =
| residence =
| spouse = Sandra Krebs Genro
| children = [[Luciana Genro|Luciana]]<br />Vanessa
| religion =
| party = [[Workers' Party (Brazil)|PT]]
}}
}}


'''Tarso Fernando Herz Genro''' (born March 6, 1947 in [[São Borja]], [[Rio Grande do Sul]]) is a [[Brazil]]ian [[politician]], and a member of the [[Workers' Party (Brazil)|Workers' Party]] (''Partido dos Trabalhadores &ndash; PT''). As a result of the [[Mensalão scandal]], Genro served the remainder of [[José Genoíno]]'s term as party president in 2005. [[Ricardo Berzoini]] was elected to the post later that year.
'''Tarso Fernando Herz Genro''' (born 6 March 1947) is a [[Brazil]]ian politician from the southern state of [[Rio Grande do Sul]]. An associate of [[Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva]], Genro was a leader of the [[Workers' Party (Brazil)|Workers' Party]] (PT) in the 2000s.


== Biography ==
Following his service as interim president, Genro was a top political adviser to [[Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva]], former [[President of Brazil]] (2006–2010), during the contentious, but quite successful, [[Brazilian general election, 2006|2006 Presidential campaign]].<ref>[http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/10/02/news/brazil.php Da Silva faces a runoff vote in Brazil - International Herald Tribune<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> On 16 March 2007, he became the new Minister of Justice in Lula's [[Cabinet of Brazil|cabinet]].
===Early years===
Genro was born to a working-class family in [[São Borja, Rio Grande do Sul]], Genro was active in politics from a young age. In the early 1980s, Genro was a spokesman for the [[Revolutionary Communist Party (Brazil)|Communist Revolutionary Party]] (PRC)<ref name="cam">{{cite web | url=http://www.tarso13.com.br/candidatos/tarso-genro/ | title=Biografia no site oficial de campanha | publisher=www.tarso13.com.br }}.</ref> along with his brother, Adelmo Genro Filho.{{fact|date=March 2024}}


As a member of the Workers' Party (PT), he was elected deputy mayor of [[Porto Alegre]] by the "Popular Front". He accumulated the position of vice mayor with that of government secretary. In 1992, Genro was elected to the position of [[Mayor of Porto Alegre]], though he lost reelection in 1996. In [[1998 Brazilian general election|1998]], he was speculated to be a potential presidential candidate for the PT in the place of Lula, though Lula ended up running<ref>{{Cite web|title=Folha de S.Paulo - Lula apóia Tarso Genro para Presidência - 12/05/97|url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/fsp/brasil/fc120515.htm|access-date=2 December 2020|website=www1.folha.uol.com.br}}</ref>
Genro is the former mayor of [[Porto Alegre]], the capital city of [[Rio Grande do Sul]], and was a candidate for the state's governorship in 2010. Since January 1, 2011, he is the Governor of [[Rio Grande do Sul]].

===2000-present===
As a result of the [[Mensalão scandal]], Genro served the remainder of [[José Genoíno]]'s term as party president in 2005. [[Ricardo Berzoini]] was elected to the post later that year.{{fact|date=March 2024}}

Following his service as interim president, Genro was a political adviser to [[Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva]], former [[President of Brazil]] (2006–2010), during the contentious [[2006 Brazilian general election|2006 Presidential campaign]].<ref>[http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/10/02/news/brazil.php Da Silva faces a runoff vote in Brazil - International Herald Tribune<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> On 16 March 2007, he became the new Minister of Justice in Lula's [[Cabinet of Brazil|cabinet]].

When Italian far-left terrorist [[Cesare Battisti (1954)|Cesare Battisti]] of the [[Armed Proletarians for Communism]], wanted for four murders, was arrested in Rio de Janeiro in March 2007 by Brazilian and French police officers, Genro granted him status as a political refugee. It was a controversial decision, which divided Italy and the Brazilian and international press.
In November 2009, the Brazilian Supreme Court declared Genro's grant of refugee status illegal.<ref>International Extradition Treaty-Protocol are made between presidents – [http://www.mcnabbassociates.com/Brazil%20International%20Extradition%20protocol%20with%20the%20United%20States.pdf Brazil International Extradition Treaty-Protocol with the United States] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305010210/http://www.mcnabbassociates.com/Brazil%20International%20Extradition%20protocol%20with%20the%20United%20States.pdf |date=5 March 2016 }} 18 June 1962, Date-Signed</ref>

In [[2010 Brazilian presidential election|2010]], Genro was mentioned as a possible successor to Lula, though the PT nomination went to [[Dilma Rousseff]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lula já escolheu Dilma para ser candidata em 2010, diz Tarso - Política|url=https://politica.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,lula-ja-escolheu-dilma-para-ser-candidata-em-2010-diz-tarso,256850|access-date=28 December 2020|website=Estadão|language=pt-BR}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
His daughter, [[Luciana Genro]], is a socialist politician in Brazil who served as the presidential candidate of the [[Socialism and Liberty Party]] (PSOL) in [[2014 Brazilian general election|2014]]. [[Fernando Genro|Fernando Marcel Genro Robaina]], his grandson, is a former Brazilian footballer.{{fact|date=March 2024}}


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Latest revision as of 21:16, 26 May 2024

Tarso Genro
Governor of Rio Grande do Sul
In office
1 January 2011 – 1 January 2015
Vice GovernorBeto Grill
Preceded byYeda Crusius
Succeeded byJosé Ivo Sartori
Other positions
Minister of Justice
In office
16 March 2007 – 10 February 2010
PresidentLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded byMárcio Thomaz Bastos
Succeeded byLuiz Paulo Barreto
Minister of Institutional Relations
In office
3 April 2006 – 16 March 2007
PresidentLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded byJaques Wagner
Succeeded byWalfrido dos Mares Guia
National President of the Workers' Party
In office
9 July 2005 – 11 October 2005
Preceded byJosé Genoino
Succeeded byRicardo Berzoini
Minister of Education
In office
27 January 2004 – 29 July 2005
PresidentLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded byCristovam Buarque
Succeeded byFernando Haddad
Mayor of Porto Alegre
In office
1 January 2001 – 4 April 2002
Vice MayorJoão Verle
Preceded byRaul Pont
Succeeded byJoão Verle
In office
1 January 1993 – 1 January 1997
Vice MayorRaul Pont
Preceded byOlívio Dutra
Succeeded byRaul Pont
Federal Deputy for Rio Grande do Sul
In office
6 April 1990 – 1 February 1991
ConstituencyAt-large
In office
11 January 1989 – 2 March 1989
ConstituencyAt-large
Vice Mayor of Porto Alegre
In office
1 January 1989 – 1 January 1993
MayorOlívio Dutra
Preceded byGlênio Peres
Succeeded byRaul Pont
Personal details
Born (1947-03-06) 6 March 1947 (age 77)
São Borja, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Political partyPT
SpouseSandra Krebs Genro
ChildrenLuciana
Vanessa
Alma materFederal University of Santa Maria

Tarso Fernando Herz Genro (born 6 March 1947) is a Brazilian politician from the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul. An associate of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Genro was a leader of the Workers' Party (PT) in the 2000s.

Biography

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Early years

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Genro was born to a working-class family in São Borja, Rio Grande do Sul, Genro was active in politics from a young age. In the early 1980s, Genro was a spokesman for the Communist Revolutionary Party (PRC)[1] along with his brother, Adelmo Genro Filho.[citation needed]

As a member of the Workers' Party (PT), he was elected deputy mayor of Porto Alegre by the "Popular Front". He accumulated the position of vice mayor with that of government secretary. In 1992, Genro was elected to the position of Mayor of Porto Alegre, though he lost reelection in 1996. In 1998, he was speculated to be a potential presidential candidate for the PT in the place of Lula, though Lula ended up running[2]

2000-present

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As a result of the Mensalão scandal, Genro served the remainder of José Genoíno's term as party president in 2005. Ricardo Berzoini was elected to the post later that year.[citation needed]

Following his service as interim president, Genro was a political adviser to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, former President of Brazil (2006–2010), during the contentious 2006 Presidential campaign.[3] On 16 March 2007, he became the new Minister of Justice in Lula's cabinet.

When Italian far-left terrorist Cesare Battisti of the Armed Proletarians for Communism, wanted for four murders, was arrested in Rio de Janeiro in March 2007 by Brazilian and French police officers, Genro granted him status as a political refugee. It was a controversial decision, which divided Italy and the Brazilian and international press. In November 2009, the Brazilian Supreme Court declared Genro's grant of refugee status illegal.[4]

In 2010, Genro was mentioned as a possible successor to Lula, though the PT nomination went to Dilma Rousseff.[5]

Personal life

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His daughter, Luciana Genro, is a socialist politician in Brazil who served as the presidential candidate of the Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL) in 2014. Fernando Marcel Genro Robaina, his grandson, is a former Brazilian footballer.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ "Biografia no site oficial de campanha". www.tarso13.com.br..
  2. ^ "Folha de S.Paulo - Lula apóia Tarso Genro para Presidência - 12/05/97". www1.folha.uol.com.br. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  3. ^ Da Silva faces a runoff vote in Brazil - International Herald Tribune
  4. ^ International Extradition Treaty-Protocol are made between presidents – Brazil International Extradition Treaty-Protocol with the United States Archived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine 18 June 1962, Date-Signed
  5. ^ "Lula já escolheu Dilma para ser candidata em 2010, diz Tarso - Política". Estadão (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 28 December 2020.
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Political offices
Preceded by Mayor of Porto Alegre
1993–1997
2001–2002 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of Education
2004–2005 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of Institutional Relations
2006–2007 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of Justice
2007–2010 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Governor of Rio Grande do Sul
2011–2015 		Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by National President of the Workers' Party
2005 		Succeeded by
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