Cezar Schirmer
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| City Councilor of Porto Alegre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 1 January 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| State Secretary of Public Safety of Rio Grande do Sul | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 2 September 2016 – 1 January 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Ranolfo Vieira Júnior | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mayor of Santa Maria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 1 January 2009 – 6 September 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Valdeci Oliveira | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | José Haidar Farret | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Cezar Augusto Schirmer 28 June 1952 Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | MDB (1972–present) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Fátima Schirmer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Federal University of Santa Maria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cezar Augusto Schirmer (born 23 February 1952) is a Brazilian lawyer, university professor, and politician who is affiliated with the Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB). He became internationally known for having been the mayor of the city of Santa Maria during the time that the municipality allowed the nightclub Kiss to operate. The nightclub caught fire in 2013, causing the deaths of 242 people.
He later became the State Secretary of Public Safety of the state of Rio Grande do Sul during the government of José Ivo Sartori. He became the federal Secretary of the Creative Economy and the Special Secretary of Culture, with both posts being under the Ministry of Citizenship, during the Jair Bolsonaro administration. He is currently the municipal secretary of Planning and Strategic Subjects of the city of Porto Alegre, as well as a councilman in the city.