Luiza Erundina

Luiza Erundina
Erundina in 2016
Federal Deputy from São Paulo
Assumed office
1 February 1999
Secretary of the Federal Administration
In office
28 February 1993  20 May 1993
PresidentItamar Franco
Preceded byOsiris de Azevedo Lopes Filho
Succeeded byRomildo Canhim
Mayor of São Paulo
In office
1 January 1989  1 January 1993
Vice MayorLuiz Eduardo Greenhalgh
Preceded byJânio Quadros
Succeeded byPaulo Maluf
State Deputy of São Paulo
In office
15 March 1987  1 January 1989
City Councillor of São Paulo
In office
15 March 1983  15 March 1986
Personal details
Born
Luiza Erundina de Sousa

(1934-11-30) 30 November 1934
Uiraúna, Paraíba, Brazil
Political partyPSOL (2016–present)
Other political
affiliations
  • PT (1980–93)
  • PSB (1993–2016)
Alma materFederal University of Paraíba
ProfessionSocial worker

Luiza Erundina de Sousa (Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: [luˈizɐ eɾũˈdʒinɐ dʒi ˈsowzɐ]; November 30, 1934) is a Brazilian politician, born in Uiraúna, a small city in the interior of the Brazilian state of Paraíba.