Eduardo Girão | |
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Senator for Ceará | |
Assumed office 1 February 2019 | |
Chairman of Fortaleza Esporte Clube | |
In office June 2017 – December 2017 | |
Preceded by | Marcello Desidério |
Succeeded by | Marcelo Paz |
Personal details | |
Born | Luís Eduardo Grangeiro Girão 25 September 1972 Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil |
Political party | NOVO (2023–present) |
Other political affiliations | |
Luís Eduardo Grangeiro Girão (born 25 September 1972) more commonly known as Eduardo Girão is a Brazilian politician as well as a businessman and football club president. He has spent his political career representing Ceará, having served as federal senator since 2019. [1]
Religiously Girão considers himself as spiritualist, [2] and was one of the biggest supporters in the establishment of the "National Day of Spiritism" as a federal holiday, which is on April 18, the date of publication of "The Book of Spirits" by Allan Kardec. [3]
In 2017 Girão was elected chairman of the Fortaleza Esporte Clube. [4]
Girão was elected to the federal senate in the 2018 Brazilian general election. [5] In 2019 Girão switched to the Podemos party. [6]
In 2023, he switched to the New Party (NOVO). [7]