Luiza Erundina

Luiza Erundina
Luiza Erundina
	Luiza Erundina
Federal Deputy for São Paulo
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1 February 1999
53rd Mayor of São Paulo
	In office; 1 January 1989 – 1 January 1993
Vice Mayor	Luiz Eduardo Greenhalgh
Preceded by	Jânio Quadros
Succeeded by	Paulo Maluf
Minister of the Federal Administration
	In office; 28 February 1993 – 20 May 1993
President	Itamar Franco
Preceded by	Osiris de Azevedo Lopes Filho
Succeeded by	Romildo Canhim
State Deputy of São Paulo
	In office; 1 February 1987 – 31 December 1988
Alderman of São Paulo
	In office; 1 February 1983 – 1 February 1986
Personal details
Born	November 30, 1934 (age 89); Uiraúna, Brazil
Political party	PT (1980–1997); PSB (1997–2016); PSOL (2016–present)
Alma mater	Federal University of Paraíba
Profession	Social worker

Luiza Erundina de Sousa (Portuguese pronunciation: [luˈizɐ ɛrũˈdjinɐ dʒi ˈsowzɐ]; November 30, 1934) is a Brazilian politician.

In 1997 she changed to the PSB party. When her party supported the impeachment process against president Dilma Rousseff, Erundina switched to party PSOL in March 2016.^[1]

Erundina was on the São Paulo city council from 1983–1987. From 1987–1988 she was a state deputy for the state of São Paulo. She was São Paulo's first female mayor, serving from 1989 to 1992. In 1993, she became Brazil's Minister for the Federal Administration. Since 1999, Luiza Erundina has served as a Congresswoman in Brazil's Federal Congress. She was re-elected six times in a row, and now is disputing her seventh election as a Federal Deputy. She's considered a champion on the fight for women's rights, and a role model for the socialist youth.