Eduardo Jorge

Eduardo Jorge Martins Alves Sobrinho (born 26 October 1949)[1] is a Brazilian public health physician and politician. He is best known for creating (or co-creating) federal laws on family planning, voluntary sterilization, the production of generic drugs, regulation of asbestos use, and linking budgetary resources for the Brazilian public health system.[2]

Eduardo Jorge
Eduardo Jorge in 2018
Federal Deputy from São Paulo
In office 1 February 1987 – 31 January 2003
State Deputy for São Paulo
In office 1 February 1983 – 1 December 1986
Personal details
Born	Eduardo Jorge Martins Alves Sobrinho 26 October 1949 Salvador, Brazil
Political party	PV (2003–present)
Other political affiliations	PT (1980–2003)
Alma mater	Federal University of Paraíba
Profession	Physician

Biography

Born in Salvador, Bahia in Paraíba to Guilardo Martins Alves and Maria da Penha Gomes Martins,[3] Jorge studied Medicine from 1967 to 1973, when he graduated from the Federal University of Paraíba.[4] Following this, he obtained degrees in Preventive Medicine and Public Health from the University of São Paulo between 1974 and 1976.[4] In addition, he engaged in politics as a militant activist for the Revolutionary Communist Party against the Brazilian military government.[1] In 1976, he was hired to work as São Paulo's Department of Health as director of Itaquera's Health Center.[5]

In 1980, he was one of the co-founders of the Brazilian Workers' Party,[1] where he was a deputy for the state of São Paulo from 1983 to 1987.[5] He was also Secretary of Health for the City of São Paulo in the governments of both Luiza Erundina (1989–1990) and Marta Suplicy's (2001–2002).[2] Eduardo Jorge was a federal deputy from 1987 to 2003,[5] when he left the Workers' Party and joined the Green Party.[6] From 2005 to 2012, he was Secretary of the Environment for José Serra and Gilberto Kassab.[6]

In 2014, Eduardo Jorge was announced as the Green Party's presidential candidate in the Brazilian general election of 2014.[4] During his campaign, he advocated for the legalization of abortion as a public health issue, and for the legalization of drugs[7]—which he had already defended as a Congressman in 1995[8]—to end the war on drugs.[7] In the end, he was the sixth most voted-for candidate, receiving 630,099 votes, corresponding to 0.61% of the total.[9]

References

1. "Eduardo Jorge foi militante contra a ditadura e fundador do PT". O Tempo (in Portuguese). 21 July 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
2. "Secretaria Municipal do Verde e do Meio Ambiente" (in Portuguese). City Hall of São Paulo City. Archived from the original on 9 July 2007. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
3. "Eduardo Jorge Martins Alves Sobrinho | CPDOC - Centro de Pesquisa e Documentação de História Contemporânea do Brasil" [Eduardo Jorge Martins Alves Sobrinho | CPDOC - Center for Research and Documentation of the Contemporary History of Brazil]. CPDOC (in Portuguese). Rio de Janeiro: Centro de Pesquisa e Documentação de História Contemporânea do Brasil. 1 June 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
4. "Eduardo Jorge é o pré-candidato do PV à presidência da República". Portal Correio. Universo Online. 13 February 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
5. "Eduardo Jorge - PT/SP" (in Portuguese). Chamber of Deputies. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
6. Silva, Vanessa Corrêa da (26 May 2014). "Mídia quer empurrar o PV para um gueto verde, diz Eduardo Jorge" (in Portuguese). Universo Online. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
7. Bowater, Donna (27 August 2014). "Dilma Rousseff and Marina Silva in 'weak' Brazil TV debate stalemate". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
8. "Green sign for grass". Brazzil Magazine (111): 26. March 1995. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
9. "Resultado da Apuração dos votos para Presidente". G1 (in Portuguese). Globo.com. Retrieved 24 November 2015. You must click on "1º Turno" tab to check the results.