Rui Costa Pimenta (born in São Paulo, 25 June 1957) is a Brazilian politician and a perennial presidential candidate aligned with the Trotskyist Workers' Cause Party (Portuguese: Partido da Causa Operária).

Rui Costa Pimenta
Pimenta in 2014
National President of PCO
Assumed office
7 December 1995
Preceded byCreated office
Personal details
Born
Rui Costa Pimenta

(1957-06-25) 25 June 1957 (age 66)
São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Political partyPCO (1995–present)
PT (1980–1995)
Spouse
Anaí Caproni
(m. 1995)

He was their candidate in the 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014 presidential elections and placed last in all of the elections he ran.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ "PCO pede registro de Rui Pimenta como candidato a presidente". Terra Networks (in Portuguese). 5 July 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
Party political offices
New political party National President of Workers' Cause Party
1995–present
Incumbent
New political party Workers' Cause Party nominee for President of Brazil
2002, 2006, 2010, 2014
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