Roberto Requião de Mello e Silva (born March 5, 1941) is a Brazilian politician and journalist. He has represented Paraná in the Federal Senate two times, between 1995 and 2002 and from 2011 to 2019. Previously, he was governor of Paraná from 2003 to 2010. He was a member of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party[1] from 1980 to 2022, when he decided to leave the party to join the Workers' Party in order to run in the 2022 Paraná gubernatorial election.[2] In April 2024, he left the Workers' Party in order to join the National Mobilization.[3]

Roberto Requião
Requião in 2018
Senator from Paraná
In office
February 1, 2011 – January 31, 2019
In office
February 1, 1995 – December 31, 2002
53th Governor of Paraná
In office
January 1, 2007 – April 1, 2010
Preceded byHermas Brandão
Succeeded byOrlando Pessuti
53th Governor of Paraná
In office
January 1, 2003 – September 5, 2006
Preceded byJaime Lerner
Succeeded byHermas Brandão
50th Governor of Paraná
In office
March 15, 1991 – March 31, 1994
Preceded byAlvaro Dias
Succeeded byMário Pereira
75th Mayor of Curitiba
In office
January 1, 1986 – January 1, 1989
Preceded byMauricio Fruet
Succeeded byJaime Lerner
State Deputy
In office
March 15, 1983 – January 1, 1986
ConstituencyParaná
Personal details
Born (1941-03-05) March 5, 1941 (age 83)
Curitiba, Paraná
Political partyMobiliza (2024–present)
Other political
affiliations
PMDB (1980–2021)
PT (2022–2024)
ChildrenRequião Filho
ProfessionJournalist

References edit

  1. ^ "Senador Roberto Requião". Federal Senate. Retrieved March 29, 2014.
  2. ^ "Na presença de Lula, Requião se filia ao PT para concorrer ao governo do Paraná". Brasil de Fato (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-04-20.
  3. ^ Dia, Freela Nosso (2024-04-13). "Roberto Requião se filia ao Mobiliza e pode ser candidato a prefeito de Curitiba". Portal Nosso Dia (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-04-15.