Comte Bittencourt | |
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Cidadania National President | |
Assumed office 9 September 2023 | |
Preceded by | Roberto Freire |
State Secretary of Education of Rio de Janeiro | |
In office 25 September 2020 – 3 June 2021 | |
Governor |
Wilson Witzel Cláudio Castro |
Preceded by | Pedro Fernandes Neto |
Succeeded by | Alexandre Valle |
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro | |
In office 1 February 2003 – 1 February 2019 | |
Constituency | At-large |
Vice Mayor of Niterói | |
In office 1 January 2017 – 11 December 2017 | |
Mayor | Rodrigo Neves |
Preceded by | Axel Grael |
Succeeded by | Paulo Bagueira |
In office 1 January 2005 – 1 January 2009 | |
Mayor | Godofredo Pinto |
Preceded by | Godofredo Pinto |
Succeeded by | José Vicente Filho |
Member of the Municipal Chamber of Niterói | |
In office 1 January 1993 – 1 February 2003 | |
Constituency | At-large |
Personal details | |
Born | Plínio Comte Leite Bittencourt 2 March 1957 Rio de Janeiro, Federal District, Brazil |
Political party | Cidadania (2001–present) |
Other political affiliations | PSDB (1988–2001) |
Profession | Teacher |
Plínio Comte Leite Bittencourt (born 2 March 1957) is a Brazilian politician. He is affiliated with Cidadania, of which he is the current president. [1] He served as a councilman and as vice-mayor of the city of Niterói. He later became the Secretary of Education for the state of Rio de Janeiro from 2020 to 2021. He was a vice-gubernatorial candidate for the 2018 Rio de Janeiro gubernatorial election, with Eduardo Paes as the gubernatorial candidate, losing to Wilson Witzel and Cláudio Castro.
During his time as a state deputy, Bittencourt presided over the Education Commission of the Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro. [2] He is the state president of Cidadania in Rio de Janeiro. [3] He was vice-mayor of Niterói during the mayoralty of Godofredo Pinto of the Workers' Party (PT). [4] He was elected again as a state deputy in 2014 with 36,155 votes. [5]
He was selected as vice-mayoral candidate, with Rodrigo Neves as mayor, due to the barring of provisional vice-mayor candidate Axel Grael by the regional Elections' Court. They were elected to their respective offices, with Neves being reelected as mayor. Due to his belief of the city needing a strong representative at the state legislative assembly in order to better address crises at the state level, he resigned from being vice-mayor in order to return being a state deputy. [6] [7] He continued to hold that position until 2019.
On 5 August 2018, in an announcement made during a conference at the Niterói Contemporary Art Museum, with representatives from both Cidadania (then called the PPS) and the Democratas, [8] Bittencourt announced he was running to be vice-governor of Rio de Janeiro, with Rio de Janeiro mayor Eduardo Paes as the gubernatorial candidate. [9] Cidadania later confirmed their support for the ticket, which would go on to reach second place, losing to the ticket led by Witzel and Castro. [10]
Bittencourt served as the State Secretary of Education after Pedro Fernandes Neto was dismissed from the position. Bittencourt's official nomination occurred on 25 September 2020, [11] invited by then-interim governor Cláudio Castro ( PSC). [12] [13] He assumed the position during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, during which discussions of school students returning to classes in-person was high in the public consciousness. [14] He left the position in less than a year, being replaced by Alexandre Valle in 2021. [15]
Comte Bittencourt | |
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Cidadania National President | |
Assumed office 9 September 2023 | |
Preceded by | Roberto Freire |
State Secretary of Education of Rio de Janeiro | |
In office 25 September 2020 – 3 June 2021 | |
Governor |
Wilson Witzel Cláudio Castro |
Preceded by | Pedro Fernandes Neto |
Succeeded by | Alexandre Valle |
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro | |
In office 1 February 2003 – 1 February 2019 | |
Constituency | At-large |
Vice Mayor of Niterói | |
In office 1 January 2017 – 11 December 2017 | |
Mayor | Rodrigo Neves |
Preceded by | Axel Grael |
Succeeded by | Paulo Bagueira |
In office 1 January 2005 – 1 January 2009 | |
Mayor | Godofredo Pinto |
Preceded by | Godofredo Pinto |
Succeeded by | José Vicente Filho |
Member of the Municipal Chamber of Niterói | |
In office 1 January 1993 – 1 February 2003 | |
Constituency | At-large |
Personal details | |
Born | Plínio Comte Leite Bittencourt 2 March 1957 Rio de Janeiro, Federal District, Brazil |
Political party | Cidadania (2001–present) |
Other political affiliations | PSDB (1988–2001) |
Profession | Teacher |
Plínio Comte Leite Bittencourt (born 2 March 1957) is a Brazilian politician. He is affiliated with Cidadania, of which he is the current president. [1] He served as a councilman and as vice-mayor of the city of Niterói. He later became the Secretary of Education for the state of Rio de Janeiro from 2020 to 2021. He was a vice-gubernatorial candidate for the 2018 Rio de Janeiro gubernatorial election, with Eduardo Paes as the gubernatorial candidate, losing to Wilson Witzel and Cláudio Castro.
During his time as a state deputy, Bittencourt presided over the Education Commission of the Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro. [2] He is the state president of Cidadania in Rio de Janeiro. [3] He was vice-mayor of Niterói during the mayoralty of Godofredo Pinto of the Workers' Party (PT). [4] He was elected again as a state deputy in 2014 with 36,155 votes. [5]
He was selected as vice-mayoral candidate, with Rodrigo Neves as mayor, due to the barring of provisional vice-mayor candidate Axel Grael by the regional Elections' Court. They were elected to their respective offices, with Neves being reelected as mayor. Due to his belief of the city needing a strong representative at the state legislative assembly in order to better address crises at the state level, he resigned from being vice-mayor in order to return being a state deputy. [6] [7] He continued to hold that position until 2019.
On 5 August 2018, in an announcement made during a conference at the Niterói Contemporary Art Museum, with representatives from both Cidadania (then called the PPS) and the Democratas, [8] Bittencourt announced he was running to be vice-governor of Rio de Janeiro, with Rio de Janeiro mayor Eduardo Paes as the gubernatorial candidate. [9] Cidadania later confirmed their support for the ticket, which would go on to reach second place, losing to the ticket led by Witzel and Castro. [10]
Bittencourt served as the State Secretary of Education after Pedro Fernandes Neto was dismissed from the position. Bittencourt's official nomination occurred on 25 September 2020, [11] invited by then-interim governor Cláudio Castro ( PSC). [12] [13] He assumed the position during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, during which discussions of school students returning to classes in-person was high in the public consciousness. [14] He left the position in less than a year, being replaced by Alexandre Valle in 2021. [15]