Eduardo Girão

Eduardo Girão
Girão in 2019
Senator for Ceará
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 February 2019
Chairman of Fortaleza Esporte Clube
In office June 2017 – December 2017
Preceded by	Marcello Desidério
Succeeded by	Marcelo Paz
Personal details
Born	Luís Eduardo Grangeiro Girão (1972-09-25) 25 September 1972 (age 52) Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
Political party	NOVO (2023–present)
Other political affiliations	PROS (2018–19) PODE (2019–23)

Luís Eduardo Grangeiro Girão (born 25 September 1972) more commonly known as Eduardo Girão is a Brazilian politician as well as a businessman and football club president. He has spent his political career representing Ceará, having served as federal senator since 2019.^[1]

Personal life

Religiously, Girão considers himself as spiritualist,^[2] and was one of the biggest supporters in the establishment of the "National Day of Spiritism" as a federal holiday, which is on April 18, the date of publication of "The Book of Spirits" by Allan Kardec.^[3]

In 2017 Girão was elected chairman of the Fortaleza Esporte Clube.^[4]

Political career

Girão was elected to the federal senate in the 2018 Brazilian general election.^[5] In 2019 Girão switched to the Podemos party.^[6]

In 2023, he switched to the New Party (NOVO).^[7]

References

1. "Senador Eduardo Girão – CE" (in Portuguese). Senado Federal. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
2. "Senador Eduardo Girão, movimento espírita na política" (in Portuguese). Portal Cearense. 1 May 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
3. Resende, Rodrigo (11 June 2019). "18 de abril pode se tornar o Dia Nacional do Espiritismo" (in Portuguese). Rádio Senado. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
4. "Eduardo Girão, do PROS, é eleito senador pelo CE" (in Portuguese). G1 Globo. 8 October 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
5. "Presidente do Senado, Eunício Oliveira não consegue se reeleger" (in Portuguese). G1 Globo. 7 October 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
6. Araújo, Henrique (3 February 2019). "Empossado senador, Eduardo Girão deixa o Pros e se filia ao Podemos" (in Portuguese). Política o Povo. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
7. "Sem ambiente no Podemos, Girão vai migrar para o Novo | Radar". VEJA (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-02-08.

Sporting positions
Preceded by Marcello Desidério	Chairman of Fortaleza Esporte Clube 2017	Succeeded by Marcelo Paz