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Farid Abraão David
Farid Abrão David (April 3, 1944 – December 11, 2020) was a Brazilian politician of Lebanese descent, active in the municipality where he was born, Nilópolis, and more recently, in the neighboring city, Mesquita. He was also known for being a Carnival leader at the Beija-Flor samba school. He was the brother of the patron of Beija-Flor de Nilópolis Anísio Abraão David, cousin of Simão Sessim and uncle of , former and current mayor of Nilópolis. His son was a state deputy. Biography Farid was mayor of Nilópolis, elected in October 2016 with 60.10% of the votes (60,595 votes), he was a state deputy several times, by the PDS, PFL and PP. Between 2001 and 2008 he was Mayor of Nilópolis. He was president of Beija-Flor de Nilópolis for 18 years, obtaining several titles for the association making it known worldwide. He changed his electoral domicile in 2012, and ran for mayor of Mesquita, taking second place with 24.98% of the votes (24,466 votes). In 2013, he retur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neguinho Da Beija-Flor
Neguinho da Beija-Flor OMC, whose real name is Luiz Antônio Feliciano Marcondes, (born June 29, 1949 in Nova Iguaçu) is a samba singer and composer. He has been the official interpreter of the Beija-Flor since 1976. He is the son of a musician. Owning both a powerful voice and great vocal technique, he debuted as lead-singer at the Samba Group Lion of Iguaçu in 1970, transferring to the musical group Beija-Flor (from Nilópolis/RJ), in 1975. There he created the slogan "Just feel the Beija-flor around, folks!". He released his first album in 1980, which was followed by other ones, with hits such as the samba-theme "The Story of the Five Balls of Rio" (Silas de Oliveira / Dona Ivone Lara / Bacalhau), "Aquarela Brasileira (Silas de Oliveira), "Dreaming of King means Lion " (of his own) or samba-calções (slow sambas) like "Nervos de Aço" (Lupicinio Rodrigues). Other musical hits are "Ângela" (Serginho Meriti / Alexandre), "Divina" (Alexandre), "Magali", "Esmeralda" and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simão Sessim
Simão Sessim (8 December 1935 – 16 August 2021) was a Brazilian lawyer, teacher and politician who served ten consecutive terms as a federal deputy for Rio de Janeiro for several centre-right political parties and spent 40 years in the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil), Chamber of Deputies. He was a cousin of Farid Abraão David, former mayor of Nilópolis, and Anísio Abraão David, an illegal lottery operator (Jogo do Bicho, bicheiro) and the patron of the ''GRES Beija-Flor de Nilópolis, Beija-Flor'' samba school in Nilópolis, that has won 14 parades of the Rio Carnival, Carnaval do Rio de Janeiro. Early life At the beginning of the 20th century, many Lebanese Brazilians, Syrian-Lebanese immigrants settled in Nilópolis, among them the patriarchs of the Sessim and Abraão David families, who established themselves as local merchants in the 1920s. In the 1960s, the family began a career in politics. In 1962, his brother doctor Jorge Sessim David was elected to the Legislative A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The Legislative Assembly Of Rio De Janeiro
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People From Nilópolis
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Brazilian Roman Catholics
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2020 Deaths
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1944 Births
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Extra (jornal)
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COVID-19
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Prefecture
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Anísio Abraão David
Aniz Abraão David (Rio de Janeiro, 7 June 1937), better known as Anísio, is an operator in the illegal jogo do bicho lottery (popularly known as ''bicheiro'') and the honorary president of the ''Beija-Flor'' samba school in Nilópolis. He has been the president of the Independent League of Samba Schools of Rio de Janeiro (LIESA) from 1985-1987. From a humble start at the beginning of the 1960s, Anísio and his family became the masters of municipal political power, the controllers of bicho gambling in the Baixada Fluminense and the champions of Rio's carnival. Their support for the military dictatorship and their collaboration in the persecution and prosecution of opponents of the regime, in combination with co-opting of military and police officers to protect their business, helped to advance their rise. The purging of the small ''bicheiros'', with the annexation of their selling points through intimidation and force, and the "takeover" of the Beija Flor samba school, opened ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nilópolis
Nilópolis (, , ) is a municipality in Brazil, located in the Rio de Janeiro state's southwestern region, bordering São João de Meriti, Mesquita and Rio de Janeiro. It is the smallest municipality in Rio de Janeiro state, with a total area of 19.39 km2. The population of 162,693 inhabitants living in an area of 9 km2 and the remaining area corresponds to the Gericinó's Natural Park. Officially, the population density exceeds 8,120 inhabitants/km2, but if calculated just 9 km2 occupied, it becomes the most densely populated city in Brazil with more than 17.400 inhabitants/km2. Currently, São João de Meriti has the highest population density, with 12,897 inhabitants/km2. The city was named after Nilo Peçanha, a President of Brazil. Transport Nilópolis is served by bus companies owned by the municipality, such as Nilopolitana Cavalcanti & Cia, and other companies that are not based in the city but provide services to its population. Railway Nilópolis a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
