José Roberto Oliveira Faro (born 20 June 1969) is a Brazilian farmer, trade unionist and politician, having been a long-time affiliate of the

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(PT). He is currently a senator for the state of

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, having assumed office in 2023. He was previously a federal deputy from 2007 to 2023. Faro has long had experience as a union activist. He led the Rural Workers' Union in his hometown of Bujaru, the Agricultural Workers' Federation (Fetagri-PA), and the Central Única dos Trabalhadores in Pará. He became known for the consolidation of the National Program for the Strengthening of Family Farming ( PRONAF) and for other public policies for the rural population. His wife is federal deputy Dilvanda Faro. He was elected as a federal deputy in 2014 for the PT. As a federal deputy, he voted against the commencement of impeachment proceedings against president

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. He would later vote for a similar inquiry towards the impeachment of

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. In the same term, he voted against both the New Fiscal Regime and the 2017 labor reforms. During his time as federal deputy, he was co-leader of the PT in the

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, and was vice-president of the Agriculture, Livestock, Supply and Rural Development committee. In 2010, he was the most voted candidate from the PT, being voted in with 169,504 votes. In

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, he ran for senator and was elected with 1,781,582 votes.

Electoral history

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Faro, Beto 1969 births Living people Pará politicians Members of the Federal Senate (Brazil) Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil) from Pará Workers' Party (Brazil) politicians Brazilian trade unionists