Jorge Sayed Picciani (March 25, 1955 – May 14, 2021) was a Brazilian cattle rancher and politician, affiliated with the

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(MDB). He was preventively arrested at the José Frederico Marques Public Prison, in Benfica, where he was later released by the Federal Supreme Court for

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. Having passed through the Democratic Labor Party (PDT), and affiliated with the

(MDB) since 1995, he was president of the Legislative Assembly of

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( Alerj) from 2003 to 2010, when he left office to run for the

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. Before that, he was, for six years, first secretary of Alerj, in the period when the now ex-governor

Sérgio Cabral Filho Sérgio de Oliveira Cabral Santos Filho (born January 27, 1963) is a Brazilian politician and a journalist He was elected governor of the state of Rio de Janeiro in the 2006 Brazilian general election and sworn into office on January 1, 2007. ...

presided over the house (1995–2002). In the

Leonel Brizola Leonel de Moura Brizola (22 January 1922 – 21 June 2004) was a Brazilian politician. Launched into politics by Brazilian president Getúlio Vargas in the 1930–1950s, Brizola was the only politician to serve as elected governor of two Brazil ...

government, he was Secretary of Sports and President of the Superintendence of Sports of the State of Rio de Janeiro (SUDERJ). Jorge Picciani was born in

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on 25 March 1955. He was married and father of 5 sons, including politician

Leonardo Picciani Leonardo Carneiro Monteiro Picciani (born 6 November 1979 in Nilópolis) is a Brazilian lawyer and politician affiliated to the Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB), and former minister of Sports appoint by president Michel Temer. Is son of the su ...

. He died on 14 May 2021 of

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and

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1955 births 2021 deaths Members of the Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro Democratic Labour Party (Brazil) politicians Brazilian Democratic Movement politicians Rio de Janeiro State University alumni Politicians from Rio de Janeiro (city) {{Brazil-politician-stub