Marcelo Ribeiro Freixo () is a Brazilian

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and

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. He is a federal deputy for the

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(PSB), and was formerly chairman of the Defence of Human Rights and Citizenship Commission on the Rio de Janeiro Legislative Assembly. Freixo gained national attention when he presided over a parliamentary inquiry commission on police militias in

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, having a character inspired on him in the Brazilian film '' Elite Squad: The Enemy Within'', directed by

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. He ran for mayor of Rio de Janeiro twice, in 2012 and 2016, having as vice-mayor candidate on the ticket in 2016 the lawyer and professor at

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Luciana Boiteux. He ended in second in both the run-offs, losing the first to

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from PMDB, and the second to the

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candidate Marcelo Crivella. On 16 June 2021, Freixo left PSOL for PSB, in preparation for the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Freixo, Marcelo 1967 births Living people People from Niterói Brazilian Socialist Party politicians Members of the Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil) from Rio de Janeiro (state)