Emília de Sales Belinati (born 29 May 1945) is a Brazilian teacher and politician affiliated with the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB).[1] She was a state deputy in the state of Paraná, and later became the vice-governor of the state between 1995 and 2003, with Jaime Lerner as governor. She also served as the director of Sanepar.[2][3][4] She was the only female deputy in the state legislature during her time as deputy, from 1991 to 1995, and was the first female vice-governor of the state.[5]

Emília Belinati
Vice Governor of Paraná
In office
1 January 1995 – 1 January 2003
GovernorJaime Lerner
Preceded byMário Pereira
Succeeded byOrlando Pessuti
State deputy for Paraná
In office
1 February 1991 – 1 January 1995
Personal details
Born (1945-05-29) 29 May 1945 (age 79)
Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
Political party
  • PTB
  • PSB (before 2006)
  • PFL (2006–2010)
  • PSB (2010–present)
SpouseAntonio Belinati [pt] (separated)

Personal life and education

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Belinati was born on 29 May 1945 in Londrina, and is the child of Maria Cândida and Sebastião Sales.[5] In 1974, she graduated with a degree in physical education from the Faculdade de Educação Física e Desportos do Norte do Paraná, which is now the Universidade Norte do Paraná (Unopar).[6][7] She was one of the players on the Paraná state basketball team. She taught at municipal and state schools for 10 years.[5]

She was married to former Londrina mayor Antonio Belinati, with whom she had three children, including former state deputy Antonio Carlos Belinati.[8] Emília separated from Antonio, who had been involved in various scandals, including being removed from his position as mayor of Londrina.[9][10]

Political career

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In 1977, Belinati was named president of the Association of the Protection of Maternity and Infancy of Londrina.[11] In 1989, she led the Paraná Volunteering Program's operations in Londrina.[7] During the 1990 elections, she became a state deputy, becoming the lone female deputy in the state from 1991 to 1995. An Evangelical, she launched a campaign against the death penalty in the state of Paraná.[5]

During the 1994 Paraná state elections, Belinati, as a member of the Democratic Labour Party (PDT), formed a ticket with Jaime Lerner, who was also with the PDT[12] to run for state government. They were elected,[13] defeating the ticket led by Álvaro Dias (PP) and Maurício Fruet (PMDB). Lerner and Belinati were reelected in 1998, this time defeating Roberto Requião of the PMDB. In Lerner's absence, Belinati would assume a temporary role as governor 45 times.[5] During her time as vice-governor, in 1998, she was the subject of a public civil lawsuit, along with 38 other people, having been suspected of embezzling funds from the municipality of Londrina.[14]

During the 2006 elections, Belinati was a candidate for federal deputy as part of the Liberal Front Party (PFL), but was not elected.[15] In 2007, she was named the director of the Curitiba Institute of Health by then-mayor Beto Richa. She stayed with the institution until 2010. In the 2010 elections, she became a candidate for the PSB again as a state deputy, but again was not elected.[1][16] In 2013, she was elected to lead Sanepar in place of her son Antonio Carlos Belinati.[2][17]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Emília Belinati (2010)". UOL - Políticos do Brasil. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Emília Belinati assume o cargo do filho na direção comercial da Sanepar". G1. 8 August 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Tudo em casa: Emília Belinati substitui filho na Sanepar". Vanguarda da Política. 8 August 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-11-12. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Emília Belinati é eleita para o lugar do filho na Sanepar". Vanguarda da Política. 8 August 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Emília Belinati - Biografia: Cerimonial do Governo do Estado". Casa Civil - Governo do Estado do Paraná. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  6. ^ "Aparecida da Luz ensinou lições para uma vida inteira". Folha de Londrina. 14 October 1998. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  7. ^ a b Mariza Scheffer Freire (2013). "Política social para a infância e adolescência: aspectos sociopolíticos nos discursos dos governadores do Paraná (1910-2010)" (PDF). Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  8. ^ "Biografia de Antônio Casemiro Belinati". Centro de Pesquisa e Documentação de História Contemporânea do Brasil - CPDOC. FGV. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  9. ^ "Justiça determina prisão de ex-prefeito". Folha de S.Paulo. 5 May 2001. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  10. ^ "Ex-prefeito de Londrina é condenado por improbidade administrativa em mais um processo do caso Ama/Comurb". G1. 29 January 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  11. ^ Jolinda de Moraes Alves (2002). "História da Assistência Social aos pobres de Londrina: 1940-1980". Faculdade de Ciências e Letras da Universidade Estadual Paulista – UNESP. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  12. ^ "1994: Emília Belinatti é indicada vice na chapa de Lerner para o Governo do Paraná". JWS. 9 December 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  13. ^ "Um atalho para o governo". Fortuna e Virtude. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  14. ^ "Vice-governadora sofre ação por suposto envolvimento em desvio". Folha de S.Paulo. 1 July 2001. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  15. ^ "Apuração - Paraná - Deputado Federal". Folha Online. 9 December 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  16. ^ "Emília Belinati sai do DEM, entra no PSB e sai candidata a estadual". 2 October 2009. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  17. ^ "Antônio Carlos Salles Belinati toma posse na Assembleia Legislativa". Bem Paraná. 24 July 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2024.