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Guilherme Boulos
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Boulos in 2023
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Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
Assumed office 1 February 2023 |
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Constituency | São Paulo |
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Guilherme Castro Boulos
19 June 1982 São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil |
Political party | PSOL (2018–present) |
Domestic partner | Natalia Szermeta (2009–present) |
Children | 2 |
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Occupation | Social activist, professor and writer |
Known for | Homeless Workers' Movement |
Guilherme Castro Boulos (born 19 June 1982) is a Brazilian politician, activist and writer. He is a member of the National Coordination of Homeless Workers' Movement (MTST). Boulos joined the Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL) in 2018, and was PSOL's candidate for the presidency of Brazil in the 2018 general election.
In 2020 Boulos was the PSOL nominee for mayor of São Paulo in the 2020 election, qualifying for a second round against PSDB candidate Bruno Covas. Covas defeated Boulos in the run-off. In the 2022 elections, Boulos was elected to the Chamber of Deputies from São Paulo, having received the most votes for federal deputy in the state.
As a member of the Homeless Workers' Movement, Boulos became nationally known in 2003, when he participated in an occupation of Volkswagen's land in São Bernardo do Campo. Closely associated with former President Lula da Silva, he has been described as an "heir" to Lula, with his physical likeliness to Lula during his youth being widely noted. He was selected by Time for their Time 100 Next list of emerging leaders worldwide for 2021.
Early life and career
Guilherme Boulos is the son of Marcos Boulos, a professor of medicine at the University of São Paulo. He is of Lebanese descent, with “Boulos” meaning “Paul” in Arabic. He graduated with a degree in philosophy in 2006 and received a master's degree in mental health in 2017, both from the University of São Paulo. In his youth he engaged in the Union of Communist Youth. He also joined the Homeless Workers' Movement in 2002.
He became famous in 2003 when he participated in the coordination of the invasion of a Volkswagen's ground in São Bernardo do Campo. He appeared again in the press in 2014, in the wake of the social mobilizations around the World Cup, especially the invasion called Occupation People's Cup (Portuguese: Ocupação Copa do Povo), organized by the MTST in early May.
Prison
On 17 January 2017, Boulos was arrested on charges of committing judicial disobedience and incitement to violence during the repossession lawsuit of a plot of land in the district of São Mateus. In the night of the same day, he was released from prison. In his defense, he claims that his detention was arbitrary and for political reasons.
Electoral history
Election | Political result | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ||
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2020 São Paulo mayoral election Second round Electorate: 8,986,687 Turnout: 6,217,508 (69.19%) |
[[Brazilian Social Democracy Party|Template:Brazilian Social Democracy Party/meta/shortname]] hold Majority: 1,001,012 (8.76%) |
Bruno Covas | [[Brazilian Social Democracy Party|Template:Brazilian Social Democracy Party/meta/shortname]] | 3,169,121 | 59.38 | ||
Guilherme Boulos | [[Socialism and Liberty Party|Template:Socialism and Liberty Party/meta/shortname]] | 2,168,109 | 40.62 | ||||
2020 São Paulo mayoral election First round Electorate: 8,986,687 Turnout: 6,354,100 (70.71%) -7.45 |
[[Brazilian Social Democracy Party|Template:Brazilian Social Democracy Party/meta/shortname]] Majority: 673,277 (12.61%) |
Bruno Covas | [[Brazilian Social Democracy Party|Template:Brazilian Social Democracy Party/meta/shortname]] | 1,754,013 | 32.85 | ||
Guilherme Boulos | [[Socialism and Liberty Party|Template:Socialism and Liberty Party/meta/shortname]] | 1,080,736 | 20.24 | ||||
Márcio França | [[Brazilian Socialist Party|Template:Brazilian Socialist Party/meta/shortname]] | 728,441 | 13.64 | ||||
Celso Russomanno | [[Republicans (Brazil)|Template:Republicans (Brazil)/meta/shortname]] | 560,666 | 10.50 | ||||
Arthur do Val | [[Patriota|Template:Patriota/meta/shortname]] | 522,210 | 9.78 | ||||
Jilmar Tatto | [[Workers' Party (Brazil)|Template:Workers' Party (Brazil)/meta/shortname]] | 461,666 | 8.65 | ||||
Joice Hasselmann | [[Social Liberal Party (Brazil)|Template:Social Liberal Party (Brazil)/meta/shortname]] | 98,342 | 1.84 | ||||
Andrea Matarazzo | [[Social Democratic Party (Brazil, 2011)|Template:Social Democratic Party (Brazil, 2011)/meta/shortname]] | 82,743 | 1.55 | ||||
Marina Helou | [[Sustainability Network|Template:Sustainability Network/meta/shortname]] | 22,073 | 0.41 | ||||
Orlando Silva | [[Communist Party of Brazil|Template:Communist Party of Brazil/meta/shortname]] | 12,254 | 0.23 | ||||
Levy Fidelix | [[Brazilian Labour Renewal Party|Template:Brazilian Labour Renewal Party/meta/shortname]] | 11,960 | 0.22 | ||||
Vera Lúcia Salgado | [[United Socialist Workers' Party|Template:United Socialist Workers' Party/meta/shortname]] | 3,052 | 0.06 | ||||
Antonio Carlos | [[Workers' Cause Party|Template:Workers' Cause Party/meta/shortname]] | 630 | 0.01 | ||||
2018 Brazilian general election First round Electorate: 147,306,295 Turnout: 117,363,908 (79.67%) |
[[Social Liberal Party (Brazil)|Template:Social Liberal Party (Brazil)/meta/shortname]] Majority: 17,934,959 |
Jair Bolsonaro | [[Social Liberal Party (Brazil)|Template:Social Liberal Party (Brazil)/meta/shortname]] | 49,277,010 | 46.03 | ||
Fernando Haddad | [[Workers' Party (Brazil)|Template:Workers' Party (Brazil)/meta/shortname]] | 31,342,051 | 29.28 | ||||
Ciro Gomes | [[Democratic Labour Party (Brazil)|Template:Democratic Labour Party (Brazil)/meta/shortname]] | 13,344,371 | 12.47 | ||||
Geraldo Alckmin | [[Brazilian Social Democracy Party|Template:Brazilian Social Democracy Party/meta/shortname]] | 5,096,350 | 4.76 | ||||
João Amoêdo | [[New Party (Brazil)|Template:New Party (Brazil)/meta/shortname]] | 2,679,745 | 2.50 | ||||
Benevenuto Daciolo | [[Patriota|Template:Patriota/meta/shortname]] | 1,348,323 | 1.26 | ||||
Henrique Meirelles | [[Brazilian Democratic Movement|Template:Brazilian Democratic Movement/meta/shortname]] | 1,288,950 | 1.20 | ||||
Marina Silva | [[Sustainability Network|Template:Sustainability Network/meta/shortname]] | 1,069,578 | 1.00 | ||||
Alvaro Dias | [[Podemos (Brazil)|Template:Podemos (Brazil)/meta/shortname]] | 859,601 | 0.80 | ||||
Guilherme Boulos | [[Socialism and Liberty Party|Template:Socialism and Liberty Party/meta/shortname]] | 617,122 | 0.58 | ||||
Vera Lúcia Salgado | [[United Socialist Workers' Party|Template:United Socialist Workers' Party/meta/shortname]] | 55,762 | 0.05 | ||||
José Maria Eymael | [[Christian Democracy (Brazil)|Template:Christian Democracy (Brazil)/meta/shortname]] | 41,710 | 0.04 | ||||
João Goulart Filho | [[Free Fatherland Party (Brazil)|Template:Free Fatherland Party (Brazil)/meta/shortname]] | 30,176 | 0.03 |
See also
In Spanish: Guilherme Boulos para niños
- 2018 Guilherme Boulos presidential campaign