Marta Suplicy
Marta Suplicy | |
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| Mayor of São Paulo | |
| In office January 1, 2001 – December 31, 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Celso Pitta |
| Succeeded by | José Serra |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 18, 1945 São Paulo |
| Political party | Workers' Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores) - PT |
| Height | 200px |
| Spouse | Luis Favre |
| Occupation | Psychologist |
| Website | http://www.martasuplicy.com.br/ |
Marta Teresa Smith de Vasconcellos Suplicy (['martɐ supli'si]; born March 18, 1945) is a Brazilian politician and psychologist. She was Mayor of São Paulo, 2001-2004, as a member of the Brazilian Workers' Party (PT). She is currently the Brazilian Minister of Tourism.
She attended Michigan State University (1966-1968), and Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (1969-1975); she did post-graduate work at Stanford University (1973). Suplicy started her career as a TV anchorwoman, providing sex advice on a popular show named TV Mulher (Woman TV), broadcast by TV Globo. While serving as Congresswoman she proposed a gay civil unions act. After running for governor of São Paulo and losing to Mário Covas of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB) in 1998, she was elected mayor of the state capital, São Paulo, in 2000.
Her administration of the city is marked by the changes she made to the city's bus system, creating a ticket that is valid for a period of two hours, called bilhete único. In the public educational system she created large schools and cultural centers, called "CEU", which were built in the poorest districts of the city. Towards the end of her administration, she began the construction of several underpasses which alleviated traffic in certain points of the city. She also increased many existing municipal taxes as well as creating new ones. In 2004 she ran for a second term, but was defeated by former PSDB presidential candidate José Serra.
On March 14, 2007, Suplicy accepted the Lula government's invitation to become the new Minister of Tourism.[1]
Suplicy has three sons, one of whom is the musician Supla. She was married to Eduardo Suplicy (PT), a Brazilian senator from the state of São Paulo, from 1965 to 2001. Later, she married Luis Favre.
On June 13, 2007, when interviewed about the air transport crisis in Brazil, Suplicy suggested that users of the Congonhas Airport in São Paulo who suffered long delays while heading for vacation should "relax and cum, you will forget all the troubles afterwards". ("Relaxa e goza" in Portuguese)[2][3]
Notes
- ^ Matais, Andreza:"Marta aceita ocupar Ministério do Turismo"http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/brasil/ult96u90300.shtml March 14, 2007
- ^ Note: The translation for "cum" in Portuguese, "goza", is a double entendre, with a deprecated meaning of "enjoyment", more commonly used with the sexual connotation of "orgasm".
- ^ Pariz, Tiago.Marta sobre a crise aérea: 'relaxa e goza'. G1.com.br. June 13, 2007. Retrieved August 28, 2007.
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