Comte Bittencourt
Comte Bittencourt | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Cidadania National President | |
| Assumed office 9 September 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Roberto Freire |
| State Secretary of Education of Rio de Janeiro | |
| In office 25 September 2020 – 3 June 2021 | |
| Governor | Wilson Witzel Cláudio Castro |
| Preceded by | Pedro Fernandes Neto |
| Succeeded by | Alexandre Valle |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro | |
| In office 1 February 2003 – 1 February 2019 | |
| Constituency | At-large |
| Vice Mayor of Niterói | |
| In office 1 January 2017 – 11 December 2017 | |
| Mayor | Rodrigo Neves |
| Preceded by | Axel Grael |
| Succeeded by | Paulo Bagueira |
| In office 1 January 2005 – 1 January 2009 | |
| Mayor | Godofredo Pinto |
| Preceded by | Godofredo Pinto |
| Succeeded by | José Vicente Filho |
| Member of the Municipal Chamber of Niterói | |
| In office 1 January 1993 – 1 February 2003 | |
| Constituency | At-large |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Plínio Comte Leite Bittencourt 2 March 1957 Rio de Janeiro, Federal District, Brazil |
| Political party | Cidadania (2001–present) |
| Other political affiliations | PSDB (1988–2001) |
| Profession | Teacher |
Plínio Comte Leite Bittencourt (born 2 March 1957) is a Brazilian politician. He is affiliated with Cidadania, of which he is the current president.[1] He served as a councilman and as vice-mayor of the city of Niterói. He later became the Secretary of Education for the state of Rio de Janeiro from 2020 to 2021. He was a vice-gubernatorial candidate for the 2018 Rio de Janeiro gubernatorial election, with Eduardo Paes as the gubernatorial candidate, losing to Wilson Witzel and Cláudio Castro.
Biography
During his time as a state deputy, Bittencourt presided over the Education Commission of the Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro.[2] He is the state president of Cidadania in Rio de Janeiro.[3] He was vice-mayor of Niterói during the mayoralty of Godofredo Pinto of the Workers' Party (PT).[4] He was elected again as a state deputy in 2014 with 36,155 votes.[5]
He was selected as vice-mayoral candidate, with Rodrigo Neves as mayor, due to the barring of provisional vice-mayor candidate Axel Grael by the regional Elections' Court. They were elected to their respective offices, with Neves being reelected as mayor. Due to his belief of the city needing a strong representative at the state legislative assembly in order to better address crises at the state level, he resigned from being vice-mayor in order to return being a state deputy.[6][7] He continued to hold that position until 2019.
On 5 August 2018, in an announcement made during a conference at the Niterói Contemporary Art Museum, with representatives from both Cidadania (then called the PPS) and the Democratas,[8] Bittencourt announced he was running to be vice-governor of Rio de Janeiro, with Rio de Janeiro mayor Eduardo Paes as the gubernatorial candidate.[9] Cidadania later confirmed their support for the ticket, which would go on to reach second place, losing to the ticket led by Witzel and Castro.[10]
Bittencourt served as the State Secretary of Education after Pedro Fernandes Neto was dismissed from the position. Bittencourt's official nomination occurred on 25 September 2020,[11] invited by then-interim governor Cláudio Castro (PSC).[12][13] He assumed the position during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, during which discussions of school students returning to classes in-person was high in the public consciousness.[14] He left the position in less than a year, being replaced by Alexandre Valle in 2021.[15]
References
- ^ "Partidos políticos registrados no TSE". Superior Electoral Court (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 7 April 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
- ^ Legislative Assembly of the State of Rio de Janeiro (2014). "Composição da Comissão de Educação". ALERJ. Archived from the original on 8 September 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
- ^ Partido Popular Socialista. "Diretórios Estaduais". Archived from the original on 8 September 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
- ^ Universo Online (2004). "Petista é reeleito no 2º turno". UOL. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
- ^ TRE-RJ (18 December 2014). "Resultado de votação por UF - RJ" (PDF). pp. 22 and 60. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 December 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
- ^ Rottas, Lislane (17 December 2016). "Comte vai permanecer como deputado na Alerj". Archived from the original on 3 August 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
- ^ Monteiro, Gilson (11 December 2017). "Comte renuncia ao mandato de vice". Retrieved 26 August 2023.
- ^ "Comte Bittencourt, do PPS, é anunciado como vice de Eduardo Paes, do DEM, na corrida ao Governo do RJ". G1. 5 August 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
- ^ "Comte Bittencourt, do PPS, é anunciado como vice de Eduardo Paes, do DEM, na corrida ao Governo do RJ". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 5 August 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
- ^ Almeida, Marcelo (2 August 2018). "PPS confirma seu apoio a Paes". O Fluminense. Archived from the original on 8 August 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
- ^ "Comte Bittencourt será o novo secretário estadual de Educação". A Voz da Serra (in Brazilian Portuguese). 25 September 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
- ^ Satriniano, Nicolás (22 October 2020). "Alunos do RJ que não passarem no vestibular poderão ser reintegrados em 2021, diz secretário". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 26 August 2023.
- ^ "'Continuo do mesmo lado', diz Comte, novo secretário estadual de Educação". O Dia. 25 September 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
- ^ "Comte Bittencourt será o novo secretário estadual de Educação do Rio". O Globo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 25 September 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
- ^ "Comte Bittencourt deixa o cargo de secretário estadual de Educação". A Voz da Serra (in Brazilian Portuguese). 3 June 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
External links
- Official website (in Portuguese)
- Comte Bittencourt on Facebook
- Comte Bittencourt on Instagram
- Comte Bittencourt on Twitter