Antônio Britto
| Antônio Britto | |
|---|---|
| 12th Ministro da Previdência Social do Brasil | |
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In office October 15, 1992 – December 15, 1993 |
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| President | Itamar Franco |
| Preceded by | Reinhold Stephanes |
| Succeeded by | Sérgio Cutolo dos Santos |
| Governor of Rio Grande do Sul | |
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In office January 1, 1995 – January 1, 1999 |
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| Preceded by | Alceu de Deus Collares |
| Succeeded by | Olívio Dutra |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Antônio Britto Filho July 1, 1952 Santana do Livramento, RS |
| Nationality | Brazilian |
| Profession | Journalist and entrepreneur |
Antonio Britto Filho (born July 1, 1952 in Santana do Livramento) is a Brazilian journalist and executive, who held the positions of Congressman, Social Security Minister, and Governor of the state of Rio Grande do Sul.
Son of a journalist, he began working in a small local newspaper for his father, before completing his studies in journalism at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul. Professionally, he started working in 1970 at the Journal of the Week, Sunday Publishing Group Editorial Sinos, as editor of football. Later, at the suggestion of journalist Paul St. Anne, he worked as a reporter for the paper Zero Hora, group RBS, at 19 years of age.
In 1972, he moved to radio Guaíba (belonging to the Junior Caldas), at the invitation of Peter Pereira Carneiro, where he became coordinator of the area and was head of sports journalism. In 1978, he left Guaíba and returned to the RBS group and started working in the TV Gaucha. That same year he became a professor at the University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos (Unisinos), a position he held until 1979.
RBS, passed in 1979 to further the editorial policy of the Rede Globo in GMT, acting as a commentator and presenter. In early 1985, right after the election of Tancredo Neves for the presidency, he was asked to become press secretary for the new government. In this role, he served as spokesman of medical information on the health of the President, in the period just prior to his death on April 21, 1985.
Known through the television media and author of a book on the last days of Tancredo, he was invited by Ulysses Guimarães to join the Brazilian Democratic Movement (PMDB), to which party he threw himself candidate federal deputy elections 1986, being elected with one of the largest votes in the state (and reelected in 1990).
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