Antônio Pedro de Siqueira Indio da Costa
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| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
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Assumed office February 1, 2015 |
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| Constituency | Rio de Janeiro |
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In office February 1, 2007 – February 1, 2011 |
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| Constituency | Rio de Janeiro |
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October 20, 1970 Rio de Janeiro |
| Political party | Partido Social Democrata (PSD) |
| Children | Olivia (daughter) |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Website | [2] |
Antônio Pedro de Siqueira Indio da Costa (aka Indio da Costa) (born October 20, 1970) is a Brazilian lawyer and politician in the Brazilian Democrats Party (DEM). On June 30, 2010, it was announced that da Costa had been chosen as the Vice Presidential running mate by leading Presidential candidate José Serra of the PSDB party.
Indio da Costa holds a law degree from the Universidade Candido Mendes and has a Master's degree from the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Divorced, he has one daughter. Da Costa's cousin, Luís Octavio Indio da Costa, is a banker himself, owning the Banco Cruzeiro do Sul. Da Costa's father and brother are known as architects and designers.
Indio da Costa entered politics in 1996 as part of the center-right PFL Party PFL. He later joined the administration of Rio de Janeiro mayor Cesar Maia, busying himself with managing the Aterro do Flamengo gardens first and later as Secretary of Administration (i.e. as comptroller for all matters regarding personnel and public purchases) . Da Costa was elected to the Rio de Janeiro City Council in 1997, where he stayed for three terms, until 2007. As councilman, he was investigated by an inquiry commission of the same council for suspects of overpriced contracting of catering services for Rio's public schools during his earlier spell as secretary, such charges being eventually dismissed. While at the city council, he presented a polemical bill that proposed to forbid almsgiving in the city of Rio de Janeiro, subjecting it to a fine - a bill that was rejected out of hand by the city council as unconstitutional. Between 1999 and 2001, Da Costa was affiliated with the center-left PTB Party. In 2001, he returned to the PFL, which had rebranded itself as the Democrat Party (Democratas or DEM, as it is known today.)
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