Marta Suplicy
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Her Excellency Marta Suplicy |
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| Senator from São Paulo | |
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Assumed office 1 February 2011 Serving with Aloysio Nunes, José Serra |
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| Preceded by | Romeu Tuma |
| 15th Minister of Culture | |
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In office 13 September 2012 – 11 November 2014 |
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| President | Dilma Rousseff |
| Preceded by | Ana de Hollanda |
| Succeeded by | Ana Cristina Wanzeler |
| 11th Minister of Tourism | |
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In office 23 March 2007 – 3 June 2008 |
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| President | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva |
| Preceded by | Walfrido dos Mares Guia |
| Succeeded by | Luis Barreto Filho |
| 58th Mayor of São Paulo | |
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In office 1 January 2001 – 1 January 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Celso Pitta |
| Succeeded by | José Serra |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
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In office 1 February 1995 – 1 February 1999 |
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| Constituency | São Paulo |
| Personal details | |
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Marta Teresa Smith de Vasconcelos 18 March 1945 São Paulo, Brazil |
| Political party |
Workers' Party (1981–2015) Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (2015–present) |
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| Alma mater |
Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo University of Stanford |
| Profession | |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
| Website | martasuplicy |
Marta Teresa Smith de Vasconcelos Suplicy (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈmaʁtɐ supliˈsi]; born March 18, 1945) is a Brazilian politician and psychologist. She was Mayor of São Paulo from 2001 to 2004. She later served as the Brazilian Minister of Tourism between March 14, 2007 and June 4, 2008, when she resigned to run again for mayor of São Paulo. In 2015, she left the Brazilian Workers' Party (PT).
Marta Suplicy attended Michigan State University (1966–68), and Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (1969–75); she did 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 Rede 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 unseated by former PSDB presidential candidate José Serra.
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