Tarso Genro

Tarso Genro studied at Universidade Federal de Santa Maria. The recorded working language is Portuguese. Positions recorded include minister of Education of Brazil and Minister of Justice of Brazil. Distinctions recorded are Grand Cross of the National Order of Scientific Merit and Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic.

• Name — Tarso Genro • Office — Governor of Rio Grande do Sul • Term Start — 1 January 2011 • Term End — 1 January 2015 • Vice Governor — Beto Grill • Predecessor — Yeda Crusius • Successor — José Ivo SartoriOther positions • Office1 — Minister of Justice • Term Start1 — 16 March 2007 • Term End1 — 10 February 2010 • President1 — Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva • Predecessor1 — Márcio Thomaz Bastos • Successor1 — Luiz Paulo Barreto • Office2 — Minister of Institutional Relations • Term Start2 — 3 April 2006 • Term End2 — 16 March 2007 • President2 — Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva • Predecessor2 — Jaques Wagner • Successor2 — Walfrido dos Mares Guia • Office3 — National President of the Workers' Party • Term Start3 — 9 July 2005 • Term End3 — 11 October 2005 • Predecessor3 — José Genoino • Successor3 — Ricardo Berzoini • Office4 — Minister of Education • Term Start4 — 27 January 2004 • Term End4 — 29 July 2005 • President4 — Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva • Predecessor4 — Cristovam Buarque • Successor4 — Fernando Haddad • Office5 — Mayor of Porto Alegre • Term Start5 — 1 January 2001 • Term End5 — 4 April 2002 • 1blankname5 — Vice Mayor • 1namedata5 — João Verle • Predecessor5 — Raul Pont • Successor5 — João Verle • Term Start6 — 1 January 1993 • Term End6 — 1 January 1997 • 1blankname6 — Vice Mayor • 1namedata6 — Raul Pont • Predecessor6 — Olívio Dutra • Successor6 — Raul Pont • Office7 — Federal Deputy for Rio Grande do Sul • Term Start7 — 6 April 1990 • Term End7 — 1 February 1991 • Constituency7 — At-large • Term Start8 — 11 January 1989 • Term End8 — 2 March 1989 • Constituency8 — At-large • Office9 — Vice Mayor of Porto Alegre • Term Start9 — 1 January 1989 • Term End9 — 1 January 1993 • 1blankname9 — Mayor • 1namedata9 — Olívio Dutra • Predecessor9 — Glênio Peres • Successor9 — Raul Pont • Born — 6 March 1947 • Birthplace — São Borja, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil • Alma Mater — Federal University of Santa Maria • Spouse — Sandra Krebs Genro • Children — Luciana Vanessa • Party — PT

Genro was born to a working-class family in São Borja, Rio Grande do Sul, Genro was active in politics from a young age. In the early 1980s, Genro was a spokesman for the Communist Revolutionary Party (PRC) along with his brother, Adelmo Genro Filho. As a member of the Workers' Party (PT), he was elected deputy mayor of Porto Alegre by the "Popular Front". He accumulated the positions of vice mayor and government secretary. In 1992, Genro was elected to the position of Mayor of Porto Alegre, though he lost reelection in 1996. In 1998, he was speculated to be a potential presidential candidate for the PT in the place of Lula, though Lula ended up running

His daughter, Luciana Genro, is a socialist politician in Brazil who served as the presidential candidate of the Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL) in 2014. Fernando Marcel Genro Robaina, his grandson, is a former Brazilian footballer.

Tarso Genro is recorded with the occupation literary critic. Recorded as having received Grand Cross of the National Order of Scientific Merit and Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic.