Antônio Britto
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Antônio Britto | |
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Alceu de Deus Collares | |
| Succeeded by | Olívio Dutra |
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| Born | Antônio Britto Filho 1 July 1952 Santana do Livramento, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil |
| Profession | Journalist and entrepreneur |
Antonio Britto Filho (born 1 July 1952) is a Brazilian
Academic and journalistic life
The 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
RBS, was passed in 1979 to further the editorial policy of the
Early political career
Known through the television media and author of a book on the last days of Tancredo, he was invited by
In the
In 1992, he was invited by President
In the first round of elections, he won 49.2% of the valid votes, against 34.7% of its main competitor, Dutra. In the second round, getting support from the
In 2016, Antonio Britto didn't take part in the voting concerning the impeachment of then president Dilma Rousseff. However, deputy Antonio Luiz Paranhos Ribeiro Leite de Brito, better known as Antônio Brito (PSD/BA), namesake of the former governor, participated in the vote.
Britto Government
The management ahead of the government of Rio Grande do Sul was marked by administrative reforms and a heated controversy with the opposition (led by the PT), which held the hegemony of the unions of servers, especially the CPERS, which combines the teaching state.
This controversy was not limited to the salary issue, but included measures that Antonio Britto and his government have adopted to pursue the reorganization of state finances, which included the
For the supporters of government Britto, privatization would increase the scope of services, reducing the cost of installation. To his opponents, the fees charged by the privatised companies would become more expensive over time for the population, benefiting only a few specific business groups.
Another focus of controversy was the policy of attracting major car companies to the state through tax relief, such as exemption from ICMS tax in the early years. To his opponents, the policy of attracting investments (involving the state in the "war tax" to other states) represented a loss to the treasury, not compensating for the generation of jobs.
Another measure of the government, which Britto fought, was the creation of private road poles[clarification needed], which were granted to tolls, a measure that undermined its popularity in some localities. In banking, the government Britto held a merger of two state banks, incorporating Caixa Econômica Estadual do Rio Grande do Sul by Banrisul. Some measures of privatizing Antonio Britto (which earned him the charge of "liberal" by its opponents), prior to privatization own federal government, the management of Fernando Henrique Cardoso.
1998 elections
Politically, he sought to govern with a huge party base, isolating only the PT. This allowed the composition of a broad coalition of parties to the 1998 elections, when he ran for reelection by the PMDB. But in some cases favouring the PPB (who appointed his running mate, José Otávio Germano) led to splits within his own party, which in some municipalities announced support for the PT.
He even won the first round of elections by a small margin. But in the second round against his opponent again in 1994, Olivio Dutra (PT), he was defeated by a margin of 87,366 votes. In the election, there was decisive support of the PDT (the opposite of privatization) to the PT candidate.
Business practices
After the defeat in his bid for reelection, he worked in private practice as a consultant to the
Then he joined the
Since then, Britto announced his abandonment of politics, becoming director of the company
At Sure for Claro, he has been working in the area of corporate affairs, with the objective of organizing the company's relations with the external public and with Congress.[1]
