Carol Dartora
Dartora on her first term as a Federal Deputy
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Assumed office
1 February 2023
ConstituencyParaná
Councillor of Curitiba
In office
1 January 2021 – 31 January 2023
ConstituencyAt-large
Personal details
Born
Ana Carolina Moura Melo Dartora

(1983-05-01) 1 May 1983
Curitiba, Paraná
NationalityBrazilian
Political partyPT
Alma materUniversidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
ProfessionProfessor
Websitehttps://caroldartora.com.br

Ana Carolina Moura Melo Dartora, known as Carol Dartora (born 1 May 1983), is a Brazilian politician, teacher, historian, trade unionist and member of the Workers' Party (PT). She is currently a congresswoman for the state of Paraná, Brazil, having been elected at the 2022 Brazilian general election.

She made history becoming the first black woman elected as councilwoman of Curitiba, in 2020, and as congresswoman in Brazil, for the state of Paraná, in 2022.[1][2]

Public life

Dartora holds a degree in history from the Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ), and she is also a specialist in Philosophy from the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), a Master in Education from the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR) and a doctoral candidate in Technology and Society from the Federal University of Technology (UTFPR).[3]

She is a militant of the World March of Women and the Black Movement. She was a Secretary of Working Women and LGBTI Rights of the Union of Workers in Public Education of Paraná (APP-Sindicato).

Political career

Dartora was first elected in the 2020 Curitiba parliamentary election as a councillor of Curitiba with 8,874 votes, being the third most-voted councilwoman in the local election.[4] She is the first black woman elected to the Municipal Chamber of Curitiba and was the leader of the opposition to Rafael Greca's government. She is the author of the law that establishes quotas for the black and indigenous peoples in the civil service entrance examination of the city, and she is also the author of a law that guarantees priority in the care of women in situations of violence.[5]

Dartora ran as a candidate in the 2022 Paraná parliamentary elections and was elected to the Chamber of Deputies with 130,654 votes. She became the first black woman elected by Paraná to the lower house of the National Congress.[6] In November 2022, as an elected congresswoman, Dartora was announced on the transition team of the second cabinet of president-elect Lula da Silva in the group of Social Development and Fight Against Hunger.[7]

Electoral history

Municipal Chamber of Curitiba

Election
Party Votes % Position in
Curitiba Municipality		 Result
2020 Workers' Party 8,874 1.12 No. 3 Elected[8]

Chamber of Deputies

Election
Party/alliance Votes % Position in
Paraná State		 Result
2022 Workers' Party
(Brazil of Hope)		 130,874 2.13 No. 10 Elected[9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Galindo, Rogerio (2020-11-15). "Negra e feminista, Carol Dartora faz história ao se eleger em Curitiba". Plural (in Brazilian Portuguese).
  2. ↑ "Carol Dartora (PT) é eleita a primeira deputada federal negra do Paraná: 'Resposta histórica'". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2022-10-02.
  3. ↑ "Carol Dartora — Portal da Câmara Municipal de Curitiba". www.curitiba.pr.leg.br. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
  4. ↑ "Veja os 38 vereadores eleitos na Câmara de Curitiba". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2020-11-16. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
  5. ↑ "Conheça". Carol Dartora (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-05-17.
  6. ↑ BRASILWIRE (2022-10-07). "Carol Dartora Elected 1st Black Congresswoman from Paraná". BRASILWIRE. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
  7. ↑ "Grupo de parlamentares que acompanhará a transição inclui Frota na Cultura e mais; veja a lista". CartaCapital (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2022-11-22. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
  8. ↑ "Curitiba/PR: apuração em tempo real de prefeito e vereador". noticias.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-05-17.
  9. ↑ "Apuração das Eleições 2022 para presidente, governadores, senadores, deputados federais e estaduais". noticias.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-05-17.
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