João Goulart Filho

João Vicente Fontella Goulart (born 22 November 1956), also known as João Goulart Filho, is a Brazilian philosopher and politician.

João Vicente Goulart
State Deputy from Rio Grande do Sul 46th legislature
In office
1 February 1983 – 1 February 1987
Personal details
Born (1956-11-22) 22 November 1956
Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Political partyPDT (1979—2002)
PGT (2002—2003)
PDT (2003—2017)
PPL (2017—2018)
PCdoB (2018—currently)[1]
Spouse(s)Verônica Theml Fialho Goulart
Children6

Biography

Son of former President of the Brazilian Republic João Goulart and Dona Maria Thereza, he lived his childhood and adolescence in exile in Uruguay with his parents. He was one of the founders of the Democratic Labor Party, alongside his uncle Leonel Brizola.[2]

He is the founder and current president of Instituto João Goulart (João Goulart Institute), which aims to promote historical research and reflection on the Brazilian political process in favor of national sovereignty.[3]

During his lifetime, he served as a deputy at the Legislative Assembly of Rio Grande do Sul in 1982, elected by PDT.[4] In 2002, he ran for federal deputy for PGT,[5] a party that merged with the Liberal Party together with PST in 2003.[6] He returned to PDT, where he remained until early 2017, when he left in opposition to party support for the Rodrigo Rollemberg (PSB) government in the Federal District after the governor barred construction of the Memorial da Liberdade e Democracia Presidente João Goulart (President João Goulart Freedom and Democracy Memorial).[7]

Presidential Campaign 2018

He was launched by the Free Fatherland Party (PPL) as a candidate for the presidency of Brazil for the 2018 elections, with Léo da Silva Alves as his running mate.[8] His campaign aimed to resume the labor and social reforms (pt) that, according him, "were being developed and the process was interrupted with the military coup of 1964".[9] In the election, he received 30,176 votes (0.03% of the votes), ranking last and not qualifying for the second round.[10]

In December 2018, since it did not reach that year's election threshold, Goulart Filho's PPL joined the Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB).[1][11]

Published works
  • Jango e eu: Memórias de um exílio sem volta [Jango and I: Memories of an exile with no return]. Rio de Janeiro: Civilização Brasileira. 2016. p. 350. ISBN 978-8520010921. A finalist of the Prêmio Jabuti.[12]

References
  1. PCdoB e PPL aclamam e celebram a união em grande ato político
  2. "Pátria Livre lança filho de João Goulart como candidato a presidente" [Free Fatherland Party launches João Goulart's son as president candidate] (in Portuguese). 2017. Archived from the original on 27 December 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  3. "Instituto João Goulart" (in Portuguese). 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  4. "Pátria Livre lança filho de João Goulart como candidato a presidente" [Free Fatherland Party launches João Goulart's son as president candidate] (in Portuguese). 2017. Archived from the original on 27 December 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  5. Candidatos a Deputado Federal
  6. "PL se funde com PST e PGT e garante tempo na TV" [PL merges with PST and PGT and guarantees TV time]. Brasil em Folhas (in Portuguese). 11 February 2003. Retrieved 11 February 2003.
  7. "Filho de Jango deixa o PDT" [Jango's son leaves the PDT]. O Globo (in Portuguese). 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  8. "Filho de Jango, deposto pela ditadura, pode disputar a Presidência" [Son of Jango, ousted by dictatorship, may run for president] (in Portuguese). VEJA. 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  9. "PPL lança João Goulart Filho candidato a presidente" [PPL launches João Goulart Filho presidential candidate]. Archived from the original on 16 April 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  10. "João Goulart Filho 54". Eleições 2018. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  11. PPL será incorporado ao PCdoB, anunciam presidentes dos dois partidos
  12. "Jango e eu: Memórias de exílio sem volta" [Jango and I: Memories of an exile with no return]. Rádioweb UFPA. 25 December 2017.
  13. "João Goulart Filho lança livro com poemas do exílio" [João Goulart Filho launches book with poems from exile]. 18 April 2018. Archived from the original on 8 April 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
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