Marta Costa

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Marta Costa
State Deputy of São Paulo
Assumed office
15 March 2015
City Councillor of São Paulo
In office
1 January 2005 – 1 July 2014
Personal details
Born
Marta Maria Freire da Costa

(1956-10-30) 30 October 1956 (age 67)
São Paulo, Brazil
Political partyPSD (2014–present)
Other political
affiliations
  • PFL (2004–2007)
  • DEM (2007–2014)
SpouseLuiz Costa Junior
Parents
ProfessionAdministrator
Websitewww.depmartacosta.com

Marta Maria Freire da Costa (born 30 October 1956), mostly known as Marta Costa, is a Brazilian administrator and politician. She is member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and connected to the Assemblies of God and daughter of pastor José Wellington Bezerra da Costa.

Biography[edit]

Born in São Paulo, Marta Costa is married to Luiz Costa Junior, and is daughter of José Wellington Bezerra daCosta and Wanda Freire.

Her family moved from Ceará to try to rebuild their lives in São Paulo, where they became sellers, until her father began dedicating his life to his faith in God.

Costa is graduated in Letters and Company Administration.[1]

She began her public life as City Councillor of São Paulo for three terms, being also substitute of Senator Aloysio Nunes.[2][3] During her terms as City Councillor, Costa was Chairman of many committees, had many project turned into law, and was the first woman to seat as Vice President of the Municipal Chamber.

She was elect for her first term as State Deputy of São Paulo in the 2014 state elections and reelect in 2018.

On 31 August 2020, Marta Costa was announced as running mate of Andrea Matarazzo (PSD) for the 2020 municipal election as candidate for Vice Mayor.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Marta Maria Freire da Costa – Vereadora na cidade de São Paulo". Partido Social Democrático (in Portuguese). 2 January 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Aloysio Nunes". UOL (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 20 September 2010. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  3. ^ Lima, Vandson (2 March 2017). "Com Aloysio no Itamaraty, tucanos diminuem e PMDB cresce no Senado". Valor Econômico (in Portuguese). Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  4. ^ "PSD oficializa candidatura de Andrea Matarazzo à Prefeitura de São Paulo". G1 (in Portuguese). 31 August 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.

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Party political offices
Preceded by PSD nominee for Vice Mayor of São Paulo
2020
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