Organization
Since its inception the party has been led by:
- Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (10 February 1980–1994)
- Rui Falcão (1994)
- José Dirceu (1995–2002)
- José Genoíno (2002–2005)
- Tarso Genro (2005) (interim)
- Ricardo Berzoini (2005–2006)
- Marco Aurélio Garcia (6 October 2006 - 2 January 2007) (interim)
- Ricardo Berzoini (2 January 2007 - February 19, 2010)
- José Eduardo Dutra (February 19, 2010 – 2011)
- Rui Falcão (since 2011)
Read more about this topic: Workers' Party (Brazil)
Famous quotes containing the word organization:
“Democracy means the organization of society for the benefit and at the expense of everybody indiscriminately and not for the benefit of a privileged class.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
“When a man’s partner’s killed, he’s supposed to do something about it. It doesn’t make any difference what you thought of him, he was your partner and you’re supposed to do something about it. As it happens, we’re in the detective business; well, when one of your organization gets killed, it’s, it’s bad business to let the killer get away with it. Bad all around. Bad for every detective everywhere.”
—John Huston (1906–1987)
“Democracy is the wholesome and pure air without which a socialist public organization cannot live a full-blooded life.”
—Mikhail Gorbachev (b. 1931)