Edmilson Costa
Edmilson Costa | |
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| General Secretary of the Brazilian Communist Party | |
| Assumed office 17 October 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Ivan Pinheiro |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Edmilson Silva Costa 8 April 1950 Pedreiras, Maranhão, Brazil |
| Political party | PCB (1970–present) |
| Alma mater | Federal University of Maranhão (BSS) |
| Profession | Economist |
Edmilson Silva Costa (born 8 April 1950 in Pedreiras) is a Brazilian economist, college professor and politician affiliated to the Brazilian Communist Party (PCB), serving as the party General Secretary. He is a Doctor of Economics at the State University of Campinas.
Biography
Edmilson Costa is member of the Communist Party since the 1970s. In 1974, he became Bachelor of Social Communication at the Federal University of Maranhão (UFMA) and began to work as journalist and, also, as political militant.
As political militant in the 1980s, he contributed with the newspaper Voz da Unidade (Voice of the Unity), main communication vehicle of the Communist Party, writing articles and opinions about the country's reality under the eyes of the Marxism.
In 1992, after defending the thesis A Política Salarial no Brasil, 1964-1985: 21 anos de arrocho salarial e acumulação predatória (The Wage Policy in Brazil, 1964-1985: 21 years of wage squeeze and predatory accumulation),[1] under the supervision of Waldir da Silva Quadros, professor of Economist at the State University of Campinas, he became Doctor of Economist at Unicamp.
After the split occurred in the party in 1992, he became one of the main people in the called process of Revolutionary Reconstruction of PCB.
He is member of the National Political Commission of the party since 2001 and had served as Secretary of International Affairs and Political Secretary of PCB in São Paulo until 2016.
He was candidate for Mayor of São Paulo for the Communist Party in 2008.[2]
On 26 April 2010, Costa was announced as candidate for Vice President of Brazil in the 2010 elections, along with then-General Secretary Ivan Pinheiro.[3]
On 17 October 2016, he became General Secretary of the Brazilian Communist Party, replacing Ivan Pinheiro.[4][5]
Besides being a party leader, Costa is director of research and graduation of Caio Prado Junior Institute and college professor in some private institutions.
Works
- Costa, Edmilson (1986). O que todo cidadão precisa saber sobre imperialismo [What every citizen needs to know about imperialism] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Global.
- Costa, Edmilson (1997). A polítical salarial no Brasil [The wage policy in Brazil] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Biotempo. ISBN 9788585934170.
- Costa, Edmilson (1998). Um projeto para o Brasil [A project for Brazil] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Tecno-Científica.
- Costa, Edmilson (2008). A globalização e o capitalismo contemporâneo [Globalization and contemporary capitalism] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Expressão Popular. ISBN 9788577430918.
- Costa, Edmilson (2013). A crise econômica mundial, a globalização e o Brasil [The world economic crisis, the globalization and Brazil] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Instituto Caio Prado Junior. ISBN 9788566538021.
- Costa, Edmilson (2020). Reflexões sobre a crise brasileira [Thoughts about the Brazilian crisis] (PDF) (in Brazilian Portuguese). Instituto Caio Prado Junior. ISBN 9786587543017.
References
- ^ Costa, Edmilson (1996). A Política Salarial no Brasil, 1964-1985: 21 anos de arrocho salarial e acumulação predatória (DSc). Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
- ^ "PCB confirma candidatura de Edmilson Costa à Prefeitura de São Paulo". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 21 June 2008. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
- ^ "Edmilson Costa é o pré-candidato a vice da pré-candidatura própria de Ivan Pinheiro à Presidência". Partido Comunista Brasileiro (in Brazilian Portuguese). 26 April 2010. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
- ^ "Edmilson Costa substitui Ivan Pinheiro na Secretaria Geral do PCB". Partido Comunista Brasileiro (in Brazilian Portuguese). 17 October 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
- ^ "Carta de Edmilson Costa à militância comunista". Partido Comunista Brasileiro (in Brazilian Portuguese). 23 October 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2023.