Alfredo Sirkis

Quick Facts

Full Name	Alfredo Sirkis
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Dec 8, 1950(1950-12-08)
Age	74
Date Of Death	July 10, 2020, Nova Iguaçu, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Birthplace	Rio de Janeiro
Country	Brazil
Birth City	Rio de Janeiro
Horoscope	Aquarius

Alfredo Sirkis Biography

Alfredo Sirkis is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on December 8, 1950 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Alfredo Hélio Syrkis (born 8 December 1950, Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian writer (winner of the Jabuti Award, in 1981), journalist, urban environmental manager and former parliamentarian, having served as the chairman of the Joint Climate Change Congressional Commission – CMMC, and vice-chairman of the Commission of Foreign Affairs and National Defense of the House. He was the Brazilian Green Party’s presidential candidate in the 1998 election. In 2010, he was elected to the Brazilian national parliament (2011–2014) but decided not to run for reelection in 2014.

He was one of the organizers of the Hiroshima Never More event (1982) in Angra dos Reis. He was the executive vice-president of Ondazul Foundation (1997–2000), whose president was the composer and singer Gilberto Gil. He organized the Mangue Vivo and Preventório reforestation projects and Recycling and Culture, that produced furniture from plastic bottles.

He was the most voted councilman in the 1988 and re-elected in 1992, 1996, and

2008. As a city legislator he created the Environmental Protection Areas (APA) of Prainha, Bosque da Freguesia and Lagoa de Marapendi. He was the rapporteur for the environmental chapters of the Municipal Constitution and the Directory Plan and author of the so-called Sirkis Law: tax stimulants for environmental projects, that helped to establish the Global Forum 9, the civil society event during the 1992 Earth Summit, in Rio. He chaired the parliamentary investigation commission of illegal private security activities. Commissioner for the Environment

He represented Rio de Janeiro at several international city conferences, including Berlin (95), Saitama (95), Seoul (2002), Paris (2003), Athens (2003) and Berlin (2005) and was one of the executive directors of the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) and of Metropolis (the organization of cities with over one million inhabitants).

Alfredo Sirkis has published nine books, including two national best sellers, Os Carbonários., granted, in 1981, the Brazil’s main literary prize – the Prêmio Jabuti – and Roleta Chilena. His more recent books Ecologia Urbana e Poder Local (Urban Ecology and Local Power) and Megalopolis, address the urban issues and climate challenge in cities through the local authorities’ perspective. He currently is an op-ed collaborator of the Brazilian newspapers: O Globo, Folha de São Paulo, O Estado de São Paulo, Valor Econômico, and Correio Brasiliense. He also writes screenplays for TV and cinema. Sirkis has worked as a journalist since his years in exile: Libération and Le Monde Diplomatique (1973–79, France), Expresso, Diario Popular, Republica, A Gazeta da Semana, Jornal Novo, Cadernos do Terceiro Mundo (1994–99 – Portugal) and then in Brazil: Veja (1982–83) and Istoé (1993).

Alfredo Sirkis Net Worth

Alfredo Sirkis is one of the richest Politician from Brazil. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Alfredo Sirkis 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Alfredo Sirkis became a political activist during the military regime (1964–1985) and soon one of the leaders of the Rio high school students’ movement in 1968. In the early seventies, he took part in urban guerrilla activities against the regime, in the VPR, a guevarist group led by former army captain Carlos Lamarca. The group was decimated and Sirkis managed to escaped the country to exile. He lived in France, Chile, Argentina and Portugal from 1971 to 1979. He was in Chile during the 1973 coup and in Argentina the following year. He worked as a journalist in France and Portugal.

Back to Brazil after the 1979 amnesty, he worked as a reporter for weekly magazines, Veja and Istoé and became one of the organizers of the environmental groups that mobilized in the 1980s to defend the Amazon rainforest and to address urban ecology issues. He collaborated closely with late rubber tapper leader Chico Mendes and organized the Salve a Amazonia demonstration two weeks before his murder, in 1988.

Sirkis was one of the founders of the Brazilian Green Party, in 1986 and its national president from 1991 to 1999. In 1998, he was the green candidate in the presidential election. In 2009 and part of 2010 he was the manager of Marina Silva’s presidential campaign. He left the Green Party in 2013 and has since quit partisan activism.

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Facts & Trivia

Alfredo Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Brazil. Alfredo Sirkis celebrates birthday on December 8 of every year.

Top Facts about Alfredo Sirkis

1. Alfredo Sirkis was a Brazilian politician and writer.
2. He co-founded the Green Party of Brazil in 1986.
3. Sirkis served as a federal deputy from 1991-1994.
4. He was an environmental activist and advocate for sustainable development.
5. Sirkis authored several books on politics and the environment.
6. He died in a car accident in Rio de Janeiro in 2020.
7. Sirkis was born on February 8, 1950, in Rio de Janeiro.
8. He worked as a journalist before entering politics.
9. Sirkis was awarded the Order of Cultural Merit by the Brazilian government.
10. He played a key role in organizing the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992.