João Amazonas

João Amazonas
Amazonas in 1957
Federal Deputy
In office
February 5, 1946 – January 10, 1947
ConstituencyFederal District
Personal details
BornJoão Amazonas de Souza Pedros
(1912-01-01)January 1, 1912
Belém, Pará, Brazil
DiedMay 27, 2002(2002-05-27) (aged 90)
São Paulo, Brazil
Party|PCB (1935–1962)
PCdoB (1962–2002)
OccupationPolitician, guerrilla member

João Amazonas de Souza Pedroso (January 1, 1912 – May 27, 2002) was a Brazilian Marxist theoretician, revolutionary, guerrilla member and leader of the Communist Party of Brazil. He was born on January 1, 1912, in the Paraense capital, Belém, and died in São Paulo on May 27, 2002. Amazonas was national president of PCdoB from 1962 to 2001.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.