Luiz Gushiken, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Brazilian politician
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Place of Birth: Osvaldo Cruz, São Paulo, Brazil
About Luiz Gushiken
- Luiz Gushiken (August 5, 1950 – September 13, 2013) was a Brazilian union leader and politician.
- He was formerly the head of the social communication office of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's administration, a position which carried a ministerial rank.
- He is a second-generation Japanese-Brazilian, with Ryukyuan parents from Okinawa. In his youth he was a supporter of O Trabalho, a party linked to the French Organisation Communiste Internationaliste (OCI).
- He broke with this international current to work closely with Lula in the PT.
- He worked at Banespa bank and was associated with unions.
- He was elected a federal deputy in the Congress three times, from 1987 to 1998, and was the coordinator of the presidential campaigns for Lula in 1989 and 1998.
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