Eduardo Girão

Luís Eduardo Grangeiro Girão (born 25 September 1972) more commonly known as Eduardo Girão is a Brazilian politician as well as a businessman and football club president. He has spent his political career representing Ceará, having served as federal senator since 2019.^[1]

Eduardo Girão
Girão in 2019
Senator for Ceará
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 February 2019
Chairman of Fortaleza Esporte Clube
In office June 2017 – December 2017
Preceded by	Marcello Desidério
Succeeded by	Marcelo Paz
Personal details
Born	Luís Eduardo Grangeiro Girão (1972-09-25) 25 September 1972 (age 52) Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
Political party	NOVO (2023–present)
Other political affiliations	PROS (2018–19) PODE (2019–23)

Personal life

Religiously, Girão considers himself as spiritualist,^[2] and was one of the biggest supporters in the establishment of the "National Day of Spiritism" as a federal holiday, which is on April 18, the date of publication of "The Book of Spirits" by Allan Kardec.^[3]

In 2017 Girão was elected chairman of the Fortaleza Esporte Clube.^[4]

Political career

Girão was elected to the federal senate in the 2018 Brazilian general election.^[5] In 2019 Girão switched to the Podemos party.^[6]

In 2023, he switched to the New Party (NOVO).^[7]