Carlos Viana | |
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| Senator forMinas Gerais | |
| Assumed office 1 February 2019 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1963-03-22)22 March 1963 (age 62) Braúnas, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
| Political party | PODE(since 2023) |
| Other political affiliations | PSC(2003–2009) PMN(2009–2018) PHS(2018–2019) PSD(2019–2021) MDB(2021–2022) PL(2022–2023) |
| Occupation | Journalist and politician |
Carlos Alberto Dias Viana (born 22 March 1963) is a Brazilian journalist and politician, affiliated withPodemos (PODE)[1] and currently asenator forMinas Gerais.[2]
Carlos Viana has a degree in journalism and a postgraduate degree in Strategic Marketing Management from the Center for Administrative Research atUFMG. Viana began his professional career at the age of 24, when he was chosen as the Brazilian representative of the companyDeutsche Lufthansa AG to develop dissemination projects about Germany in the state of Minas Gerais, for six years. Carlos Viana carried out several activities and courses abroad, having visited 16 countries and taking thousands of Brazilians to know the German landscapes and professional fairs. At the time, the Lufthansa office inBelo Horizonte became one of the most profitable in all of Brazil.[3]
In television, he started as a reporter for Rede Minas,TV Globo Minas, andRede Bahia. After returning to Minas Gerais in 1999, he gained visibility as a reporter and presenter ofJornal da Alterosa, shown by the Minas Gerais television networkTV Alterosa. In 2004, Viana left the position of presenter and assistant editor atJornal da Alterosa, to present and editAlterosa Urgente, a program that premiered on June 16, 2004 on TV Alterosa, and which aimed to show the news of greatest interest in Minas Gerais, with instant information about the most important things happening in Belo Horizonte.
In October 2004 he went to the United States where, in the city ofCliffside Park, New Jersey, he served as editor-in-chief ofNational – The Brazilian Newspaper.
Upon returning to Brazil, he was hired by Rádio Itatiaia in 2007 to present the programPlantão da Cidade.[4] During this same period, he acted as anchor of the journalism and police coverage programBalanço Geral, shown onTV Record Minas, a program he directed for almost a year.
In 2008, Viana left the presentation of the program and Record Minas, and returned to TV Alterosa, to once again presentAlterosa Urgente. This new visit to the station was quick, when after three months the journalist left the station.
A few months later, Viana returned to Record Minas where he presented theMG Record until June 2018.
On the radio, Viana acted as presenter ofPlantão da Cidade, a program broadcast by Rádio Itatiaia, until December 15, 2018.
In print journalism, Viana had stints in newspapers in the capital of Minas Gerais as a reporter for vehicles, in addition to signing for two years a column specializing in aviation in one of the largest circulation newspapers in Minas Gerais.
Affiliated to theHumanist Party of Solidarity (PHS) in April 2018, he announced that he would be a candidate for one of the two senator seats in thestate elections in Minas Gerais in 2018.[5] He was elected along withRodrigo Pacheco.[6]
In December 2018, he announced his joining theSocial Democratic Party (PSD), having his membership paid in February 2019. In December 2021, Viana joined theBrazilian Democratic Movement (MDB).[2] In April 2022, he decided to leave theBrazilian Democratic Movement (MDB) and join theLiberal Party to support Bolsonaro at the2022 election.[7]
In February 2023, he left theLiberal Party (PL) to joinPodemos (PODE).[8]