The Partido dos Trabalhadores (
Portuguese for Workers' Party) is a
left-wing political party in
Brazil. It was officially founded by a group of intellectuals and workers in
February 10,
1980 at Colégio Sion (Sion High School) in
São Paulo. Brazil's current
president,
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, was one of its founders, and is the most famous member of the party at the present time. Among others present at its founding were
Henos Amorina, Djalma Bom, Wagner Benevides, Jacó Bittar, Apolônio de Carvalho, José Cicote, Manuel da Conceição,
Olívio Dutra, Moacir Gadoti, Édson Khair, Mário Pedrosa, Henrique Santillo, Arnóbio Vieira da Silva, Lourin Martinho dos Santos, Paulo Skromov and
Jaques Wagner.
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