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Mayor of Curitiba (1989–1992); Mayor of Curitiba (1979–1983); Mayor of Curitiba (1971–1974)."},{"q":"Where did Jaime Lerner study?","a":"Jaime Lerner was educated at Universidade Federal do Paraná."}],"related":[{"name":"Roberto Requião","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/roberto-requiao"},{"name":"Alfredo d'Escragnolle Taunay, Viscount of Taunay","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/alfredo-d-escragnolle-taunay-viscount-of-taunay"},{"name":"Beto Richa","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/beto-richa"},{"name":"Mário Pereira","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mario-pereira"},{"name":"João Mansur","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/joao-mansur"},{"name":"Ratinho Júnior","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ratinho-junior"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/jaime-lerner-0d309637c2.jpg","width":500,"height":334,"license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","credit":"Fotofelix59","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D0%A4%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE_%D0%98%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%8C_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%B2_1-1.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Jaime Lerner","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaime_Lerner","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q923927","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q923927","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Фото Игорь Катаев 1-1.jpg by Fotofelix59 (CC BY-SA 4.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D0%A4%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE_%D0%98%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%8C_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%B2_1-1.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Jaime Lerner, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Фото Игорь Катаев 1-1.jpg — Fotofelix59, CC BY-SA 4.0.","cite":"\"Jaime Lerner\". DigiNepal. Last updated 3 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/jaime-lerner. Retrieved 6 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-03T07:02:53Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-05","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/jaime-lerner","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/jaime-lerner","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/jaime-lerner?lang=ne"}}