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He is a member of the Workers' Party. \nAfter Renan Calheiros lost the presidency of the Senate, Viana is now the president of the Brazilian Senate.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"20 September 1959","date":"1959-09-20"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q954775#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Rio Branco","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q171612"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q954775#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Brazil","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q155"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q954775#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"},{"text":"engineer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q81096"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q954775#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"Workers' Party","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q657089"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q954775#P102"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"University of Brasília","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1330634"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q954775#P69"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"governor of Acre (1 January 1999 – 1 January 2007)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47520037","start":"1999-01-01","end":"2007-01-01"},{"text":"member of the Senate of Brazil","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18964326"},{"text":"Agência Brasileira de Promoção de Exportações e Investimentos","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9592571"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q954775#P39"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"Grand Officer of the Order of the Sun of Peru‎","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25929447"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q954775#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_Viana","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q954775"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Jorge Viana born?","a":"Jorge Viana was born on 20 September 1959 in Rio Branco."},{"q":"What positions has Jorge Viana held?","a":"Positions held by Jorge Viana include: governor of Acre (1999–2007); member of the Senate of Brazil; Agência Brasileira de Promoção de Exportações e Investimentos."},{"q":"Where did Jorge Viana study?","a":"Jorge Viana was educated at University of Brasília."}],"related":[{"name":"Tião Viana","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/tiao-viana"},{"name":"Binho Marques","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/binho-marques"},{"name":"Gladson Cameli","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/gladson-cameli"},{"name":"Edmundo Pinto","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/edmundo-pinto"},{"name":"Flaviano Melo","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/flaviano-melo"},{"name":"Orleir Cameli","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/orleir-cameli"},{"name":"Getúlio Vargas","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/getulio-vargas"},{"name":"Hermes da Fonseca","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/hermes-da-fonseca"},{"name":"José Linhares","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jose-linhares"},{"name":"Nereu Ramos","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/nereu-ramos"},{"name":"Itamar Franco","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/itamar-franco"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/jorge-viana-a1a0d2c7f3.jpg","width":500,"height":668,"license":"CC BY 2.0","credit":"Palácio do Planalto from Brasilia, Brasil","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jorge_Viana_in_2023_(cropped).jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Jorge Viana","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_Viana","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q954775","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q954775","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Jorge Viana in 2023 (cropped).jpg by Palácio do Planalto from Brasilia, Brasil (CC BY 2.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jorge_Viana_in_2023_(cropped).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 Jorge Viana, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Jorge Viana in 2023 (cropped).jpg — Palácio do Planalto from Brasilia, Brasil, CC BY 2.0.","cite":"\"Jorge Viana\". DigiNepal. Last updated 4 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/jorge-viana. Retrieved 5 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-04T06:57:40Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-05","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/jorge-viana","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/jorge-viana","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/jorge-viana?lang=ne"}}