INTERVIEW WITH WALMIR ASSUNÇÃO.

Secretary of Social Development and Poverty of the State of Bahia.

The Peninsula - Walmir Asuncion, also Pito prestigious possession of the Municipality of Maraú?
Assumption Walmir-Look, the possession of Pito, it is a flagship, and was an important election for the PT, and for me personally, because Pito has virtually the same origin, like my home, so logical that I could not leave to be present in possession of it, until that, the determination of our Governor Jacques Wagner, no doubt, by a Republican government, to help all municipalities, now I have special affection for Maraú by Pito, the PT of Maraú, and that I can help develop this city, the administration of Pito be a reference in the State, because I do Pito is a person, who was born in Maraú, a person working, honest, is a person who deserves to be mayor and hope that the people of the Maraú deposited Pito, of course we all do PT Bahia. Together with the Secretaries of State Government, are co-responsible, and because of this that possession, I belong, participate, but in order to help develop and build and make the administration of Pito is in fact a reference for the entire state.
The Peninsula - It is also great responsibility, because we live a moment that the Government of Bahia is on the rise and President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, coming as one of the most popular in the history of the country?
Walmir Assumption-The responsibility is great, but I think it is a very important moment, because we have the State Government, the Presidency of the Republic, has a number of social policies, which the president is developing, the Governor Jacques Wagner is doing in the State, of course we can do in the municipality of Maraú and transit Pito has, with the Governor Jacques Wagner, with the Secretaries and with the presidency of the Republic, this will help, then Pito won the election at a very important, we have the next 4 years, without any doubt a lot of action in Maraú, development, and logical that he will govern in line with the governor Jacques Wagner and President Lula. This is important for the people of Maraú. Especially because Pito, will take care of people, the families, because that is the vocation of a government of the PT, is the vocation of the Lula government, and will also call on the Government Pito Maraú.
The Peninsula - What do you want the people of Maraú Pito and the government?
Walmir Assunção - wish you all a happy new year, a new year with many wins, because people always say 'desires for the new year a lot of fight "the people must struggle every day, what we need is wins, more achievements and logical that, at that time that the mayors are taking possession, I believe it is important that the mayors and councilors from across Bahia, have increasingly govern with a sense of democracy, with participation of the people, treat the people with it deserves, , is to be respected as citizens and citizen, and use the political office to help better people's lives.

Personal Data
Name: Valmir Carlos da Assunção
Occupation: Farmer
Birth: December 17, 1964, Itamaraju-BA.
Affiliation: Jonerio Carlos and Rosa de Assunção Franazio Days Asuncion.
Spouse: Fabya dos Reis Santos.
Children: Frederico.
:: Educational Training
He studied the Primary School and the Municipal Gymnasium Rector Edgard Santos, Itamaraju.
:: Professional Activity
Workers in construction, in Itamaraju farmer. Secretary of Social Development and Poverty of the State of Bahia, 2007-2008.
:: Elective office
Alternate member of the state Workers' Party, PT, 2003-2007, became effective in 2005, Member State, PT, 2007-2011, is licensed in jan. 2007 to assume the post of Secretary for Social Development and Poverty of the State of Bahia.
:: Party affiliation
PT.
:: Activity party
Deputy leader of the PT, ALBA, 2005. State director of the MST, 1989. Member of the national coordination of the Landless Movement - MST, 1990 and member of the state director of the MST.
:: Parliamentary Activity
In the Legislative Assembly, Chairman of the Committee for Special Affairs of the African descent (abr.2005-2006), vice chairman of the Committees: Special of the Cocoa (2005-2006), Agriculture and Rural Policy (2005-2006), holder of the Committees: Special to the Community Affairs African descent (fev./abr.2005); alternate Committees: Special Rio San Francisco (2005), Special for Children, Adolescents and Youth (2005-2006).
:: Proposals
View the draft resolutions, projects, law and information here.
:: Official Missions, Conferences and Seminars
I Peasant Congress of Latin America, Peru, 1996; lecturer in psychology at the seminar at the University of Coimbra, Portugal, 1997; meetings in support of peasant struggle, MST in Brazil, Germany, Sweden and Belgium, 1998; Portuguese speaker in Parliament - 500 years in Brazil, Portugal, 2000; World Social Forum, Porto Alegre-RS, 2001, 2002, 2005.