Who is Lindbergh Farias?
Lindbergh Farias, born in 1969, first came to national attention as president of the National Students' Union during the Caras Pintadas protests. He served two terms as a federal deputy and two as Mayor of Nova Iguaçu, was elected senator for Rio de Janeiro in 2010 and took office in 2011, and lost his bid for re-election. He won a seat on the Rio city council in 2020 and in 2022 won a seat as federal deputy. He led the PT caucus in the Chamber in 2025 and by June 2026 was vice-leader of the government in Congress. He appears in the list of Rio de Janeiro federal deputies elected on 4 October 2026, for a term beginning in February 2027.
Previously: Vice-leader of the government in Congress (2026) · Leader of the PT in the Chamber of Deputies (2025) · Senator for Rio de Janeiro (from 2011) · Mayor of Nova Iguaçu (two terms) · Federal deputy (two earlier terms) · President of the National Students' Union (UNE) during the Caras Pintadas protests
Documented positions
- In January 2025 he called Lula the only truly competitive left-wing name for the 2026 election and said the left would struggle to keep its base together without him.Source: poder360.com.br
- In August 2025 he reaffirmed the PT's commitment to the income tax exemption up to R$5,000 and argued that billionaires and online betting companies should be taxed.Source: itatiaia.com.br
- He called for the removal of the mandates of Eduardo Bolsonaro and Carla Zambelli, whom he described as traitors to the country.Source: itatiaia.com.br
- After the Chamber approved the Dosimetria bill in December 2025, he said the decision put the House on the side of coup plotters and that his party had been surprised by the vote.Source: revistaoeste.com
- In February 2024 he supported Lula's remarks on Gaza, writing that Tel Aviv must ask humanity for forgiveness and that criticising Netanyahu's far-right policy is morally right.Source: brasil247.com
- In June 2026 he accused Senate President Davi Alcolumbre of delaying the PEC that ends the 6x1 work schedule and called for online mobilisation to get it voted.Source: portaltela.com
- He filed a complaint that led to a police inquiry into Eduardo Bolsonaro and challenged the suspension of Alexandre Ramagem's trial.Source: congressoemfoco.com.br
Record
His career has been dominated by confrontation with the Bolsonaro camp and by the PT's legislative agenda. During his second term as mayor he faced corruption allegations, and Operation Lava Jato prosecutors alleged he received R$4.5 million in Odebrecht bribes for his 2008 and 2010 campaigns; he has always denied it, and the profile reviewed reports no final conviction in that case. In 2019 he was convicted of administrative improbity in one case from his time as mayor, which made him ineligible, and the electoral court later lifted that ineligibility.
Supporters credit his combative defence of democratic institutions and of the PT's tax and labour agenda. Opponents point to the corruption allegations that followed his time as mayor.
In their words
“Essa decisão coloca esta Casa abraçada aos golpistas”
