Tião Viana

Who is Tião Viana?

Sebastião Afonso Viana Macedo Neves, better known as Tião Viana, is a doctor and Brazilian politician. He is currently Governor of Acre, by Worker's Party of Brazil.

Viana earned his doctorate degree in tropical medicine at the University of Brasília. He began political career began in 1998 when he was elected to the Senate of Brazil. He was re-elected in 2006 to a second eight-year term, with 88.76% of the popular vote. Viana has proposed ten amendments to the Constitution of Brazil, most of them related to health issues. He and his wife Marlúcia have three children. In 2010, Tião was elected Governor of Acre with 28.9% of popular votes, defeating two seniors disputing the Governor of Acre.