Luiz Philippe of Orléans-Braganza

Luiz Philippe of Orléans-Braganza (Portuguese: Luiz Philippe de Orléans e Bragança; born 3 April 1969) is a Brazilian politician, activist, businessman, and member of the former ruling House of Orléans-Braganza. He was elected Federal Deputy for São Paulo in the 2018 Brazilian elections for the Social Liberal Party with 118,457 votes.[1]

Luiz Philippe
Born (1969-04-03) 3 April 1969
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Spouse
Fernanda Hara Miguita
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(m. 2008)​
IssueMaximilian of Orléans-Braganza
Names
Luiz Philippe de Orléans e Bragança
HouseOrléans-Braganza
FatherEudes of Orléans-Braganza
MotherAna Maria de Moraes Barros
ReligionRoman Catholicism
Federal Deputy from São Paulo
Assumed office
1 February 2019
Personal details
NationalityBrazilian
Political partyPL (2022–present)
Other political
affiliations


Alma materFAAP (B)
Stanford University (MA)
INSEAD (MBA)
OccupationPolitician, businessman
Websitelpbraganca.com.br

Biography

Luiz Philippe was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1969, the son of Eudes of Orléans-Braganza and Ana Maria de Moraes Barros. Luiz Philippe is the grandson of Pedro Henrique of Orléans-Braganza.[2]

Luiz Philippe studied business at Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado (FAAP) and in 1993 received a master's degree in political science from Stanford University. In 1997 he received an MBA from INSEAD.[2][3]

Professional life

The professional trajectory of Luiz Philippe began in the United States, where he worked in companies of the financial market. Luiz Philippe was part of the financial planning of Saint-Gobain, a French multinational, between 1993 and 1996. He then worked for three years at the JP Morgan investment bank in London and the investment bank at Lazard Frères in New York City. From 2000, he returned to Brazil as director of business development for America Online (AOL) in Latin America. In 2005 he became an entrepreneur, when he founded the company IKAT do Brasil, which operates in the field of motorcycle parts distribution. In 2012 Luiz Philippe founded ZAP Tech, an incubator of means of payment for mobile platforms.[4][5]

He backed the Donald Trump social media venture, Truth Social, by becoming the chief financial officer of its special-purpose acquisition company, Digital World Acquisition Corp (DWAC)[6][7][8]

Political activism

Luiz Philippe founded the liberal movement "Acorda Brasil" (Wake up Brazil) in 2014. The following year, during the impeachment process of former President Dilma Rousseff, he presented a political reform bill to the Chamber of Deputies in Brasilia. He participated in the development and intermediation with the Federal Senate, in 2016, of a Constitutional Amendment Project (PEC) that allows the non-confidence vote of a president. Luiz Philippe also participates in the Canal Terça Livre with the Caia na Real program, and travels Brazil with the lecture Redefinindo o Brasil.[9][10]

He was elected Federal Deputy for the Social Liberal Party (PSL) when competing for the state of São Paulo, being the 33rd most voted in the state.[11][12] He came close to competing for the Vice-Presidency of Brazil on the slate of the candidate Jair Bolsonaro, from the same party.[13]

Among his proposals is a presidential veto, inversion of the state's public spending pyramid, and the creation of a new constitution along the lines of the Brazilian Constitution of 1824 (written at a time when the monarchy was the form of government).[14]

Publications
  • Por que o Brasil é um país atrasado? – o que fazer para entrarmos de vez no século XXI (in Portuguese). 2017. ISBN 9788581638676.

Ancestry

References
  1. "Alexandre Frota e tataraneto de D. Pedro II são eleitos deputados federais por SP". Archived from the original on 9 October 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  2. Luiz Philippe de Orléans e Bragança. Por que o Brasil é um país atrasado? : o que fazer para entrarmos de vez no século XXI. Published by Novo Conceito, 2017
  3. "No Brasil, o Povo não é soberano, ISTOÉ, accessed 19 October 2017". Archived from the original on 20 October 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  4. "Membro da 'família real' entra com ação no STF contra manutenção de direitos de Dilma". Estadão. O Estado de São Paulo. 1 September 2016. Archived from the original on 12 April 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  5. "Membro da família real vai ao STF contra decisão que favoreceu Dilma". G1. Globo. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  6. "Trump announces financial backers to launch his own social media platform in 2022". The Week. Archived from the original on 13 June 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  7. "Meet the Brazilian 'prince' backing Trump's media venture". Australian Financial Review. 24 October 2021. Archived from the original on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  8. "Brazilian prince and Bolsonaro ally inked to Donald Trump's social media site". Newsweek. 23 October 2021. Archived from the original on 3 February 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  9. "O aprimoramento da democracia brasileira em debate". Site do Senador Alvaro Dias. Archived from the original on 10 April 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  10. "Palestra 'Redefinindo o Brasil', com Luiz Philippe de Orleans e Bragança". reaconaria.org. Archived from the original on 18 June 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  11. Morais, Tarciso. "Príncipe Luiz Philippe é eleito deputado federal por São Paulo". Renova Mídia. Archived from the original on 9 October 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  12. "Conheça os 70 deputados federais eleitos por São Paulo". R7.com. 7 October 2018. Archived from the original on 9 October 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  13. "Conheça o Príncipe Luiz Philippe, possível vice de Bolsonaro". MSN. Archived from the original on 12 October 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  14. Luís Lima. "As ideias do príncipe". Época. Globo. Archived from the original on 8 October 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2018.


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