OlÃvio Dutra
Olívio Dutra de Oliveira (born 10 June 1941 in Bossoroca ) is a Brazilian politician. He was mayor of Porto Alegre, Governor of Rio Grande do Sul and Minister of cities in the government of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
He began his political activities in the trade union movement during the military dictatorship. As the leader of the strike of bank employees he challenged the military. He became one of the founders of the PT in Rio Grande do Sul.
In 1986 he was elected to the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies ( Congresso Nacional), in this period, the Brazilian Constitution was drafted. In 1987 he was elected to the national leadership of the PT. In 1988, he won the mayoral elections in Porto Alegre. The most important measure of his tenure was the establishment of participatory budgeting ( Orçamento Participativo ), which secured the city's residents more clarity and a say in the decisions on investments. As he had no absolute majority of the PT in the city parliament, Dutra had to prevail against the opposition and the local media. He succeeded, among other things, a reorganization of city finances and tax increases, and as the participatory budget was an " export " of the city, not only in other cities in Brazil but worldwide. The success also led to greater acceptance on site and established a strong position of the PT in the city, which later hosted several World Social Forums.
1994 Dutra lost the election for governor still against Antônio Britto, but in 1998 he won it. On the state level, however, he could not introduce such a success the participatory budget. The PT could not hold the post of governor in the 2002 elections.
2003 Dutra was appointed by Lula as Minister for Cities. He was elected with 86 % in direct elections to the PT- chairman in Rio Grande do Sul in 2005.
In 2006, he ran again in his home state, he came to the second round of the gubernatorial election, but lost that Yeda Crusius against the PSDB.