What is Plínio de Arruda Sampaio?
[[File:Plínio Sampaio 2008.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Plínio de Arruda Sampaio in 2008]] '''Plínio Soares de Arruda Sampaio''' (July 26, 1930 – July 8, 2014) was a [[Brazil]]ian [[intellectual]] and [[political]] [[activist]]. He was with the [[Socialism and Freedom Party|Partido Socialismo e Liberdade]] (PSOL). He ran as a candidate for the [[presidency]] of the [[Federative Republic of Brazil]] in 2010. Sampaio was born in [[São Paulo]], Brazil. He graduated from the [[Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de São Paulo|University of São Paulo School of Law]] in 1954. He was president of the [[Catholic University Youth]] and was an active member of Popular Action. He has been a [[prosecutor]], [[Deputy (legislator)|deputy]] in the [[1988 Constituent Assembly]] and chaired the Brazilian Association for Land Reform (ABRA), an institution that fights for land reform in Brazil. He also directed the weekly newspaper Correio da Cidadania. Sampaio died in a hospital in São Paulo, Brazil from [[bone cancer]]. He had cancer for about a month. He was 83 years old.<ref>{{cite news |last=Farias |first=Adriana |date=July 8, 2014 |title=Morre em SP, aos 83 anos, o deputado Plínio de Arruda Sampaio |trans-title=Dies in Sao Paulo, aged 83, MP Plínio de Arruda Sampaio |url=http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/poder/2014/07/1482909-morre-em-sp-aos-83-anos-o-ex-deputado-plinio-de-arruda-sampaio.shtml |editor-last=Franco |editor-first=Bernardo Mello |language=Portuguese |newspaper=Folha de S. Paulo |accessdate=July 8, 2014 }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.plinio50.com.br Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126151618/https://plinio50.com.br/ |date=2021-01-26 }} (in [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]) *[http://socialistworld.net/doc/4489 article] in support of his campaign {{DEFAULTSORT:Sampaio, Plino de Arruda}} [[Category:1930 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:Brazilian lawyers]] [[Category:Brazilian academics]] [[Category:Politicians from São Paulo]]