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Ricardo Santos Gomes
Ricardo Santos Gomes is a Brazilian Councilor at the capital city of Porto Alegre/RS, elected in 2016 with 5822 votes. He was the Municipal Secretary of Economic Development between January and august of 2017, leaving the charge for not agreeing with a project sent to the City Council asking the revision of IPTU (tax), which would result in an increase of taxation. Besides being a labor lawyer, it´s also the vice-president of Rede Liberal da América Latina (RELIAL), was the president of Instituto de Estudos Empresariais (IEE) and vice-president of the Instituto Liberdade (IL).

Biography

Graduated in Law by PUCRS in 2003. In 2005, concluded his post-graduation in Labor Law, also at PUCRS. Worked at Gomes & Takeda Advogados Associados since 1999, becoming shareholder in 2005. During 2008-2009, worked as an associate lawyer at Baker and McKenzie, an international advocacy office. After 2 years, Ricardo returned to Gomes & Takeda Advogados Associados. It´s member of the “junta Diretora da RELIAL - Rede Liberal da América Latina”; was president of the Instituto de Estudos Empresariais (IEE) during 2011-2012, organizing the 25th edition of the “Fórum da Liberdade”, the biggest economic liberal fórum in Latin America. Working for the same institution, he was vice-president and Formation Manager. From 2003 to 2014 was vice-president of the Instituto Liberdade, one of the first economic liberal institutions in Brazil.

Political Experience

Elected Counselor at the city of Porto Alegre in 2016 with 2822 votes. In 2017 was invited to take charge at the Secretaria Municipal de Desenvolvimento Econômico de Porto Alegre.