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Hamilton Assis
Brazilian politician / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hamilton Moreira de Assis (born January 19, 1963), known as Hamilton Assis, is a Brazilian labor leader, left-wing activist, teacher, and politician from Salvador, Bahia. A former director of the Central Única dos Trabalhadores (CUT) in Bahia, he has run for office several times as a member of the Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL), most recently in 2018 where he stood as an unsuccessful candidate for the party's presidential nomination.[1] Over the course of his career, Assis has held positions in the Bahia chapters of both PSOL and the Workers' Party (PT).