Manuela d'Ávila

Manuela d'Ávila
Manuela d'Ávila in 2022
Member of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Rio Grande do Sul
In office
1 February 2015  1 February 2019
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
for Rio Grande do Sul
In office
1 February 2007  1 February 2015
City Councillor of Porto Alegre
In office
1 January 2005  1 February 2007
Personal details
Born
Manuela Pinto Vieira d'Ávila

(1981-08-18) 18 August 1981
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Political partyPCdoB (2001–present)
Spouse
(m. 2012)
Children1
Parents
  • Alfredo Luis Mendes D'Ávila (father)
  • Ana Lúcia Pinto Vieira (mother)
Alma materPontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul
ProfessionJournalist, writer and politician

Manuela Pinto Vieira d'Ávila (born 18 August 1981) is a Brazilian journalist, writer and politician, a member of the Communist Party of Brazil since 2001.

She served as a federal deputy for Rio Grande do Sul between 2007 and 2015, being the leader of her party in the Chamber of Deputies in 2013. She also served as a state deputy for her state between 2015 and 2019 and as a councilwoman for the state capital Porto Alegre between 2005 and 2007.

She was Fernando Haddad's vice presidential running mate in the Worker's Party presidential bid in the 2018 general election; the Haddad-d'Ávila ticket lost to Jair Bolsonaro in the second round of the presidential campaign.