Vanessa Grazziotin

Vanessa Grazziotin is a Brazilian politician; a member of the Communist Party of Brazil, she is a former Senator and currently the Director-General of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO). Although she was born in Videira, Santa Catarina, Grazziotin based her political career in the state of Amazonas. After serving three terms in the Chamber of Deputies, she was elected to the Federal Senate in the 2010 parliamentary election. She is the fourth Communist Party senator in Brazilian history after Luís Carlos Prestes, Inácio Arruda and Leomar Quintanilha. She is also Amazonas' first Communist Party senator. Vanessa served a single eight-year term as senator.