Luciana Genro


Luciana Krebs Genro is a Brazilian lawyer and politician. Born in Santa Maria, she is the daughter of politician Tarso Genro.

Personal life

Genro is the daughter of Tarso Fernando Herz Genro and Sandra Krebs. Despite significant different political views, Genro maintains a good relationship with her family. She is also the granddaughter of Adelmo Simas Genro, a member of the historical Brazilian Labor Party who was murdered by the military dictatorship, and niece of Adelmo Genro Filho, a journalist now deceased.
Genro has a one son, Fernando Marcel Genro Robaina, born in 1988. Fernando's father is Roberto Robaina, a party director of PSOL with whom Luciana lived together for three and a half years. She separated from Robaina in 1991 and married journalist Sérgio Bueno in 1997 with. She is an atheist.

Political career

After being expelled from the Workers' Party in 2003 for opposing neoliberal political positions, she, along with Heloísa Helena, Babá, and João Fontes established the far-left Socialism and Freedom Party.
She was PSOL's presidential candidate in the 2014 Brazilian general election.