Maria Lúcia Prandi


Maria Lúcia Prandi was a Brazilian academic and politician.
Prandi was born in Potirendaba, Brazil and earned a master's degree in social sciences, from the PUC-SP. She worked as a history professor and was also the adviser of the APEOESP.
Prandi was elected councilor in 1992 by the Workers' Party. She was the first woman to chair the Municipality of Santos. Two years later she was elected state representative. She also served as Secretary of Education in the management of. She was then re-elected the state representative in 1998, 2002 and 2006.
She led the fight for the installation of Export Processing Zone of the Port of Santos. Prandi also worked for the implementation of a technological park in the city, for the implementation of a light rail in the Baixada Santista, and combating violence against women. She also coordinated the Parliamentary Front for Healthy Aging.
In 2010, Prandi obtained 56,108 votes in the 2010 Brazilian general election for a spot of Congresswoman. She was elected deputy and took the wave of Ricardo Berzoini, who in 2014 left the parliament to be a minister of Institutional Relations.
She died of cancer in São Paulo on 7 October 2015.