Wilson Leite Passos

Wilson Leite Passos (Rio de Janeiro, December 19, 1926 - Rio de Janeiro, September 17, 2016 ) was a Brazilian politician who authored the impeachment request of former president Getúlio Vargas.

He created the Municipal Eugenics Service, which operated from 1956 to 1975, offering pre-nuptial, pre- and post-natal exams and psychological guidance to couples. With the eugenics bill, he proposed creating tax and educational privileges for families with healthy parents and children, instead of those with someone with a physical or mental disability or an incurable disease. The initiative, compared to the development of the pure race advocated by Adolf Hitler, was never approved.

Biography

Son of Jaime Pedreira Passos and Lealdina Ferrão Muniz Leite Passos, he had degrees in administration and public relations. In 1944, he began his career in journalism, working for Correio da Manhã and A Notícia. In 1945, he became involved in the presidential campaign of Brigadier Eduardo Gomes and, in the same year, was one of the founders of the National Democratic Union (UDN). An active participant in the campaign for the state monopoly of oil in 1947 and 1948, from 1949 to 1950 he organized and led the "National Popular Movement for Eduardo Gomes", which promoted the brigadier's second presidential candidacy. — and 1992.

In April 1993, he joined the Reform Progressive Party (PPR) and, in October 1994, he ran for federal deputy, but was defeated. Suspicions of fraud at the Regional Electoral Court of Rio de Janeiro (TRE/RJ) annulled the election and ordered a new election in November, obtaining the first alternate candidate. Affiliated with the Brazilian Progressive Party (PPB), he took office in the Federal Chamber in June 1996, serving until December. In October 1996, he was elected councilor again, beginning a new term in January 1997.