{{Short description|Brazilian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Guilherme Cortez | image = File:Foto oficial guilherme cortez.jpg | alt = | caption = Guilherme Cortez | constituency_AM = [[Legislative Assembly of São Paulo]] | assembly = | term_start = 15 March 2023 | term_end = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1997|12|16|df=y}} | birth_place = [[São Paulo]], [[São Paulo (state)|São Paulo]], Brazil | party = [[Socialism and Liberty Party|PSOL]] (2016–present) | alma_mater = [[São Paulo State University]] | profession = Lawyer | website = {{URL|guilhermecortez.com.br}} }} '''Guilherme da Costa Aguiar Cortez''' (16 December 1997) is a [[Brazilians|Brazilian]] [[Activism|activist]], lawyer and politician. Affiliated to the [[Socialism and Liberty Party]] (PSOL), he was elected state deputy of [[São Paulo]] in [[2022 São Paulo gubernatorial election|2022]], with 45,094 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Deputados estaduais eleitos em São Paulo: apuração e resultados das Eleições 2022 {{!}} Folha |url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/poder/eleicoes/2022/apuracao/1turno/sp/deputado-estadual.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025015045/https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/poder/eleicoes/2022/apuracao/1turno/sp/deputado-estadual.shtml |archive-date=25 October 2022 |access-date=18 February 2025 |website=[[Folha de S.Paulo]] |language=pt-BR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Guilherme da Costa Aguiar Cortez - Lideranças Políticas |url=https://neamp.pucsp.br/liderancas/guilherme-da-costa-aguiar-cortez |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240907202725/https://neamp.pucsp.br/liderancas/guilherme-da-costa-aguiar-cortez |archive-date=7 September 2024 |access-date=18 February 2025 |website=Núcleo de Estudos em Arte, Mídia e Política |publisher=[[Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo]]}}</ref>
== Biography ==
=== First years and education === Cortez was born in [[São Paulo]], the [[São Paulo (state)|state]] capital, in 1997.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Candidato Guilherme Cortez {{!}} Eleições 2024 |url=https://www.estadao.com.br/politica/eleicoes/2024/candidatos-sp/franca/prefeito/guilherme-cortez-50/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241110125439/https://www.estadao.com.br/politica/eleicoes/2024/candidatos-sp/franca/prefeito/guilherme-cortez-50/ |archive-date=10 November 2024 |access-date=18 February 2025 |website=[[Estadão]] |language=pt-br}}</ref> During high school, he became involved in the secondary student movement and took part in the [[2016 student protests in Brazil|school occupations]] against the reorganization of the state education system in 2015, which was backed by the then governor of the state, [[Geraldo Alckmin]] ([[Brazilian Social Democracy Party|PSDB]]).<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Tavolari |first1=Bianca |last2=Lessa |first2=Marília Rolemberg |last3=Medeiros |first3=Jonas |last4=Melo |first4=Rúrion |last5=Januário |first5=Adriano |date=2018 |title=As ocupações de escolas públicas em São Paulo (2015–2016): Entre a posse e o direito à manifestação |journal=Novos Estudos CEBRAP |language=pt |volume=37 |pages=291–310 |doi=10.25091/S01013300201800020007 |issn=0101-3300 |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Guilherme Cortez |url=https://www.al.sp.gov.br/deputado/?matricula=300672 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241216022400/https://www.al.sp.gov.br/deputado/?matricula=300672 |archive-date=16 December 2024 |access-date=18 February 2025 |website=[[Legislative Assembly of São Paulo]] |language=pt-br}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last1=Marques |first1=Victor |last2=Oliveira |first2=Gercyane |title=Nosso futuro não espera |url=https://jacobin.com.br/2022/10/nosso-futuro-nao-espera/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241105031342/https://jacobin.com.br/2022/10/nosso-futuro-nao-espera/ |archive-date=5 November 2024 |access-date=18 February 2025 |website=[[Jacobin (magazine)|Jacobin Brasil]] |date=25 October 2022 }}</ref>
He moved to [[Franca]], in the interior of the state, to study law at the city's [[São Paulo State University]] (Unesp).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 May 2023 |title=Egresso pede reabertura da Frente Parlamentar em Defesa da Unesp |url=https://alumni.unesp.br/noticia/egresso-pede-reabertura-da-frente-parlamentar-em-defesa-da-unesp |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250123225711/https://alumni.unesp.br/noticia/egresso-pede-reabertura-da-frente-parlamentar-em-defesa-da-unesp |archive-date=23 January 2025 |access-date=18 February 2025 |website=Alumni Unesp |language=pt-BR}}</ref> At university, he helped to set up the Central Student Directory (DCE) and became involved in the student movement.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=17 January 2025 |title=Experiência universitária motivou egressa a atuar como assessora parlamentar {{!}} Alumni Unesp |url=https://alumni.unesp.br/noticia/experiencia-universitaria-motivou-egressa-a-atuar-como-assessora-parlamentar |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250218150804/https://alumni.unesp.br/noticia/experiencia-universitaria-motivou-egressa-a-atuar-como-assessora-parlamentar |archive-date=18 February 2025 |access-date=18 February 2025 |website=Alumni Unesp |language=pt-BR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Guilherme da Costa Aguiar Cortez |url=https://bv.fapesp.br/pt/pesquisador/696616/guilherme-da-costa-aguiar-cortez/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250218151052/https://bv.fapesp.br/pt/pesquisador/696616/guilherme-da-costa-aguiar-cortez/ |archive-date=18 February 2025 |access-date=18 February 2025 |website=Biblioteca Virtual da FAPESP}}</ref> During his university years, he took part in the [[2017 Brazilian general strike|general strike against]] the [[Brazil labor reform (2017)|labor reform]] in 2017, the demonstrations against the cuts in investment in education in 2019 and the actions for the [[impeachment]] of [[Jair Bolsonaro]] in 2021.<ref name=":0" />
=== Politics === He began his political activism at the age of 16, joining the [[Socialism and Liberty Party]] (PSOL), and joining Afronte, the party's youth wing.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bellato |first=Juliana |date=23 August 2022 |title=Guilherme Cortez: "Ninguém quer trombar na rua com uma pessoa desprezível como Ricardo Salles" |url=https://esquerdaonline.com.br/2022/08/23/guilherme-cortez-ninguem-quer-trombar-na-rua-com-uma-pessoa-desprezivel-como-ricardo-salles/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220823142540/https://esquerdaonline.com.br/2022/08/23/guilherme-cortez-ninguem-quer-trombar-na-rua-com-uma-pessoa-desprezivel-como-ricardo-salles/ |archive-date=23 August 2022 |access-date=18 February 2025 |website=Esquerda Online |language=pt-BR}}</ref> Was a candidate for [[councillor]] for the municipality of Franca in the {{Interlanguage link|2020 Franca mayoral election|lt=2020 municipal election|pt|Eleição municipal de Franca em 2020}}.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Guilherme Cortez |url=https://divulgacandcontas.tse.jus.br/divulga/#/candidato/SUDESTE/SP/2030402020/250001060031/2020/64254 |access-date=18 February 2025 |website=[[Superior Electoral Court]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=23 October 2020 |title=Candidato a vereador em Franca, SP, vai à polícia após receber mensagem com ameaça de agressão |url=https://g1.globo.com/sp/ribeirao-preto-franca/eleicoes/2020/noticia/2020/10/23/candidato-a-vereador-em-franca-sp-vai-a-policia-apos-receber-mensagem-com-ameaca-de-agressao.ghtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712110740/https://g1.globo.com/sp/ribeirao-preto-franca/eleicoes/2020/noticia/2020/10/23/candidato-a-vereador-em-franca-sp-vai-a-policia-apos-receber-mensagem-com-ameaca-de-agressao.ghtml |archive-date=12 July 2022 |access-date=18 February 2025 |website=[[G1 (website)|G1]] |language=pt-br}}</ref> Despite the significant number of votes, reaching the 4th highest vote in the election, Cortez was not elected, as his party did not reach the [[electoral quota]] needed to secure a seat on the city council.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Resultado das Eleições e Apuração Franca-SP no 2º Turno {{!}} G1 Eleições |url=https://g1.globo.com/sp/ribeirao-preto-franca/eleicoes/2020/resultado-das-apuracoes/franca.ghtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240427035530/https://g1.globo.com/sp/ribeirao-preto-franca/eleicoes/2020/resultado-das-apuracoes/franca.ghtml |archive-date=27 April 2024 |access-date=18 February 2025 |website=[[G1 (website)|G1]] |language=pt-br}}</ref> During the party convention held on 30 July 2022, he was chosen by PSOL to run in the 2022 legislative elections for the position of state deputy of São Paulo.<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 June 2022 |title=PSOL confirma Guilherme Cortez para pré-candidato a deputado estadual por Franca |url=https://www.f3noticias.com.br/psol-confirma-guilherme-cortez-para-pre-candidato-a-deputado-estadual-por-franca/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250123233207/https://www.f3noticias.com.br/psol-confirma-guilherme-cortez-para-pre-candidato-a-deputado-estadual-por-franca/ |archive-date=23 January 2025 |access-date=18 February 2025 |website=F3 Notícias |language=pt-BR}}</ref>
He was elected on 2 October 2022 to one of the six seats won by the [[PSOL REDE Federation]], with 45,094 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 October 2020 |title=Veja deputados estaduais eleitos em SP |url=https://g1.globo.com/sp/sao-paulo/noticia/2022/10/03/veja-deputados-estaduais-eleitos-em-sp.ghtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241008175832/https://g1.globo.com/sp/sao-paulo/noticia/2022/10/03/veja-deputados-estaduais-eleitos-em-sp.ghtml |archive-date=8 October 2024 |access-date=18 February 2025 |website=[[G1 (website)|G1]] |language=pt-br}}</ref>
At the very beginning of his first term as a State Representative, Guilherme was elected deputy vice leader of the opposition in the [[Legislative Assembly of São Paulo]] (Alesp) with {{Interlanguage link|Ênio Tatto|lt=Ênio Tatto|pt|Ênio Tatto}} (PT) as a leader, a bloc made up of parliamentarians from the [[Workers' Party (Brazil)|Workers' Party]] (PT), the [[Communist Party of Brazil]] (PCdoB), the [[Brazilian Socialist Party]] (PSB), the [[Sustainability Network]] (REDE) and PSOL against the [[Tarcísio de Freitas]] government.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Carvalho |first=Ketryn |date=22 March 2023 |title=Bissexual, Guilherme Cortez assume a vice-liderança da oposição na Alesp |url=https://observatoriog.com.br/cultura-gay/famosos/bissexual-guilherme-cortez-assume-a-vice-lideranca-da-oposicao-na-alesp/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250218154245/https://observatoriog.com.br/cultura-gay/famosos/bissexual-guilherme-cortez-assume-a-vice-lideranca-da-oposicao-na-alesp/ |archive-date=18 February 2025 |access-date=18 February 2025 |website=Observatório G |language=pt-BR}}</ref>
In 2024, he was a candidate for mayor of Franca.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=10 September 2024 |title=À EPTV, Guilherme Cortez promete transporte gratuito, empresa municipal de água e esgoto e zerar fila de especialidades médicas |url=https://g1.globo.com/sp/ribeirao-preto-franca/eleicoes/2024/noticia/2024/09/10/a-eptv-guilherme-cortez-promete-tarifa-zero-no-transporte-empresa-municipal-de-agua-e-esgoto-e-zerar-fila-de-especialidades-medicas.ghtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240911015632/https://g1.globo.com/sp/ribeirao-preto-franca/eleicoes/2024/noticia/2024/09/10/a-eptv-guilherme-cortez-promete-tarifa-zero-no-transporte-empresa-municipal-de-agua-e-esgoto-e-zerar-fila-de-especialidades-medicas.ghtml |archive-date=11 September 2024 |access-date=18 February 2025 |website=[[G1 (website)|G1]] |language=pt-br}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=12 September 2024 |title=Eleições 2024: sabatina com Guilherme Cortez, candidato do PSOL a prefeito de Franca |url=https://record.r7.com/record-interior-sp/cidade-alerta/eleicoes-2024-sabatina-com-guilherme-cortez-candidato-do-psol-a-prefeito-de-franca-12092024/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003140049/https://record.r7.com/record-interior-sp/cidade-alerta/eleicoes-2024-sabatina-com-guilherme-cortez-candidato-do-psol-a-prefeito-de-franca-12092024/ |archive-date=3 October 2024 |access-date=18 February 2025 |website=[[R7.com|Record]] |publisher=Cidade Alerta Interior |language=pt-BR}}</ref> The PSOL candidate used images of President [[Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva]] in his campaign product. The municipal directory of the PT in Franca, which had its own candidate with Mariana Negri, went to court and won so that Cortez would not use the image of the PT leader in his campaign.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Goulart |first=Higor |date=17 September 2024 |title=Justiça acata pedido do PT e proíbe Cortez de se associar a Lula |url=https://sampi.net.br/franca/noticias/2856878/eleicoes/2024/09/justica-acata-pedido-do-pt-e-proibe-cortez-de-se-associar-a-lula |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241013222927/https://sampi.net.br/franca/noticias/2856878/eleicoes/2024/09/justica-acata-pedido-do-pt-e-proibe-cortez-de-se-associar-a-lula |archive-date=13 October 2024 |access-date=18 February 2025 |website=Sampi |language=pt-br}}</ref> Cortez finished in third place and did not advance to the second round - he was the [[Left-wing politics|left's]] most voted candidate in the election.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Apuração das Eleições em Franca (SP) {{!}} Eleições 2024 |url=https://g1.globo.com/sp/ribeirao-preto-franca/eleicoes/2024/resultado-das-apuracoes/franca.ghtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007114945/https://g1.globo.com/sp/ribeirao-preto-franca/eleicoes/2024/resultado-das-apuracoes/franca.ghtml |archive-date=7 October 2024 |access-date=18 February 2025 |website=[[G1 (website)|G1]] |language=pt-br}}</ref>
=== Clash with Ricardo Salles === On 20 August 2022, Guilherme rose to national prominence when he clashed with former [[Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (Brazil)|Environment Minister]] [[Ricardo Salles]] ([[Liberal Party (Brazil, 2006)|PL]]) during a campaign event in the municipality of Franca.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Macedo |first=Alessandro |date=21 August 2022 |title=Notícias de Franca - Vídeo: Guilherme Cortez bate-boca com Ricardo Salles no Centro de Franca: 'Vergonha para o país' |url=https://noticiasdefranca.com.br/eleicoes-2022/video-guilherme-cortez-bate-boca-com-ricardo-salles-no-centro-vergonha-para-o-pais/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250123225322/https://folhadefranca.com.br/eleicoes-2022/video-guilherme-cortez-bate-boca-com-ricardo-salles-no-centro-vergonha-para-o-pais/ |archive-date=23 January 2025 |access-date=8 February 2025 |website=Notícias de Franca |language=pt-BR}}</ref> The action was filmed and made the headlines of several press outlets, with repercussions in national media.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Barbosa |first=Kathlen |date=20 August 2022 |title=Vídeo: candidato a deputado estadual discute com Ricardo Salles em SP: 'Você é uma vergonha para esse país' |url=https://oglobo.globo.com/politica/noticia/2022/08/video-candidato-a-deputado-estadual-discute-com-ricardo-salles-em-sp-voce-e-uma-vergonha-para-esse-pais.ghtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220820222617/https://oglobo.globo.com/politica/noticia/2022/08/video-candidato-a-deputado-estadual-discute-com-ricardo-salles-em-sp-voce-e-uma-vergonha-para-esse-pais.ghtml |archive-date=20 August 2022 |access-date=18 February 2025 |website=[[O Globo]] |language=pt-br}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=20 August 2025 |title=Ricardo Salles é confrontado por candidato a estadual em SP |url=https://www.congressoemfoco.com.br/noticia/29824/ricardo-salles-e-confrontado-por-candidato-a-estadual-em-sp |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250218155330/https://www.congressoemfoco.com.br/noticia/29824/ricardo-salles-e-confrontado-por-candidato-a-estadual-em-sp |archive-date=18 February 2025 |access-date=18 February 2025 |website=Congresso em Foco |language=pt-br}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=20 August 2022 |title=Candidato bate-boca com Ricardo Salles em SP: 'Vergonha para o país' |url=https://noticias.uol.com.br/eleicoes/2022/08/20/candidato-briga-ricardo-salles.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221212145927/https://noticias.uol.com.br/eleicoes/2022/08/20/candidato-briga-ricardo-salles.htm |archive-date=12 December 2022 |access-date=18 February 2025 |website=[[Universo Online]] |language=pt-br}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" !Year !Election !Position !Party !Coalition !Running Mate !Votes !% !Result !Ref. |- align="center" |2020 |{{Interlanguage link|2020 Franca mayoral election|lt=Municipal in Franca|pt|Eleição municipal de Franca em 2020}} |City Councilor | rowspan="3" | [[Socialism and Liberty Party|PSOL]] | {{n/a|No coalition}} | {{small|{{n/a|}}}} | 2,890 | 2.01% |{{no2|Not elected}} |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Guilherme Cortez 2020 |url=https://politica.estadao.com.br/eleicoes/2020/candidatos/sp/franca/vereador/guilherme-cortez,50000 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007141245/https://politica.estadao.com.br/eleicoes/2020/candidatos/sp/franca/vereador/guilherme-cortez,50000 |archive-date=7 October 2022 |access-date=7 October 2022 |website=[[Estadão]]}}</ref> |- align="center" |2022 |[[2022 São Paulo gubernatorial election|São Paulo State Elections]] |State Deputy | [[PSOL REDE Federation]] | <small>Toninho Vespoli <br> Mariana Conti</small> | 45,094 | 0.19% |{{yes2|Elected}} |<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 October 2022 |title=Veja a lista de deputados estaduais eleitos por São Paulo nas eleições de 2022 |url=https://valor.globo.com/politica/eleicoes-2022/noticia/2022/10/03/veja-a-lista-de-deputados-estaduais-eleitos-por-sao-paulo-nas-eleicoes-de-2022.ghtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529091602/https://valor.globo.com/politica/eleicoes-2022/noticia/2022/10/03/veja-a-lista-de-deputados-estaduais-eleitos-por-sao-paulo-nas-eleicoes-de-2022.ghtml |archive-date=29 May 2023 |access-date=18 February 2025 |website=[[Valor Econômico]] |language=pt-br}}</ref> |- align="center" |2024 |Municipal in Franca |Mayor | ''Franca do Futuro'' <small>(Coalition: PSOL REDE Federation, [[Democratic Labour Party (Brazil)|PDT]]) </small> |<small> Bel Nascimento </small> | 22,818 | 14.65% |{{no2|Not elected}} |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Franca (SP): Apuração e Resultados {{!}} Eleições 2024 {{!}} 1º turno |url=https://noticias.uol.com.br/eleicoes/2024/apuracao/1turno/sp/franca/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241008214852/https://noticias.uol.com.br/eleicoes/2024/apuracao/1turno/sp/franca/ |archive-date=8 October 2024 |access-date=18 February 2025 |website=[[Universo Online]] |language=pt-br}}</ref> |}
== Personal life == Cortez is [[Bisexuality|bisexual]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Braga |first=Alex |date=1 July 2024 |title='Na Alesp, alguns me veem como uma bicha chiliquenta', diz deputado Guilherme Cortez |url=https://www.terra.com.br/nos/na-alesp-alguns-me-veem-como-uma-bicha-chiliquenta-diz-deputado-guilherme-cortez,214714dda4da55a23168de8740412798tog38vgy.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241213234935/https://www.terra.com.br/nos/na-alesp-alguns-me-veem-como-uma-bicha-chiliquenta-diz-deputado-guilherme-cortez,214714dda4da55a23168de8740412798tog38vgy.html |archive-date=13 December 2024 |access-date=18 February 2025 |website=[[Terra (company)|Terra]] |language=pt-BR}}</ref>
== References ==
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