{{Short description|Brazilian historian, civil servant, unionist and politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Hilton Coelho | office = Member of the [[Legislative Assembly of Bahia]] | term_start = February 1, 2019 | office2 = Member of the [[Salvador, Bahia|Salvador]] [[City Council]] | term_start2 = February 1, 2013 | term_end2 = January 31, 2019 | image = Hilton Coelho na UESC.png | birth_date = June 22, 1971 | party = [[Socialism and Liberty Party|PSOL]] | alma_mater = [[Federal University of Bahia]] | caption = Coelho in 2025 }}
'''Hilton Barros Coelho''' (born June 22, 1971) is a historian, civil servant, [[Labour movement|labor]] activist and [[Brazil]]ian politician. A member of the [[Socialism and Liberty Party]] (PSOL), Coelho was elected to the [[Legislative Assembly of Bahia]] (ALBA) in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hilton Coelho|url=https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Public-Figure/hiltoncoelhopsol/about/|access-date=February 25, 2021|website=www.facebook.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=UOL Eleições – Bahia|url=https://eleicoes.uol.com.br/2006/estados/bahia/biografias/hilton.jhtm|access-date=February 25, 2021|website=eleicoes.uol.com.br}}</ref>
== Biography == In high school, Coelho was involved in student activism, and presided over the Student Union of the Federal Technical School of Bahia. Coelho later graduated from the [[Federal University of Bahia]], where he graduated with a master's degree in history.
In 2006, Coelho was a candidate for Governor of [[Bahia]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Folha Online – Especial – 2006 – Eleições – Apuração – Bahia (1º turno)|url=http://eleicoes.folha.uol.com.br/folha/especial/2006/eleicoes/ba1.html|access-date=February 25, 2021|website=eleicoes.folha.uol.com.br}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Hilton Coêlho [PSOL{{!}}Salvador-BA] {{!}} vereadoresquequeremos.redelivre.org.br|url=http://vereadoresquequeremos.redelivre.org.br/project/hiltoncoelho50150/|access-date=February 25, 2021|website=vereadoresquequeremos.redelivre.org.br}}</ref> and in 2008 ran for Mayor of Salvador. In the latter election, he headed the Socialist Left Front, and obtained 51 thousand votes. In 2010, he was a candidate for state deputy, and reached almost 25 thousand votes.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hilton Coelho é definido como candidato do PSOL à Prefeitura de Salvador {{!}} Sociedade Online|url=https://sociedadeonline.com/hilton-coelho-e-definido-como-candidato-do-psol-a-prefeitura-de-salvador/|access-date=February 25, 2021|language=pt-BR}}</ref>
He was elected a member of the Salvador City Council in 2012, running with [[Hamilton Assis]] heading the PSOL municipal ticket. He received 16,408 votes (1.27% of those valid), running as a member of the "Enough of Selling Our City" coalition (PSOL-PCB). [[File:Hamilton Assis em campanha eleitoral (cropped).jpg|left|thumb|Coelho with [[Hamilton Assis]].]] After being reelected in 2016, Coelho decided to run for the Legislative Assembly of Bahia, and became the first ever PSOL state deputy in Bahia.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hilton Coelho 50150 (Deputado Estadual)|url=https://www.todapolitica.com/eleicoes-2018/hilton-coelho/|access-date=February 25, 2021|website=Eleições 2018|language=pt-br}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=ALBA|title=Assembleia Legislativa da Bahia|url=http://www.al.ba.gov.br/deputados/deputado-estadual/926902|access-date=February 25, 2021|website=ALBA}}</ref> In 2020, he once again unsuccessfully ran for Mayor of Salvador.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hilton Coelho confirmará candidatura a prefeito de Salvador no próximo dia 1º {{!}} Política Livre|url=https://politicalivre.com.br/2020/07/hilton-coelho-confirmara-candidatura-a-prefeito-de-salvador-no-proximo-dia-1o/|access-date=February 25, 2021|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=PSOL oficializa candidatura de Hilton Coelho à Prefeitura de Salvador|url=https://g1.globo.com/ba/bahia/eleicoes/2020/noticia/2020/09/15/psol-oficializa-candidatura-de-hilton-coelho-a-prefeitura-de-salvador.ghtml|access-date=February 25, 2021|website=G1|date=September 15, 2020 |language=pt-br}}</ref> His running-mate was Rosana Almedia, a local coordinator for the National Housing Struggle Movement (MNLM) and PSOL organizer.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Candidatossalbador|url=https://www.psolba.org/cópia-contradicao|access-date=February 25, 2021|website=psol-ba|language=pt}}</ref>
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