birth_place party profession office birth_date alt term_start spouse image article_title term_end name
caxias do sul , rio grande do sul workers ' party metallurgical worker senator rio grande do sul from rio grande do sul federal deputy from 15 march 1950 vanessa 2011 . grazziotin in the senate on may 5 , february 1 , 2003 february 1 , 1987 suzana paim paulo paim2.jpg paulo paim
 january -rrb- '' 31 , 2003 '' -lrb- four consecutive terms paulo paim
paulo paim

paulo paim -lrb- born march 15 , 1950 -rrb- is a brazilian steelworker turned politician .
he served as a federal deputy from rio grande do sul for the workers ' party -lrb- `` partido dos trabalhadores -- pt '' -rrb- from 1987 to 2002 .
on 2002 , he was elected senator from the same state .
re-elected in 2010 , he is currently the only afro-brazilian senator .
he also served as vice-president of trade union center central Única dos trabalhadores -lrb- cut -rrb- from 1984 to 1986 .
